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What is digital literacy?

February 13, 2018

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It is appropriate that we start a blog on educational technology by defining digital literacy. I deconstruct the concept of digital literacy in the video below.

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Augmented Reality & Single Digit Addition in a KG Classroom

This was a math lesson in a KG Classroom at Belmont Elementary (Rockford Public Schools) , a Blue Ribbon School in GR Area. The theme of the lesson was St. Patrick's Day (there was even a small ladder leading up to the false ceiling where a leprechaun had climbed up and was hiding!). The kindergarteners were exploring single digit addition using their iPads in three different ways: Station 1 (run by the teacher): Students were leveraging Augmented Reality using the Aurasma App (now known as HP Reveal) on their iPads to point their iPad camera at several printed images of rainbows to search for the "pot of gold at the end of the rainbow" ( Aurasma Demo for Teachers ). A set of gold coins at each end of the rainbow would pop up on their screen as they pointed at each rainbow. Students would add these coins (single digit addition) and use the answer to crack a code for breaking out/unlocking the pot of gold (a jar of goodies)! This is similar to the BreakoutEDU ga

Data Driven School Leadership Model

Today's principals are increasingly being called to assume Data Driven School Leadership (DDSL). Here's a DDSL Model proposed by Jingping, Johnson, & Przybylski (2016, p104): 1. Data-Based Goal Setting Looking at multiple data sources and longitudinal data, and analyzing them from various angles to identify coordinated, tiered, long-term, and short-term goals Fostering a whole-school systematic approach to the goal achievement process Determining staff's development needs and developing teachers' instructional capacities by using data 2. Developing Teachers' Decisional Capacity Modelling of data use Providing individual support for data use, especially through individual conferencing 3. Building a Data-Wise Culture in Schools Fostering collaborative knowledge construction and instructional strategy sharing Building trust to foster teachers' use of data 4. Improving Instruction Based on Data Identifying, through regular classroom obser

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