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Document A
Instructional materials are supplementary materials, which help the teacher make his/her
presentation concrete, effective, interesting, meaningful and inspiring. In any teaching and learning
process, instructional materials play a vital role as they provide sensory experiences to other learners.
The primary aim of teaching materials is provide the teachers the layout of the way for teaching in the
classroom.
It is important to understand how to development instructional materials. Instructional materials
refer to any preexisting materials that are being incorporated, as well as to those that will be
specifically developed for the objectives (Haigler, 2014). There are so several factors to consider in
developing instructional materials:
1. Develop a story board and working outline based on the subject goals and objectives.
2. Identify existing institutional resources including materials and teachers’ capability
3. The teacher may research off the shelf materials that have been developed by others to
determine if their approach could be useful.
4. Explore the possibility of adapting concepts of other teachers without infringing in anyone’s
copy protected design.
5. Modify existing materials based on the objectives of the lesson.
6. If the instructional materials are effective, you can share them with ither teachers.
7. The teacher developer can also sell her/his materials available

MODULE 3

Non-digital and Digital Skills and Tools in

Delivering Technology-Enhanced Lessons
Module Outcomes
1. Integrated media and technology in various content areas

2. Described technology tools that are used in group activities

3. Used technology tools to collaborate and share resources among the communities of practice

4. Reflected on the use of technology and on its relevance and appropriateness

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Introduction
Teaching becomes rewarding when learners get the most from instruction manifested in their
performance. An important element in engaging learners is when the strategy used in delivering the
lesson uses an instructional material. When properly and appropriately used, it can spice up a
classroom activity.
These instructional materials may come in varied forms. One group refers to the conventional
and non-digital tools. A classroom will always need a chalkboard or a editing board that may come in
varied forms and shaped. Bulletin boards, flip charts, dioramas, puppet, terrarium, and the like, will
always find their significance in any classroom. However, nowadays, lessons can be made more
relevant and engaging to learners as digital tools are integrated. This module presents both non-digital
and digital tools. Explore the possibilities of learning about these tools and how to effectively integrate
them in instruction.

Lesson 1 : Development and Use of Non-Digital or Conventional Materials

Lesson Outcomes
1. Described the procedure for developing conventional instructional materials

2. Developed instructional material based on a given topic and strategy

3. Described the factors to consider in revising media selections and delivery system for given
instruction.

The teachers need instructional materials to enhance teaching and learning. Instructional
materials are defined as print and non-print items that are rested to impact information to students in
the educational process (Effiong & Igirl, 2015). Examples of instructional materials are drawing, kits,
text books, poster, magazines, flip chart, newspaper, diorama, pictures, recording videos and be like.
Instructional materials have several roles in teaching and learning which include the following:
(1) they promote meaningful communication and effective learning; (2) they ensure better retention,
thus making learning more permanent; (3) they help to overcome the limited classroom by making the
inaccessible accessible; (4) they provide a common experience upon which late learning can be
developed; (5) they encourage participation especially of students are allowed to manipulate materials
used ( Brown et al.,2005; Effiong & Igirl, 2015)
Instructional materials are a great help in stimulating and facilitating the learning of the
learners. According to Wright (1976:1) as cited in Cakir (2006) many media and many styles of visual
materials have positive contributions to language learning as long as they are used at the right time, in
the right place. In the teaching and learning process, learners use their eyes as well as their ears; but
their eyes are basic in learning

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1. Diorama
It will make the classroom to be creative and innovative. It is a fun way to build an exciting
scene in a small space. Dioramas are small scenes created of layers of materials, all depicting a
similar concept or theme. They usually display a historical time period, a nature scene, or a fictional
situation. In developing diorama, you will: (1) choose a concept or theme, (2) research the subject, (3)
make a rough sketch of your ideal diorama, (4) make a list of the items you’ll need and gather your
supplies, and (5) select a container or box

2. Nature Table
This is a table that contains object and/or scenes related to the current season, or upcoming
festival or a symbol of an ecosystem. Children love to follow the natural changes that the world offers
each month and classroom decoration reflect these.

