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DIGITAL CLASSROOMWORKSHOP UNPACKING DIGITAL TOOLS FOR THE
CLASSROOM.
INDICATIVE CONTENT:
Digital literacy and fluency issues, policy and debates.
Unpacking the digital native understanding the digital journey
that learners undertake from primaryeducation onwards.
Developing a blueprint on how to incorporate digital techniques
into professional development.
Building an online, integrated professional profile.
Ethics and responsibilities in relation to online security.
Reviewing different channels and how they can link or
integrate.
Developing good practice in collating and organising learning
materials to keep up with trends.
Critically reviewing research, articles and scholarship in this
field.
This course, aimed at teachers in primary, secondary, further or
higher
education, will introduce you to key debates and ideas about the
use ofdigital and social media in the classroom. As well as an
opportunity for
analysis and critique, this one-day workshop will develop and
extend your
own digital skills and support you to implement innovative and
creative
classroom practice to support improved student experience.
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LEARNING OUTCOME LEARNING AND TEACHING METHODS
Understand the context of the debates that relate to
digitalliteracy in education and the academic debates and
populardiscourse around the idea of digital natives.
he workshop will be a mix of lead lectures, case studies
andpractical workshop elements.
Students will engage with relevant literate prior to theworkshop
in order to facilitate debate.
Students will utilise a patchwork text throughout the
taughtsession to create a blueprint of their ongoing
professionaldevelopment.
Students will work in small groups to examine the variety
ofdigital platforms available.
Students will use online resources to engage in
relevantliterature, undertake directed follow-up tasks and
tofacilitate on going discussion.
Have an awareness of the variety of social media and
virtualworld platforms in use in educational contexts and begin
tounderstand how to make use of such platforms in their
owncontexts.
Be able to create and publish digital resources online.
Evaluate their own level of digital literacy and create anaction
plan to further their professional development.
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DIGITAL CLASSROOMWORKSHOP UNPACKING DIGITAL TOOLS FOR THE
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LEARNING RESOURCES
Classroom with Wi-Fi access.
Students will be encouraged to bring their own laptop/tablet
device. Laptops can be made available.
Delivery of blueprint/action plan will be supported by peer
feedback.
SUGGESTED READING:
Burgess, Jean; Jenkins, Henry; Hartley, John; Green, Joshua
(2009) YouTube: online video and participatory culture
Carrington, V & Robinson M (Eds) (2009) Digital Literacies:
Social Learning and Classroom Practices
Coyer Kate Downmut Tony & Fountain Alan (2007) The
Alternative Media Handbook, London: Routledge
Dean, Jodi (2010) Blog theory : feedback and capture in the
circuits of drive / Jodi Dean, Cambridge: Polity
Gauntlett, David (2011) Making is Connecting
Jones, R & Hafner, C (2012) Understanding Digital
Literacies: A Practical Introduction
Palfrey, John (2008) Born digital : understanding the first
generation of digital natives, New York : Basic Books
Prensky, Marc (2012) From Digital Natives to Digital Wisdom:
Hopeful Essays for 21st Century Learning
Rettberg, Jill Walker (2008) Blogging, Cambridge : Polity
Tremayne, M (Ed.) (2007) Blogging, citizenship, and the future
of media, New York; London: Routledge
Shirky Clay (2008) Here Comes Everybody, London: Penguin
Shirky, Clay (2010) Cognitive Surplus, London: Penguin
UNPACKING DIGITAL TOOLS FOR THE CLASSROOM.WORKSHOP
TIMETABLE:
9:15 REGISTRATION AND REFRESHMENTS
9:30 ISSUES AND DEBATES
Icebreaker: reviewing your online profile. Introduction to
Digital Literacy issues and debates. Awareness of relevant policy
issues in education as
they relate to digital literacy. Unpacking the digital native.
Ethics and responsibilities in relation to online
security.
11:00 COFFEE BREAK
11:20 3 X CASE STUDIES AND PLATFORMS
13:00 LUNCH
13:45 DEVELOPING YOUR DIGITAL PRACTICE
Familiarity with different online platforms tounderstand the
digital journey that learnersundertake from primary to higher
education.
Develop a blueprint of how they will incorporatedigital
techniques into the professional development.
Reviewing different channels and how they can linkor
integrate.
Developing good practice in collating and organisinglearning
materials to keep up with trends
15:00 COFFEE BREAK
15:20 REVIEW AND REFLECT
LOCATION:
DIRECTED STUDY: Critically reviewing research, articles and
scholarship in this field Write an online think piece
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