Welcome to Birdwood High School's Road  Safety Education Site Birdwood Curriculum Development Sponsored by the Motor Accident Commission
Road Safety in Computing (ICT) A range of opportunities exist, as computing is used in most other subject areas, as well as existing as a discipline in its own right. The Transport SA publication "My Turn" has lots of suggestions for incorporating ICT, but here are a few suggestions of my own: - Internet An essential tool in accessing a wide range of Road Safety information: - Road Crash Statistics Crash Ratings for cars Articles and opinions on issues Design Rule information Used car values and advertisements Expert sites, such as MAC, RAA, Consumer Affairs etc See Resources page for links. Databases Road safety data (downloaded or collected locally) can form the basis of database training exercises. An example would be a database about different makes and models of cars, which lists their safety features. Students could then search the database for cars with particular combinations of features. Spreadsheets Crash data can be interpreted and graphed using Excel or similar. Questions can be set which highlight vulnerable age groups, worst time of day, worst locations, etc. Powerpoint Students can do a road safety presentation, which can be viewed by other students or run on open days. This could be  general road safety training, or could focus on local issues and black spots. A simple presentation showing roadside shrines would be extremely powerful. Webpage Students can be involved in the creation of Road Safety websites, such as this one. This could be a school webpage, a class webpage or a specific issue-based webpage. There could be provision made for feedback or on-line forums. Programming Students can write progammes and simulations based on road safety, such as this one, provided by Mr M Duivestyn.