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General Description

Develop a rich suite of digital skills and habits to help learners declutter the web, collaborate effectively and enhance creativity.


Audience

Teachers of Year 5-12 students


Teaching Standards

2.6.2 Proficient Level - Know the content and how to teach it - Information and Communication Technology (ICT):  Use effective teaching strategies to integrate ICT into learning and teaching programs to make selected content relevant and meaningful,

3.4.2 Proficient Level - Plan for and implement Effective Teaching and Learning - Select and use resources:  Select and/or create and use a range of resources, including ICT, to engage students in their learning,

5.1.2 Proficient Level - Assess, provide feedback and report on student learning - Assess student learning:  Develop, select and use informal and formal, diagnostic, formative and summative assessment strategies to assess student learning,

6.2.2 Proficient Level - Engage in Professional Learning - Engage in professional learning and improve practice:   Participate in learning to update knowledge and practice targeted to professional needs and school and/or system priorities

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Home

    • Welcome

    • Welcome Video

  • 2

    Module 1: Beginning with the end in mind

    • Setting the scene

    • What is Digital Literacy?

    • Digital Literacy

    • Towards a Digitally Literate Learner
  • 3

    Module 2: Making the Web Work for you

    • Setting Up

    • Decluttering the Web

    • Sticky Noting the Web

    • Reading and Writing on the Web

  • 4

    Module 3: Developing Good Digital Habits

    • Focus

    • Monotasking With Trello And Kanban

    • Focus Using the Pomodoro Technique
  • 5

    Module 4: Feedback and Synthesis

    • Verso

    • Socrative

    • Poll Everywhere
  • 6

    Module 5: Towards True Collaboration

    • True Collaboration

    • Using OneNote to Collaborate

    • Collaboration and the GSuite
  • 7

    Module 6: Fake it Till you Create it - Bluffing Your Way to Creativity

    • Amazing Graphics and Presentations Using Canva

    • TouchCast

    • In Conclusion

    • Feedback

  • 8

    Course Feedback

    • Course Feedback

Do you teach in NSW? If so, this is relevant to you:

This course may contribute towards Elective PD hours. Visit https://educationstandards.nsw.edu.au for more details.

 

Presenter

Steve Brophy

Steve Brophy

Steve is a highly effective, passionate and innovative educator, with over 17 years of experience at both local and international level in both primary and secondary.

In his role as the Director of ICT & eLearning, Steve oversees the digital strategy and development at Ivanhoe Grammar School.

As a teacher, he is incredibly passionate about learner development and the power of technology to enable learners to take the reins of their own learning.

Steve is the cohost of the TeachTechPlay web show, organiser of the TeachTechPlay conference and founder of CoLearn MeetUp. He is a Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert and a 2017 TouchCastEdu Ambassador.  He has a Master of Education from Deakin and has received awards for innovative teaching practice.

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