The Digital ToolkitBreaking Barriers Project
Breaking BarriersWorkshop 21st March 2017Vanessa Camilleri
What makes a toolkit
Why Do We teach literacy?
The Toolkit conceptThe travellers metaphor for a toolkit;What
would you pack in your bag?What would an educator wish for as an
aid to teaching adults?
Activity #1: An educators Wishlist to Teaching Adults
Activity #1 TipsLog in online and perform searches related to
Adult Educator blogs;Log on to Twitter, and search using hashtags
such as #adultliteracy, #adulted or #adulteduction or any other
hashtag which might provide you with additional information and
gain insights about the latest developments in adult education in
literacy areas. Organise your thoughts in the shared Google Doc and
attempt to answer the questions provided. Shared Google Doc:
http://bit.ly/2mL3jLK
The ToolkitThink of a toolkit in terms of :Grouping of
information in categories;Direction on how to use
information;Information grouped according to target audiences,
level of competences and expected outcomes; Content that includes
purpose, outcomes and performance expectations;Interactive
content;Content that can be printed or captured.
What the toolkit isA collection of ideas, hints and strategies
to apply in a classroom grouped by category such as
subject/age/competence level;A collection of best practice guides
in implementing tools, applications and scenarios; A shared
contribution of ideas, examples, and experiences by teachers for
teachers;
What the Toolkit is NotA repository for handouts;A repository
for links; A repository for lesson plans; A curriculum plan;
Activity #2 : The Toolkit
Activity #2 TipsDiscuss in groups of 2 or 3 your views about
toolkits.Jot down your thoughts in the shared Google Doc provided
for activity 2. Write down your insights based on your experiences
as an adult educator.Shared Google Doc: http://bit.ly/2n5HbhT
The Toolkit concept mapWhy? Needed to categorise information
under level competences, expected outcomes and targeted
performanceConcept map headings follow the LOF designed for Maltese
schools (these follow EQF)
How?Using Blooms taxonomy, learning outcomes are transferred to
a tangibly assessed competence;Competences can be measured in terms
of level order thinking skills: recall, comprehension, analysis,
synthesis, evaluation & creation
What? Using the expected performance outcomes, we can build
activities that can relate to the outcomes, and use these
activities to map scenarios about how such activities can be used
in the adult classroom.
Toolkit GroupingsDigital skills;Greetings, introductions and
social skills; Grammar and vocabulary;
Books/newspapers/magazines;Others
Activity #3 : Scenarios for The Adult educator Toolkit
An Adult education literacy project
Activity #3 TipsUsing the Google Doc provided attempt to answer
the following questions: When using a toolkit, what information
would help me in class? What characteristic features would you
include in a scenario within the toolkit that would help me use
resources for my class teaching?Shared Google Doc:
http://bit.ly/2nJ5j8g
To conclude and Keep in perspective
Literacy is a fight against Poverty
Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope. It is a tool for daily
life in modern society. It is a bulwark against poverty, and a
vehicle for the promotion of cultural and national identity. For
everyone, everywhere, literacy is, along with education in general,
a basic human right.... Literacy is, finally, the road to human
progress and the means through which every man, woman and child can
realise his or her full potential.-Kofi Annan
