Digital Literacy

Rose Anna Camilleri Keith Aquilina Vincent Carabott Omar Seguna Education Officers (Digital Literacy)

Grazio Grixti Director (Digital Literacy and Transversal Skills)

Using technologies to reach outcomes which otherwise cannot be reached

DDLTS Mission Digital Education comprises two different but

complementary perspectives:

- the development of digital competence of

pupils/students and teachers

- the pedagogical use of digital technologies

to support and enhance learning and teaching

Based on Digital Education Action Plan

DDLTS FocusEmpowering learners

to succeed

as global digital citizens

though 21st century competences: collaboration, communication, creativity, critical thinking, citizenship,

character education and computational thinking

Digital Literacy Learning Outcomes

Information Management

Communication

Collaboration

Use of Digital Media

Managing Learning

Managing Internet Use

Computational Thinking

1) Information and data literacy

2) Communication and collaboration

3) Digital content creation

4) Safety

5) Problem solving

On the same lines of The Digital Competence Framework 2.1

Digital Literacy

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E-Learning

Digital Literacy learning outcomes are about

Using technologies in a meaningful way.

The competences necessary to enable students to better participate in an online society.

Relevance of empowering users, and teaching students not only how to use technology yet to cope with issues stemming from it.

Integration of technologies into teaching and learning

ESA Project

First phase of the Astro-Pi project was completed and the resulting python3 code was submitted on the due date 6-2-2019

• Tablet as a learning tool

• Learning anytime anywhere

• Content creation

• Encourage reading.

• Availability of Maltese Content

• Assessment tools

Part-financed by the European Social Fund ESF.03.059 Funding is under investment priority 10i

National Roll-out

Students

• 2016-2017 Year 4

• 2017-2018 Year 4, Year 5

• 2018-2019 Year 4, Year 5, Year 6

Training for Educators

• 2016-2017 Year 4

• 2017-2018 Year 5

• 2018-2019 Year 6

• Learners create pages with drawings, text and images

• Project files can be saved and shared

• Opens up great opportunities for interactive activities

Organising knowledge using Mindmaps

5. Managing Learning (LO DL) 5.1 I can various tools to manage my own learning 5.3 I can use various tools to explore ideas, theories, relationships and procedures.

LO English 4) I can use resources to help me plan my written work and present it accurately. 9) I can organise and summarise information.

Simple Mind is used to plan creative writing tasks to help learners organise their ideas. It is also used to revise topics in Social Studies and Science by helping them break down, classify and categorise concepts.

Maltese Digital Content

Reading Strategies

Quizziz

Kahoot

Study Ladder

NearPod and other Apps where students’ work is uploaded in ClassCloud and saved for assessment purposes.

Assessment

Computational thinking

…and coding

WeDo Scratch Logo J2Code

Developing computational thinking using Scratch Jr and Coding apps

Learners become digital storytellers using Lego Story Starter

2.3 I can use different digital tools to share knowledge, content and resources. 3.1 I can use technologies and media to work in teams and collaborate in learning. 4.6 I can work creatively across a range of digital media and multiple systems to present information effectively to a given audience.

Using Tablets to promote learning outside the classroom

Resources for Educators

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Creation of educational resources to support the integration of digital literacy learning outcomes in new syllabi

Digital Literacy

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Student/Educators Demo lessons

Projects

• eTwinning projects: Creative use of tablets

• projects related to other areas eg Maths, Health

& Safety

• Erasmus related projects

• Esplora project

Work in liaison with other area educators ex. Science

• Literacy fest projects

• High-5 challenge - Maths

• Robo league in relation to robotics using WeDo

Supporting to class teachers

Digital Literacy Initiatives Robotics week

EU Code week

Hour of Code

Code clubs

Family Code nights

Safer Internet Day

Be Smart Online - eSafety Label

Malta Robo League

Code week

Safer Internet Day

Other initiatives: Cyber Security

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• Yr 4 students

• 2400 students

Theatre in Education @ Esplora

Family Code Nights

October – December 2017-2018

About 150 families

FREE sessions for Parents/Child

aged from 8 to 11

200 families in waiting list

Malta Robo League During year 2018 there were: 420 students 78 teams 20 schoolsOpen to Year 4 and 5 students

Participation in Science Weeks

SELFIE SELFIE (Self-reflection on Effective Learning by Fostering the use of

Innovative Educational Technologies) Designed to help schools embed digital technologies into teaching,

learning and student assessment It can highlight what’s working well, where improvement is needed and

what the priorities should be

www.etwinning.net

eTwinning An Emerging

Transformative Pedagogy

Putting Digital Literacy into a meaningful context

eTwinning offers a platform for educators and educational

leaders, working in schools to communicate, collaborate,

develop projects, share and be part of the most exciting

learning community in Europe.

eTwinning national and European projects using tablets

2017-18 • Let’s use tablets in a collaborative way – 48 educators

• Exploring the Treasures Of Malta And Gozo - 21 educators

• Grow it, Cook it, Math it, Share it – 5 educators

• We are all pieces of the same puzzle – 11 educators

• Maths through Coding and Robotics – 24 educators

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Calendar of Events

1. eTwinning Seminar – Malta 4-6 April 2. eTwinning Schools Thematic conference – May 9-11 Ireland 3. eTwinning Management Meeting – Brussels - June TBD (Joint session with NA) 4. PDW for NSS - Kraków, Poland - 11-13/09/2019 5. Annual conference – France 24-26th Oct 2019 6. Several eTwinning seminars/PDWs/Workshops for educators 7. Future Classroom Lab workshops in Brussels – for DL staff and other educators.

Thank you digital-literacy@ilearn.edu.mt