3. Writing Board
A writing board can display information written with chalk (chalkboard or blackboard) or special pens (
whiteboard). Although there are usually more effective methods of transmitting information, the writing
board is still the most commonly used visual aid.
Suggestion on Using the Writing Board:
1. Keep the board clean.

2. Use chalk or pens that contrast with the background of the board so that students can see the
information clearly.

3. Make text and drawings large enough to be seen from the back of the room.

4. Prepare complex drawing in advance ( if very complex, an overhead transparency or 35 mm

slide may preferable).

5. Underlined headings and important or unfamiliar words for emphasis.

6. Do not talk while facing the board.

7. Do not block the students’ views of the board; stand aside when writing or drawing is
completed.

8. Allow sufficient time for students to copy the information from the board.

4. Flip chart
It is a large tablet or pad of paper, usually on a tripod or stand

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Suggestion on Using Flipchart:

1. Use wide-tripped pens or markers; markers with narrow tips produce printing that is difficult to
read.

2. Print in block letters that are large enough to be read easily from the back of the room

3. Use different colored pens to provide contrast; this makes the pages visually attractive and
easier to read.

4. Use headings, boxes, cartoons and borders to improve the appearance of the page

5. Use bullets ( ) to delineate items on the page.

6. Leave plenty of “white space” and avoid putting too much information on one page. (Crowded
and poorly arranged information is distracting and difficult to read).

7. When pages are prepared in advance, use every other page. If every page is used, colors will
show through and make text difficult to read.

8. Have masking tape available to put pages up around the room during brainstorming and
problem – solving activities.

9. To hide a portion of the page, fold up the lower portion of the page and tape it. When ready to
reveal to information, remove the tape and let the page drop.

10. Face the student, not the flipchart while talking.

5. Zigzag Board
It is a multi-board series of three or four rectangular boards. They are joined together along the
sides by hinges so that they can be easily folded up and carried. Each board can be of different type,
for example, a whiteboard, a chalkboard, a flannel board and so on. The size of the boards for the
zigzag multi-board depends on what you want to use them for.

6. Wall display
Displaying items on a classroom wall is a well-known, tried and tested educational method. A
wall display is a collection of many different types of items and materials put up on a wall to make an
interesting and informative display. In a classroom, the display can consist of the students’ own work.
In development work it can be used to convey information to the community.

7. Rope and Pole display board

This board consist of two parallel, horizontal poles tied today loosely together with rope. Visual
aids such as poster can be pinned to the rope. This kind of display board is invaluable where there are
few solid walls for displaying information. It has no solid backing and can be made quickly for
teaching, training and when working with communities.
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Guidelines when designing conventional instructional materials:

1. Unity - Use only one idea for each visual aid and include a headline

2. Simplicity - Make ideas and relationship simple and easy to recall. Avoid cluttering a visual with
too many words, numbers, or graphics. The audience should be able to grasp the concept in
10 to 15 seconds.

3. Legibility - Make letters big and readable for all in the audience.

4. Consistency - Use the same type style and art style.

5. Clarity – Avoid type that is too small to read; avoid all caps.

It is necessary to be receptive or open to the possibilities of the use of instructional materials,

Instructional materials are of many kinds; text books audio and video cassettes, handouts, charts,
teaching aids of various kinds which can all be used for different purposes by the teacher. Classroom
instructional materials do not mean only the materials available in the market.
There is no substitute for hands-on experience in creating instructional materials. The following are
suggested steps in developing instructional materials: (1) find existing materials that may be adopted
or amended to meet your needs; (2) Use tools to create new instructional materials that help plan and
carry out the development process; (3) implement preproduction activities before materials are
created; (4) schedule the crafting of the story board; and (5) when developing content, provide
contextualizing elements (collaboration, role play, case studies).

Document B

Lesson 2: Select and Use ICT Tools for Teaching and Learning
Lesson Outcomes
1. Selected and used an appropriate digital tool in teaching

2. Provide alternative ways in incorporating the digital tool in a lesson

Introduction
The current systems employ technologies by integrating ICT tools and applications in
education and in instruction. ICT stands for Information and Communication Technology. This refers to
various tools and devices or gadgets used in communicating, disseminating, creating, storing and
managing information. It is important that learners understand how to use these tools in helping them
learn.

