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Teach and help student to be digital fluent

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Teach and help student to be digital fluent

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Whtie(2013) believes that pedagogy is longer sufficient in a digital world in this 21st century. Children born in this century will be expected to be digital fluent in their growth. As a role of teacher are required to help the student to adapt to the digital society, to shape their ability and help them to explore in terms of digital learning.

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Perhaps it would be wise to brainstorm not only what a digital classroom really is but what we want it to be.
"May you live in interesting times."
" As educationalists, we do live in very interesting times and that can be either a curse or a blessing depending on how you feel about the role of technology in education and the degree to which you are willing to engage with it. Personally, I feel that it's a blessing and that we are very lucky to be living in times that offer us the opportunity to radically change and improve the way we educate our students. "

Nik Peachey

Here's a brief visualization of what a digital classroom could be based on my own readings, searches, and thoughts.

Assuming that this mindmaps represents an ideal digital classroom set-up with technology, psychology and social learning dynamics in place, let's proceed with the list of top ten things teachers want from digital classrooms. My list is based on the results of a questionnaire created by Educational technology expert, Nik Peachey. Using a collaborative brain-storming tool called tricider, Nik asks us to contribute ideas on what we'd like to see in an ebook about exploiting online video in the digital classroom? The ideas are then voted upon and we can clearly see which ideas are the most popular. Although his first book is about exploiting video, he's planning a whole series of books about the full range of things we need to know regarding the digital classroom.
"The ideas here are worthy of a series, not just a single book ;-)"
Ali bournoussa

1. Teachers want to know how to manage diverse types of digital environment. They are particularly interested in online and blended learning paradigms such as flipped learning.

2. They feel that video tutorials are a must for demonstrating new technology.

3. They would like reviews of different types of apps for creating videos, including suggestions about how to use the app for learning purposes.

4. They want to let student create their own video content for authentic purposes and to feel pride in their work.

5. They want tips on how to exploit the visual aspects of video.

6. Ideas and advice for using video in digital narrative.

7. Advice on how to choose an appropriate clip.

8. Suggestions for action plans and tasks teachers can do to start incorporation video technology into their teaching.

9. Ideas about how to exploit the visual aspect of the video rather than just for listening comp.

10. A tool box of useful applications for doing things like video editing, clipping, download, etc.

If you wish to add your ideas about what you'd like to see in a book about video in your digital classroom you can add your voice hereIf you want to contribute towards this project you can learn more about it here. The funding campaign is a win-win model for crowd-sourcing and grass-roots collaboration. Nik has collected eighty percent of the 5,000GBP funding that he needs to write the book that will map out our changing English language teaching landscapes and give us the power to create our own personalized Edtech ticket to everywhere.Don't forget to read my recent interview with Nik Peachey on WiziQ. Here's a recording and video pdf. of a recent webinar and here's the powerpoint.Personally speaking I have decided to add an extra contribution of my own. I've decided to run ten free online workshops to guide you through implementing new skills and ideas from the book into your classes" This would include asynchronous mentoring, brainstorming and community based support.Although everything we need to learn will be in the book and video demonstrations, I thought it would be a great social learning experiment to share this journey into the digital classroom together. I have moderated quite a few open online courses and MOOCs so I can guarantee a supportive and inspiring experience.One example of something right down my street would be this amazing tool shared by Nik Peachey on his blog called ' storytime '. It's a tool that combines video conferencing with reading stories out loud and it's perfect for tutoring young learners online.Something else for us to consider is that with new knowledge on video tools for mobile technology we have to power to interact with the best educational videos online and turn them into our own creative toys. For example, Jason R. Levine's Collo tunes. They can be turned into speaking practice videos through the clever us of apps. That allows us to interact directly with the music content and then build upon it in communicative ways.One example is you could use eye report and let students add commentary to the collo videos. That could actually turn into collaborate rhyming and rapping as each students to add their own words to the songs. Or it could become a grammar chain story as each students would add a grammatically phrased sentence that matches the teaching point from the Fluency MC rap. Jason R. Levine has offered to hold a web 3.0 webinar on how to implement ideas from Nik Peachey's video book and use them for enhancing interactivity with his Collo Tunes.Exciting times ahead with Web 3.0 and digital classrooms - let's all share the experience

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Top 10 Things Teachers Want From Their Digital Classrooms - eLearning Industry

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Yes...The digital classroom. Yes, it is here, even if you can't see it. It's in the minds of your students, even if you make them switch off their mobile phones. It's a nagging presence in the back of your mind, even if you still insist on using a cassette player from the 1980s in your classroom.

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Word processing (Word)

Spreadsheets (Excel)

Advanced Web-searching

Animation-clay, drawing

Podcasting

Presentation software(PowerPoint, keynote, Prezi)

Blogging

Web 2.0 (Social networking)

Publishing

Making a video or movie

Wed design

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Digital tools have now surrounding in our life and it changes the way student learn and interact with the community. School now are expected student to be able to work on different level of technology to learn and explore during their educational life. Student stars to build up their skills in school from the early year as a neophyte, they are beginners who have a solid grounding in the basics and are ready to assimilate more complex experience in technology (Howell, 2012). Howell views the participant students as digital content creators, where he mentions that creative activates can enhance student's learning through digital tools. They would build their problem-solving skills through the completion of the task and acquiring new skills and knowledge based on their previous knowledge.

