Dan Blecha

Hey, I'm Dan. I am originally from the US, but raised in Oz for 14 years now. I'm influenced to become a teacher as a result of my fantastic education during my secondary schooling years. I was taught the arts and studied performances by being a part of the world. I learnt from progressive education practices and amazing teachers. They are the reasons I want immerse myself in the education profession. As a student of the 21st century I believe that much as our society has morphed and changed so must those who teach it.

We came to the conclusion based on our personal experiences that at the ages 10-12,we were not interested in reading larger texts and all enjoyed the 'create-your-own-story' books. This age grouping in generally in Year 6 according to the Australian Curriculum, and we considered using the method of create-your-own-story books to make an engaging, fun and authentic learning task. Considering that in Year 6 a basic knowledge of Economics is introduced trough the concept of Opportunity Cost and that decision making is the precursor of opportunity cost. We developed the idea of allowing the students to experience the effects of making decisions over the course of a selective storyline and the "cost" of their decisions it would allow the to understand the concept in manner that would be easily interpreted by that age.

During this Group project I was tasked with coming up with realistic yet engaging events that a decision can be made and creating outcomes that can simulate the economic theory that is opportunity cost. students and subjects alike will through trial and error come to understand that make certain decision will have little and big consequences effecting the progression through out the text-adventure story.

I also produced much of the content of the wiki ,alongside Priyanka, using a few sources and referencing them as well allowing for further reading for the reader(s).

I also recorded the screen capture of the text adventure in the video presentation developed by Priyanka.