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A great part of learning is working on information and using it to create something that can be
useful and edifying for humanity. Since the intention of education is to make learners become useful
and productive citizens, the use of ICT tools can provide a lot of possibilities on how learners can do
something with what they know. Teachers can therefore employ ICT tools in their ways of engaging
learners by communication, disseminating and managing information. This direction of integrating ICT
tools will reveal the usefulness of employing ICT Tools in a wider range of the teaching and learning
process.

“Technology will never replace great teachers, but technology in

the hands of great teachers is transformational.” – George
Couros
It is not necessarily the presence of advanced technology or the use of ICT tools that can
ensure the success in engaging learners, but it still remains that the effective use of ICT tools from
which to choose. When employed appropriately, the potentials of their uses can have bearing on the
lesson and the learners’ engagement in the process of learning. In instruction the ICT tools can be
used in the presentation of the lesson, demonstrating a point or presenting a concept. There are tools
that can be used in providing practice or provide the chance to apply the skills taught. Even when
working as a team or a group, tools can be employed to facilities the accomplishment of the task
during the class or even after beyond the face-to-face session.
ICT integration in education allows ease of processing of information, effective accessibility to
resources, easy sharing of resources, expression of creativity and effective collaboration. All these are
easily done using the gadget you have in your pockets or backpacks
Let me walk you through the selection and use of a digital tool and how you can integrate it in
your lesson.

A. Using Mobile Phone and the QR Code

Since ICT integration allows ease of processing of information, here’s an example of
how we can read information at a quicker speed and in an interesting manner
Have you seen a symbol like this below? This is now popularly used in different products,
reading materials, and even in museums, This is a QR code

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Familiarize yourself with a QR Code. It is a code that was created by a Japanese corporation
Denso-Wave in 1994. Effectively and efficiently connecting the physical world with the electronic
world, QR stands for ‘Quick Response’. It allows the readers to decode the information at a high rate
of speed. This is popular in Japan and it is also used by companies as they attach their QR code in
their products. It usually gives a URL linking you to a website or immediately provides the salient
information about the product.
You can easily read QR codes through a QR code scanner. Here’s all you need to do:
1. Have a mobile phone with a camera;
2. Using the mobile phone, download from Playstore or App Store the QR Code Reader/Scanner
application. Choose an appropriate QR code reader for your operating system whether IOS or
Android. Once installed in you gadget, you can use it to read the codes.
3. Focus your camera on the QR code. Click it and the message will be revealed to you.

More interesting than reading QR codes is creating your own QR codes.

How will you make your own QR Code?
Step 1: Be online
Step 2: Search for a QR code generator and ensure that you read the information about the
application. This is important to ensure your safety in the internet. There are tons of QR code
generators out there, but a few of the most popular include Kaywa, GOQR.me, Visualead, and QR
Stuff. There are many FREE application online and therefore you can take this chance to use them.
Step. 3: Once you have identified your free online QR Code Generator, you can now encode
the text or the information that you want.
Step 4: Run it and save it as a jpeg file. Now, you have successfully created you own code
which you can download.
Step 5: Test the QR code using your QR Code reader or scanner.

Ten Interesting Ways to Integrate QR Codes in Your Teaching

Create Interactive and Engaging Scavenger Hunts

Content
You can enrich the content you teach in a Create an interactive classroom activity such
class by using QR Codes that link to other as the Scavenger’s Hunt by using QR Codes
readings and resources. You can link to a that provide directions or instructions
pdf, a video production, a website, a resulting in better learner engagement.
document, or an audio file among others.

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Share Resources Enhance Classroom Library

Learners can use QR Codes to share Create QR Codes of students’ brief write-ups
educational resources with each other (e.g. about why they enjoy their book and put them
lectures notes, web content, how-to-do right in or on the books in the class library.
videos, Students can use these QR Codes to find out
more about the books.

Use in Classroom Activities Gather Students Feedback

The QR Code can be used in giving You can create surveys, polls, and forms
instructions in class and pin them up inside using google form and share them with the
the classroom instead of providing them with students as QR Codes which can be easily
thick copies of printed materials giving scanned and accessed.
instruction on how to do an activity.

Provide Help With Homework Research Projects

A detailed instruction can be made into a QR Make students create QR Codes linking other
Code which students scan at home and use resources and web content to their research
the information to help them comply with their work.
assignments.

