EdTech: Best tool for the job
Knowing how to choose the right tool or app for a task is a key skill for life and work. It requires more than understanding the broad purpose and technical capabilities of tools and packages. It calls on a learner’s ability to analyse a problem, plan an activity, monitor progress and evaluate outcomes.
This module looks at how teachers can help learners to develop this skill set.
Aim
How to use learners’ choice to develop effective learning strategies.
Objective
After completing the module, you will be able to:
- Develop effective learner strategies for problem solving around choosing the best tool for the job
- Create activities and opportunities to introduce, practice and refine these strategies
Digital Teaching Professional Framework
This module covers the EdTech component - C2 : Supporting study skills
- Identify and solve technical problems when operating devices and using digital environments.
- Adjust and customise digital environments to personal needs.
- Identify, evaluate, select and use digital technologies and possible technological responses to solve a given task or problem.
- Use digital technologies in innovative ways to create learning.
- Understand where a learner's digital competence needs to be improved or updated.
- Support others in their digital competence development.
- Seek opportunities for selfdevelopment and to keep up-to-date with digital evolution.
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More of a process for the longer term course in that you want learners to develop the ability to select appropriate tools for themselves. Certainly a useful process for beginners but in the time available on a short course this process might be limited.
Very informative
Very interesting and quick.
Annoying as it would not allow me to out in correct order, quite enjoyed content
Not the easiest module
Another helpful presentation. Clear guidance given.
How to choose the best tools for the task.
The presupposition of modelling metacognition and transferring ownership to the learners is very good but I think this module needed to start with fewer assumptions about the confidence of technophobic teachers to do this.
I think a lot of staff need training on how to evaluate different digital tools. There's a useful appraisal tool for this purpose on page 13 of the Future Teacher session on Getting Savvy with digital tools and resources - https://learningapps.co.uk/futureteacher/play_105#page13
The "Download transcript" link doesn't work - merely opens same web page again. The transcript can only be downloaded from Resources section.
Informative
Choosing the right tool is important and dependent on class personalities and ability etc.
Choosing the best tool is often the only one available
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