National standards for educators

Digital Skills for Scottish Educators This guidance was developed to support the development of digital skills for all Scottish educators, including Early Learning and Childcare, school and Community Learning and Development sectors. It is based on the UK essential digital skills framework. View the Digital Skills for Scottish Educators guidance with this link View the UK essential digital skills framework with this link   The Community Learning and Development (CLD)

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Begin with learners’ understanding

Rosenshine’s Principles of Instruction states that learning should begin with a daily review of prior learning as this can strengthen the connections of the material previously learned. This might be vocabulary, processes or concepts. By revisiting them, educators can correct misonceptions or have them recalled and the learners primed for that day’s learning. Read Principles of instruction – UNESCO Digital Library How could digital help with this? Forms can be

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Managing the digital classroom

If you have the option, confidence or need to use a digital classroom app, such as Teams or Classroom in Glow, then it is worth knowing the features and functions that support management. Like the physical classroom, having a well-prepared space with easy-to-access resources makes it easier for learners to use. Assignments is the most effective way to create learning, attach files and organise distribution and collection from learners. [embedyt]

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