Communicate with Parents or Provide Easy Access to Online

Partners Content
You can share information to parents on Create QR Codes with URLs for students to
school events or activities in school. You can gain easy access to online resources.
also put it in a webpage for parents to get Sometimes when a long URL is given,
information or include it in newsletters, learners may copy a broken URL version
permissions slips, etc. You can have them hence, resources become inaccessible.
printed as magnets and parents can get the
information. However, be sure to orient the
parents on how to use QR Codes.

B. Using Laptop and the Infographics

There is an apparent deluge of information around and access to these is made easier through
the internet. You are faced with one major question on how to best interpret it all and put it into one
cohesive information that is quick and clear to read.
In the teaching and learning context, you may be faced with a challenging topic given a short
amount of time. How can you capture and deliver that information simply and effectively while making
it engaging and informative as well? Infographics are an immediate answer to this situation. The
infographic is another interesting tool to use in instruction.

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An infographic is a visual representation or an image such as a diagram, char or a picture

representing information or data. It is eye-catching and make use of a clear layout, attractive colors
and hues, and caricatures that provide a cohesive presentation of the information.
If it is used to market products in the increasing visual world, then infographics can also be
employed in marketing information and ideas in the teaching and learning process.
One tool that can be used in creating infographics is Canva. It has several infographics
template for education. You can try out the free design elements and produce one just like a
professional infographic designer. You can start exploring this site and familiarize yourself with its
features. As a gentle reminder, please take time to read the instructions and navigate around the
features to get optimal use of it.
There are many ways for which infographics can be used.
Using infographics:

1) To present survey data

Presenting statistical data such as from surveys can be overwhelming,

Infographics can be highly useful. Data are much easier to decode. They can be
made easier and quicker to understand if they are presented in an infographics. An
example is given below.

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2) To simplify a complex concept

Simplifying a complex idea is the core purpose of using an
infographics. This is very effective educational tool as a way of summarizing key point
or providing an overview of a lesson.
3) To explain how something functions

Using infographics, you can show the intricacy of how something

complex works. It can reveal the mechanics behind how an object works. Designers
can create infographics by showing the mechanics behind intricate objects, processes,
concepts.
Below is an example of an infographic created by Jing Zhang (2018)

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that shows how the phone works while incorporating a surreal element that appeals to
the imagination of the reader. Each component of the phone is accurately revealed.

4) To compare

Presenting information by highlighting similarities and differences

through a visual parallel in an infographic can turn out more effective than sometimes
expressing it in words. It is easier to draw comparisons with the same information
nearly organized.

Asses the given the infographic of a superhero – Batman – from the time
it was conceived in 1939 to 2013.

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Would you say that it is effective? Why or why not?

What are the key elements that the designer clearly employed to show a visual starting point?
5) To present interesting facts
When the information or facts are presented all in words, the use of
Infographics can bring life. If done well, the infographics can transform the information into visual
image that can attract and engage readers

If there is a written text, the information may not stand out compared to when it is presented in
this format. Information written in snippets becomes understandable and more appealing to the eye.

DOCUMENT C
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Lesson 3: Creating ePortfolio as a Technology Tool

Introduction
In 21st century instruction where independent learning is encouraged, the documentation of a
personal learning journey is a must. Such documentation can help the teacher monitor the process
and assess the product of learning. Doing this requires proper organization through a portfolio.

Explore
Portfolios are one good means of keeping things in order. In a semester work, a learning
portfolio is a collection of student work that exhibits students’ effort, progress, achievements and
competencies gained during the course.
Portfolios may come in many forms. It can look like an album r scrapbook or even a filer where
the documents and evidences are kept. However, nowadays, it is possible to have online portfolios by
creating sites. This is also called the ePortfolios or digital portfolio. This can be used as a digital
archive that can contain the same materials as a physical portfolio but can have more such as
multimedia production, relevant online links or references, digital stories or video blogs, powerpoint
presentations, photographs and other ICT materials. The ePorstfolio can be private or can be
published and shared publicly to stakeholders like parents and friends.
1. Students ePortfolios can evaluate students’ academic progress. They can inform the
teacher to adapt and use instructional strategies when pieces of evidence indicate that they
are either learning or not. In other words the construction of the ePortfolios should start
from the beginning and should be an ongoing process. They should not be reviewed only at
the end of the term but navigated around and provided feedback to let the students know
how they are doing.

