14 Digital Literacy Activities Following a PD session I was involved with yesterday on creating Digital Literacies I have compiled 14 activities with both student and teacher guidance notes included focussing on four aspects of digital literacies. Still Images, Digital Sound, Moving Images and Digital Text. These activities are aimed at students from years 5 - 9 but you could easily adjust them to suit the needs of older and younger students. These activities can be set as either an independent task or as a whole class activity. Still Images Design a Robot This digital learning object allows you to build robots for specific purposes Cartoon Capers This cartoon shows what many people thought about Labour leader Kevin Rudd during the 2007 federal election campaign. The Riddle of the Black Panther This is a series of three interactive learning objects which focus on a rumour that a black panther is loose near the town of Flotsam. Digital Sound Moving Images Digital Texts
30+ YouTube Channels for Teachers Here is a resource of some great education YouTube channels Saga has recently compiled. The list is organized according to different content areas and has over 190 YouTube channels making it one of the most comprehensive list I have ever come across online. I am sharing with you some of the channels from this list and invite you to check the full list HERE. 1- YouTube EDU: Launched in 2009, Youtube EDU centralizes content from over 100 universities and colleges, providing access to lectures, research, and campus tours. 2- Teaching Channel: A video showcase of inspiring and effective teaching practices.TED-Ed: With over 400,000 subscribers, this channel offers an extensive library of original videos meant to inform and inspire. 3- TED & TEDx: As of 2011, TED Talks were the #1 non-profit channel subscribed to on Youtube. 11- National Geographic: With nearly 3 million subscribers, this channel covers wildlife, natural history, archaeology, and more. 12- Expert Village: Watch.
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Apps for Geography Fieldwork | ICT Across the Curriculum Posted on March 12, 2017 by R Chambers With preparations underway for fieldwork to support students with the new AS and A2 specifications and to provide them with tools that may be useful for their independent investigations I have been exploring options for useful apps to take into the field. The screenshot below is a small selection of some the key ones that we hope to use during fieldwork over the next couple of months. I will be reviewing some of these as and when we use them. Page 1 – Fieldwork Apps Page 2 – Fieldwork Apps Like this: Like Loading... Filed under: Apps, Fieldwork, Geography | Tagged: Apps, Fieldwork, Geography |
Digital Literacy is the Bedrock for Lifelong Learning People often ascribe technological devices with magical properties, as though the inert objects in and of themselves can bestow us with the capacity to be "better, faster, and more productive." In actuality, it is the people making and using technological devices to achieve shared goals that produce the seemingly magical results. In a similar way, this Microsoft infographic seemed to suggest that simply having a home computer with Internet would fix billions of dollars of lost-earning potential due to nearly 10 million American students lacking access to digital tools. Certainly, increasing access to digital tools is a necessary step towards solving the problem, but as technologies of the moment come and go, it's even more important to ground digital inclusion agendas in the skills that youth will need to become and remain informed, engaged and discerning in a ever-rapidly changing technologically-infused world. Issues of Access Literacy Opens the Doors to Engaging with Diverse Ideas
Media Simple Patterns: Foundation Level Indicator of progress The ability to recognise patterns is an important aspect of students’ mathematical progress. At this level patterns are made with objects such as attribute blocks as well as pictures. Once students can successfully describe and extend patterns by varying a single attribute, the next stage is to vary more than one attribute. Illustration 1: Making and extending patterns In order to make and extend patterns with shapes students need to recognise similarities and differences between shapes. Illustration 2: Describing patterns As well as forming patterns, students need to use appropriate language to describe them. Examples of the types of tasks that would be illustrative of simple pattern concepts, aligned from the Mathematics Online Interview: First year of schooling detour' Q II (b), (c), (d) - Identify, copy, continue a pattern of coloured teddies Teaching strategies Activity 1: Sorting Give pairs of students a set of about 20 objects. Activity 3: Recording patterns