A really useful CPD course involving professional dialogue about the success and challenges of using digital learning in the classroom. Delegates also had the opportunity to learn digital learning skills by attending practical workshops. Below I will share some of the highlights of the day and their impact on practice.
“Reconnecting with Glow”
One of the key messages of the day was the potential Glow 365 has for improving learning and teaching. The collaborative functions and cloud storage space can be used to create online learning environments and move away from the iPad/AAL as a “thing to google things” and instead to access course materials and carry out learning and homework.
OneNote in particular is being used to create digital textbooks, track students’ learning, collect and store evidence of unit outcomes and learn collaboratively.
http://onenoteforteachers.com/
“Kahoot”
I attended a workshop on using Kahoot to create and play quizzes on any device. I had used similar things before but this site allows the students’ responses to questions to be exported to a spreadsheet to identify areas the class are weak on. AiFL takes place and students’ can rate their understanding of topics and enjoyment of the game at the end.
https://getkahoot.com/
I have already used this with my Nationals and Higher as part of their revision which went down very well (see below)
Over the next 3 months I will be carrying out a practitioner enquiry, and hopefully implementing some of the ideas and practices I encountered. In particular I will try to explore OneNote and the other apps available through Glow to enhance learning and teaching.
S.MacKenzie
