Wellington+Secondary+College

= = = Wellington Secondary College=

[|Wellington Secondary College] is a public school situated in Mulgrave, Victoria. The school is home to approximately 100 teachers and 1500 students, and growing at a very fast rate. The school has a strong ICT program headed by Phil Brown, Director of E-learning and my mentor. There are a number of new ICT technologies in the classroom, such as Smartboard and a laptop program for year 9's and 10's and social networking sites such as Facebook are firewalled which prevents distractions.

**Moodle**
An interesting feature to Wellington is its increased support and dedication to Moodle, an e-learning software program which allows students and teachers to interact online as well as within the classroom. Teachers can mark students and provide instant feedback to students who have questions or submitted assessments. The amount of teachers using Moodle is growing slowly, and many teachers find it more reliable and easier to manage a large amount of information. Students must have accounts and thus can jump on it at any time during their school year. [|Welling Secondary College's Moodle Page.]


 * Assessment:** Almost all I.T. assessments are submitted on Moodle at Wellington. It is an instant way of gauging the class,as well as formatively assessing them . Once an assignment is uploaded, it can be uploading via a smart-board in front of the class. A student can discuss with a teacher or assist another student with problems they might have with an assignment by using the community boards. It is becoming an established norm in the school, which is interesting to see as schools embrace e-learning for this generation.

Below is an example of grading students' work in moodle, and shows how easy and organised the information can be presented


 * Additional Information about Wellington Secondary College**


 * Dress Code:** Neat casual, appropriate jeans and a button shirt seems to be the normal dressing attire.


 * Times:** A Class is for 50 minutes, but the layout is the same throughout all the school: A double class in the morning (100 mins), a double class at midday (100 mins), and two single different classes (50 mins each) in the afternoon, for 300 minutes average of classes a day.