Category: Planning

This is Digital: Planning

As educators it is our responsibility to make effective use of digital technology to deliver high quality teaching, engaging learning and effective assessment. This video explains our definition of digital learning and teaching versus digital literacy – one we plan for and one we plan with.

 

Back to planning

The moderation cycle should be used to plan learning, teaching and assessment. Following this process can be useful in considering the role of digital at each step of planning.

The diagram below has interactive ‘hotspots’ with audio that explore how digital can be implemented at each step.

In this video, Hattie talks about the need for Learning Intentions and Success Criteria and that these are what learners are learning and NOT what they are doing. This is useful to consider when planning learning with digital  as opposed to planning learning of digital literacy.

Assignments (on Teams or Classroom) are an effective means to share LIs and SCs with learners.

When planning digital literacy (learning of) the digital literacy Es and Os from the Technologies curriculum should be used.

Collaboration helps “build social capital among teachers and other educators improves student learning… it also improves the ability to initiate and implement change, as ideas spread and last beyond a few individual brainwaves.” – A. Hargreaves and M. T O’Connor

In the same paper they also state that “The strongest case for digital technology in education or life, however, is when it uniquely provides something of value that cannot be offered in any other way.”

We agree with both of these points – digital allows us to store, collaborate and publish documents instantly and across the world. Being able to share planning this way means that we can get, and share, new ideas from a much wider setting than ever before. So, how can we implement digital in our planning for better collaboration?

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Features of Highly Effective Digital Learning, Teaching and Assessment in Schools

This document outlines the features of high-quality digital learning experiences for all children and young people. It highlights the importance of highly-skilled staff who work with children, young people and others to ensure digital learning is motivating and meaningful.

It has been designed for use primarily by L.A. staff, senior leaders, school leaders, practitioners.

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