Appropriate Digital Tools

Explore the following resources to learn how they can be implemented into your professional practice to positively affect student outcomes.

Teachers often utilize appropriate digital tools and resources for instructional use by...

• Identifying, evaluate, and utilize appropriate digital tools and resources to challenge students to create, think critically, solve problems, establish reliability, communicate their ideas, and collaborate effectively.
• OER Resource Round Up Links to an external site. | Open Education Resources (OER) are resources that are shared under open licenses, allowing users to edit, share, and reuse. Learn more about educational OER, consider quality considerations for OER content, and learn how to find OER.
• Common Sense Education Links to an external site. | Explore teacher resources from Common Sense Education, including teaching strategies aligned to technology tools, digital citizenship and literacy games and activities, and more.
• Connecting the 4cs of the 21st Century Education (With A 5th C!) Links to an external site. | The “Four Cs”: Critical Thinking, Communication, Collaboration, and Creativity and Innovation, have been considered the focus of 21st century learning skills since 2004. This article reviews the 4 Cs and considers a 5th C: Connections.

Directions:

You will create your own learning by using the jigsaw technique. Assign the above resources to one or more member of your group. Reflect on the resource you viewed/read and share highlights that will advance the knowledge of the group. These guiding questions may help inform your thinking and response.

1. What did you like about this resource?  
2. How are you going to implement this resource into your classroom or professional practice?

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After you’ve shared, click Next to continue to the next digital competancy.