Session 4 My Digital Toolbox

My Digital Toolbox

EP404Session 4

Session aims

• To examine what tools we already carry in our digital toolkits and discuss their potential

• To examine how we can extend our digital toolkits in order to support our professional learning

• To reflect on our digital profiles and consider how we can develop these to project more positive professional identities

What’s in your digital toolbox?

Infographic courtesy of Samantha Penney, samantha.penney@gmail.com

Sharing digital tools for learning

Activity:Add your suggested digital tools to the Google doc for your group:

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Learning to help ourselves

How many Interactive Whiteboard ‘how to’ videos are there on YouTube or Vimeo?

Digital technologies in schools

The DfE provides guidance on the use of digital technologies in schools:• education.gov.uk/schools/teachingandlearnin

g/curriculum/a00201823/digital-technology-in-schools

What does your online profile say about you?

Developing your professional identity

Activities:• Google yourself. • Does what you find project a positive identity?• Consider how you could improve your online profile

to project a more positive/professional identity.• Review your own personal privacy settings on all the

social networks you use to ensure that they support a positive professional identity.

• What would you do if you got a friend request from a pupil or parent?

• What should I do if someone posts inappropriate photos of me?

• What should I do if I see inappropriate content of my pupils?

• Can I use sites like Facebook and Twitter in school?

Social networking dilemmas

Guidance for trainee teachers

Read Social Networking: a guide for trainee teachers and NQTs:

http://www.childnet.com/resources/kia/