2. Monitoring students’ progress can be highlighted in a portfolio. It may not only contain
finished products but can also several versions on how the students improved their work
based on the feedback provided by mentors. Moreover, portfolios can actually determine
whether the students have transferred what they have learned in new projects or other
domains.

3. Portfolios documents students’ learning growth. They actually encourage the students’
sense of accountability for their own learning process is theirs and not anybody else’s. This
can make learners reflect from where they have begun to how far they have developed.
When they make decisions on what or what not to include, They get engaged in the
process of creating their own voice in their portfolio.

Creating an Online Portfolio Using a Site

There are many sites that can be used in creating an ePortfolio. One of which is the google
site. If you have a google account, you can start using the available applications. You can also try
weebly, or wix, amoing others.

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Steps in constructiong an ePortfolio

1. Enter your gmail account and look for Sites. If it is the first time that you have done this, you
need to read the directions.

2. You scroll down and read further until you see the icon for sites.

3. When you click it, it will lead you to another section. This will let you create a site that you can
use as an ePortfolio

4. Consider a good label or a title for your ePortolio and prepare the text, links, multimedia
outputs, images or jpeg files that you want to upload in the pages of the ePortfolio.

Part of an ePortfolio

Just like a book, the ePortfolio has pages or sections. The organization can follow a
chronological order based on the activities that you go through or you can have a thematic
arrangement. Whatever you choose, it will be a display of your organization skills.

Home Page
The first section is the Home or your cover page. This is the first thing that your readers
will see. So you need to introduce yourself and the objective of your ePortfolio. Usually, there are
templates available and each provides sections. You can add personal touches such as images or a
changes of color themes.

Pages
The pages that you can add depend on how you would like to organize your ePortfolio.
What is important is that you need to construct you ePortfolio at the start of the class. In that way, you
can have a fresh start as you try to be conscious in documenting the activities and learning that goes
with each session.

When adding pages, click the icon and decide whether it will be parallel to your Home Page or
it will be under it. Just remember that when you have a template, there are particular ways that the
pages have been arranged. So, if you are starting, it would not be detrimental of you conform the
template.

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Reflections

A major element in a portfolio whether it is online or not, is the writing of the reflection. It is
thinking-aloud, a way of documenting what they are thinking. How students are processing the input
and the application of what they have learned into an activity or a project needs to be captures. With
the pencil-and-paper test, the chance to get a piece of their insights or realizations may be nil unless
the teacher requires them to do so. However, with the portfolio, they can how the process of their
work. This can be easily monitored.

Sometimes it is difficult to write a reflection and a structure can be helpful. There are many
models that can be used as a guide in writing reflections. One is the Gibb’1s reflective cycle model
(1988)

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Gibb’s reflective cycle has six stages.

Description. This initial phase in writing a reflection is very simple since you just
need to describe the activity or the experience to the reader. You can write a little about the
background on what you are reflecting about by including relevant and to-the-point detail.

Feelings. Learners are involved in learning and an activity or perhaps a lesson can
trigger certain feelings. So that this point, you can consider and think about how you feel at the time
when you were doing the activity or having the experience. You need to discuss your emotions
honestly about the experience but not to forget that this is part of an academic discourse.

Evaluation. When evaluating, discuss how well you think the activity went. Recall
how you reacted to the task or situation and how others reacted. Was the experience a pleasant one
or otherwise? This is also a possible part where you can perhaps incorporate related readings of other
author’s principles or theories.

Analysis. This part of the write up includes your analysis of what worked well and
what have facilitated it or what may have hindered it. You can also discuss related literature that may
have brought about your experience.

Conclusion. Now, you can write what you have learned from the experience or what
you could have done. If your experience is a good one, you can probably discuss how it can be
ensured or how you will further enhance a positive outcome. On the other hand, if the experience is
frustrating eliciting other negative feelings, perhaps you can discuss how those can be avoided in
happening as this leads to the next step – Action Plan.

