Digital Learning Day

Friday, March 13th, Digital Learning Day, is an opportunity to celebrate digital learning that is already taking place. Identifying a specific day provides a focus for lesson planning and sharing. Instructional practice and student learning are always the focus. Make this day a goal for showcasing the opportunities that digital tools give us for formative assessment, anytime learning and individualized instruction.

"Digital learning is any instructional practice that effectively uses technology to strengthen a student’s learning experience. It emphasizes high-quality instruction and provides access to challenging content, feedback through formative assessment, opportunities for learning anytime and anywhere, and individualized instruction to ensure all students reach their full potential to succeed in college and a career." - See more at: http://all4ed.schoolwires.net/domain/54#sthash.rXSs1pz0.dpuf

 

http://www.digitallearningday.org/site/default.aspx?PageID=11

As we plan what to showcase, Troy Hicks (@hickstro) , Associate Professor of English at Central Michigan University, provides some push back of the possible intention behind the sponsors of Digital Learning Day in his blog post "Open Letter to Educators" . It is important to remember that digital learning is not using the computer to replace educators. Digital tools allow teachers to thoughtfully create experiences for student personalization and creation. How can we move beyond substitution and and move to higher levels of SAMR (augmentation, modification and redefinition)?. Thank you to Troy for recommended some of the following resources and providing thoughtful discussion on digital learning.

Resources to consider:

• Edutopia Digital Learning Day Resources
• Video Story problems by Ben Rimes
• Middle School blogging by Troy Hicks
• Literacy- Content Areas
• Augmented Reality
• Book Trailers
• TedEd 
• March Book Madness
• Do Now (social engagement for current issues)
• Online Science Labs

Don't forget to work with your instructional coaches, supervisors and technology integration specialists to collaborate on access to technology and assistance with implementation.

Share your story using a personal blog, Twitter (using hashtags #1phasd & #dld15) and your Facebook building page.