Following on from this post, we next look at how we actually integrate ‘digital literacy’. As discussed, the skills of digital literacy are tough to pin down precisely, but we are able to think roughly about what skills, concepts and experience we want our pupils to experience. Ask yourself someContinue Reading
A recent twitter conversation on the #primedchat was discussing Digital Literacy alongside reading and writing skills. During this chat it occurred to me that some were confusing the notion of ‘Digital Literacy’ with that of using edtech for ‘ordinary’ literacy. I thought a discussion around what Digital Literacy actually isContinue Reading
Recent posts about development plans (like this one) has made me think about mine. As part of ours, a digital strategy is key. Some thoughts on long term digital strategy: It’s impossible to plan too far in advance, a 3 yr development is not really a long time, but latelyContinue Reading
This question is asked with increasing frequency as more and more schools begin to get to grips with the new curriculum. The emphasis on understanding algorithms, creating and then debugging these creations, has opened up a whole new conversation about why we are asking all children to understand these concepts.Continue Reading
Does reading on a screen require different skills to reading on paper? I have been thinking about this as part of our rethink of the curriculum, mainly because of recent news articles which suggested that iPads and other tech in the classroom might interfere with the concentration span of pupils (noContinue Reading