Action Plan. At the end of your reflection, you write what action you need to take so
that you will improve the next time such as consult an expert for some advice or read a book that will
provide answers to your queries. You make plans on how you can address what went wrong so that
you can take the right step to succeed in achieving the task. If you did well and feel good about it, then
you can plan out how you can further enhance good work.

When showing examples of your work, you can upload word file, excel data, pictures, jpeg or
pdf files, powerpoint presentations among others but, a brief description explains the reason why the

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file in uploaded has to be written. This will guide the readers as you also reflect on how relevant or
significant the material is to you.
What is great about writing a reflection is it allows you to embrace you own learning and start
taking accountability of it. After all, you owe it to yourself and no matter what you want to learn or not.
With an ePortfolio, you try to capture your personal journey of learning

Administrating the ePortfolio

Before publishing your ePortfolio for the world to see your work, you can control who can see your
work. The icon for sharing the site can be managed by entering the email address of the person with
whom you want to share it.

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Assessing an ePortfolio using a Rubric

Evaluating an e-Portfolio using a rubric, is a consistent application of learning expectations,

learning outcomes or standards. It should tell the students the link between learning or what will be
taught and the assessment or what will be evaluated. Rubrics are simple and easy to understand. The
items in the rubric should be mutually exclusive.
Students can see connections between learning ( what will be taught) and assessment ( what
will be evaluated) by making the feedback they receive from teachers clearer, more detailed, and
more useful in terms of identify and communicating what students have learned or what they may still
need to learn.

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Lesson 4: Technology Collaborative Tools in the Digital World

Lesson Outcomes

1. Identified and explored collaborative tools or applications that can be integrated in instruction

2. Built a platform or an online account that can be used for a collaborative work

Introduction

The learners of this generation are a new kind of breed and it is important that teachers
understand how to deal with them. They seem to thrice in collaborative learning. They like to connect
to the social networking sites. Creating and producing something are what they prefer to do rather
than become consumers of information inside the classroom. They like to be mobile either physically
or virtually as they traverse from point to point or site to site. Apparently they seem to be investing a
huge amount of their time in a digital social environment although they can be more self-directed in
choosing what they want to learn, how they want to learn and when they want to learn.

Technology as a Collaborative Tool

One way to engage students is to give them a challenge and a chance to work together. An
example is when you give them an issue to discuss which they can continue talking about even if they
are outside the class. Students may continue the discussion and share information or come up with an
agreement by texting, emailing, chatting, or using the online document. Once they have agreed, they
can move to the next step of presenting their agreements or resolutions to the whole class.

Normally in a regular classroom, teachers may have discouraged students from conversing with
classmates during individual work, but sometimes there are positive things that can come out of it as
students talk about the task assigned to them or as they work themselves of a complicated task.

There are a lot of available tools and applications that can be used to work collaboratively with
others. Some of these are Skype, wikis, blog, google form, web conferencing, Realtimeboad, among
the others. You need to explore each application to be familiar with the features.

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1. Skype Is a software application allowing you to do a videoconferencing for free. All you
need is to create an account and can be used for a video meeting.

2. Wiki is a software that allows you to create a page or a selection of pages designed to
allow you to post or write, edit, or upload a link quickly. This is good when students need to
work together to complete task even if they are not physically together. A task such as
writing a paper together, planning a presentation or surveying ideas from team members
can be managed by a wikispace that efficiently allows one to document the contribution of
each member in the team. Work can be extended virtually and asynchronously.

3. Blogging In blogging, it is journaling your ideas to which others can react allowing a
thread of discussion to take place and which can be used online. It is the abbreviation of
weblog. It would help if you provide direction when using a weblog.

a. Use weblog with a clear instructional objective. It is an opportunity to explore the skill of
communicating ideas. Like in a writing class, you can guide students on how to design
the whole blog or upload materials and support students in developing critical
communication.

b. Guidance on what and how to post will be needed. Teach the students that the
blogging is for educational purposes and is different from a personal blog. Proper or
formal language variety should be used. A writing prompt would help to guide your
students’ posts.

c. With easy access to information, a major obligation is to teach, the students to use
multiple source and to cite them appropriately.

d. Writing about your ideas is a personal act but it is important that you are taught to make
blog personal without revealing too much personal information such as contact
information and too personal pictures. When writing blogs, you write you reflections but
safeguarding yourself is also an important consideration.

e. It may help if you can look for very good examples of blog. There are online and print
publications that review blogs and you can use the information to guide you toward
getting good models.

