Digital Fluency PL 2018

Initial wonderings - What are the skills, capabilities and character traits that will stand our children in good stead in the years to come? What are key skills for your children?

It’s about the teaching, not the tools. 

Students today grow up immersed in technology but they don’t automatically understand technology’s pitfalls — or its opportunities.

Research suggests that students who develop agency, or a learner-driven approach, are empowered in their educational and personal pursuits and are better prepared to thrive.

We live in an age where collaboration happens between individuals living around the world, and people can share and communicate with a global audience in an instant.

One of the roles of a 21st-century school is to equip students in the best way possible for life outside the classroom. In today's technology-reliant world, learning how to effectively learn and work with technology is an absolute necessity.

https://padlet.com/lthomas2/HETOD2018

Linking digital learning to the Toolkit.

I think the challenge for me is how to implement and present digital learning for NE?

I think modeling the use of technology, and showing children how we can access technology to learn

brainstorm of how we currently use DT - some great ideas how are you using DT

Can you see yourself teaching in this diagram? Which of these areas are you using? Which of these areas could you work on?

3. Time for reflection:

Documenting play - presenting back to children for reflection, discussion, re-visiting. Use video or pictorial documentation as a tool for reflecting on child's learning, what next??

7. Self-assessment:

After doing the above children can then set their own goals.

How does technology play a part in learning these skills:

While the specific skills deemed to be “21st century skills” may be defined, categorized, and determined differently from person to person, place to place, or school to school, the term does reflect a general—if somewhat loose and shifting—consensus. The following list provides a brief illustrative overview of the knowledge, skills, work habits, and character traits commonly associated with 21st century skills:

• Critical thinking, problem solving, reasoning, analysis, interpretation, synthesizing information
• Research skills and practices, interrogative questioning
• Creativity, artistry, curiosity, imagination, innovation, personal expression
• Perseverance, self-direction, planning, self-discipline, adaptability, initiative
• Oral and written communication, public speaking and presenting, listening
• Leadership, teamwork, collaboration, cooperation, facility in using virtual workspaces
• Information and communication technology (ICT) literacy, media and internet literacy, data interpretation and analysis, computer programming
• Civic, ethical, and social-justice literacy
• Economic and financial literacy, entrepreneurialism
• Global awareness, multicultural literacy, humanitarianism
• Scientific literacy and reasoning, the scientific method
• Environmental and conservation literacy, ecosystems understanding
• Health and wellness literacy, including nutrition, diet, exercise, and public health and safety
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Some good ideas to consider/implement, where age appropriate: 

The Nature of Learning

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the-social-nature-of-learning

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recognizing-and-planning-for-individual-differences

stretching-all-students

assessment-for-learning

building-horizontal-connections

Looking at Spiral of Inquiry:

(VERY similar to self-review)



Aspect of a spiral

Scanning:
What do you do in your classroom to get to know your learner?










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Need to update class blog - can put links to reading etc on the class blog.
A way to get information from parents - can put on blog




QR codes - can be used for reading


google slides can be used more often




Great for showing a whole class experience



classroom ideas for spark


some great ideas here for presenting learning