The use of digital tools will affect student's future. Resnick states that digital fluency will become a prerequisite for obtaining jobs, participating in society and learning throughout a lifetime.  (Resnick, 2002, p. 33)

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The use of digital tools will effect student's future. Resnick states that digital fluency will become a prerequisite for obtaining jobs, participating in society and learning throughout a lifetime.  (Resnick, 2002, p. 33)

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Teaching and Learning in the Digital World

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What is digital fluency? How does it affect the younger generation?

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Today's current workforce climate is driven by the use of technology. The younger generation that enters the workforce without basic technological skills often struggles to find a position (Resnick, 2002, p. 33). Clearly, educators and future educators are required to facilitate technological learning and adjust their pedagogies accordingly.

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Technology has conditioned the modern user to expect answers faster than ever before. Movie times, restaurant menus, and playoff schedules are a Google away. When it comes to what's happening at school, can we say the same thing yet? Why or why not?

We researched the communication features and technology in the classroom strategies that have proven most effective for keeping schools connected and better able to share information. This includes school-wide announcements, classroom exchanges about assignments, or places for teachers to share new ideas.

After a year of tracking user requests, the Chalkup support team identified a handful of messaging and communication features as the most requested from students and teachers. Peer-to-peer and student-to-teacher messaging functions were at the top of the list.

This signals to us that classes want to talk to each other. Systems built to assign and grade work that don't make room for discussion miss a huge opportunity to connect students.

School-wide Messaging

Going a step further is school-wide messaging. Same idea, larger scale. Perhaps this is an e-mail list or a specialized group within a more-advanced messaging system. Admins and teachers should have an uncomplicated way to get in touch with one another, students, a single parent, or all parents, as needed.

Regardless of your system, we can't stress enough that your communication system should be easy to use, and you should find ways to limit the total number of accounts/websites/portals used to share information. Wherever possible, link or eliminate accounts and streamline communication processes into the same platform.

Extra pro tip: Look for opportunities to spread positivity within your school-wide system. No one wants their name associated with bad news. See if a newsletter or bi-weekly message would work as an opportunity to highlight successes or call out community members who are doing amazing things.

Parent Accounts

For K-12 schools, parents are a big part of your school ecosystem. We're often asked about what our parent access is like in Chalkup, as well as what the right balance of access looks like. Parents can sign up for an account and they will be connected to their student's classes. In this role, they'll be able to see what's happening and get updates on assigned work.

This means mom and dad will know when tests are happening and how many hours of homework their child has. They'll also know what assignments have been pushed out and whether or not their student has turned their homework in. The idea is that a parent cannot control the student's account in any way or contribute to student work, but they can have a bird's-eye view of what's going on in their child's classroom.

A Place for Teachers

We've heard from our users that teacher professional development is highly sought after when it comes to new classroom technology. One of our favorite stories from Chalkup comes from a group of teachers who set up a professional development space in our platform.

Teachers from across the school were invited to a digital course; that space now serves as an area to discuss new teaching tips and classroom ideas between instructors. It also includes lots of discussion about how instructors are using Chalkup in their classroom.

Case in point: teachers need (and want) a place to connect. E-mail can only take you so far. Look for flexible, innovative features like discussion spaces and resource libraries that allow for an exchange of ideas and continued professional development.

Analytics

This one is a little different. Go with us here. When your whole school is hooked up to a communication system, you're suddenly positioned to identify patterns related to how many messages are being sent, how many assignments are getting pushed out, or perhaps how many hours of homework your students have each night.

These analytics can be used to connect with teachers and parents to support what's happening in classrooms. We're not talking about invading privacy and reading individual messages; we're talking about identifying patterns in data.

For example: Analytics could allow an administrator to see if certain teachers were assigning far more homework than others. They could see how many assignments have gone out over a given period of time and what percentage of students were turning the assignments in. Similarly, they could see what percent of the work was graded.

What if turn-in rates were low and 90 percent of the work was being graded? What's going on there and what does it tell us? Is this a unique opportunity for an administrator to help get everyone on the same page so student workloads remain challenging, but more evenly spread out?

For more tips and tricks, check out our latest resource, The Handbook for Building Connected Schools.
Chalkup is a class collaboration platform that keeps classes connected, organized, and equipped to learn more. Read more on their blog.

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Technology in the Classroom: Keep Everyone Connected

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Technology has conditioned the modern user to expect answers faster than ever before. Movie times, restaurant menus, and playoff schedules are a Google away. When it comes to what's happening at school, can we say the same thing yet? Why or why not?

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Digital fluency is the ability of students to apply their understanding of digital tools to efficiently  and confidently decide when to use to achieve the outcome