4. Google Group or Google Form is an application that can be used in a collaborative

documentation of ideas contributed by members of the team. Having a google account will
come very handy and you can easily have access to a variety of application.

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Lesson 5: Digital Literacy Skills in the 21st Century

Lesson Outcomes

1. Identified and described the elements of digital literacies

2. Conducted a self-evaluation on level of digital literacy skill

Introduction

The 21st Century has reflected digital literacy. It has broadened its perspective to include other
aspects of the 21st context. These literacies include (1) Cyber Literacy or Digital Literacy, (2) Media
Literacy, (3) Arts and Creativity Literacy, (4) Financial literacy, (5) Multicultural Literacy or Global
Understanding.

This lesson will focus on digital skills and digital literacy as a response to the 21 st Century
developments.

The millennial students are generally tech-savvy, digital natives. They practically know how to
go about a tablet, an ipad, smartphones or laptop better than anyone else. This suggest their digital
skills.

However, are all students digital literates?

Thinking on how to use the digital tools, accessing information, and exhibiting ways of working
in a globally competitive contexts, together with skills in living in the 21 st Century refer to the digital
literacies.

Learning Skills – are ways of knowing how to study and learn in a technology – enriched
environment; this is knowing how to utilize technology in addressing the need to learn efficiently.

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Digital Scholarship – is being able to link and participate in professional and research
practices.

One important component of digital literacy is having an in-depth understanding of concepts

requiring essential core skills. These core skills are known as the Cs of the 21sr Century Skills.

The Four Cs of the 21st Century Skills

The four C’s of the 21st Century Skills refer to critical thinking, creativity, communication, and
collaboration. To perform well in this century, you need to develop and enhance these skills namely
creativity, critical thinking, communication and collaboration. All of these 21 st century skills are
essentials for students to do well in school and succeed in the workplace.

1. Critical thinking is learning how to solve problems. It teaches students not to accept
immediately claims without seeking the truth. It is the ability to differentiate facts from
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opinions and not only just learn a set of facts or figures but also discover these for the
sake of knowing what ought to be.

2. Creativity requires students to think out of the box and to take pride in what is
uniquely theirs. It means that they will be able to look at a problem from multiple
perspectives-including can propose multiple possibilities and alternatives to address a
problem and they need to take calculated risks. Creativity encourages students to think
beyond the expectations of conventions. However, creativity may not ensure success all
the time but it may lead to another direction that can actually be a better way of figuring
that can actually be a better way of figuring out how to solve the problem those that
others may not see.

3. Communication makes students express their ideas in the clearest and organized
manner. Through varied modes – face-to-face, technologically mediated or a blended
medium, they need to know how to efficiently and clearly convey ideas.

4. Collaboration happens when students know how to work well with others to
accomplish a given task or solve a problem at hand. This is a 21 st essential. When
students are made to work with others in a pair or in a team, they are given the chance
to practice how to relate with others. They may be working with classmates they do not
really prefer to work with but with guidance, you can teach them to tap on the
capabilities of each member of the team and collaboratively achieve the goal. Eventually
when they leave school, they will definitely see the need to know how to collaborate with
others in order for them to accomplish a job, and you have prepared them for it. In other
words, collaboration teaches students that groups can create something bigger and
better than you can on your own.

In addition to the 4C’s, there are Citizenship and Character. Citizenship is known
as netizenship in the virtual world. This is making the person consider how one
behaves accordingly by observing the norms and rules that are in accordance with
what sociably and virtually acceptable. As a result, one is projecting a reputable digital
identity which is his or her character.

Digital Literacy Skills vs Digital Literacy

Digital Literacy Skills are required in the wired world. These skills vary from texts to images to
multimedia. Future teachers who will be handling students considered as tech savvy should equip
themselves with competencies and fluencies needed to handle the fast emerging tools and
applications that should be able to handle even artificial infelligences.
Lynch (2017), Coding eight digital literacy skills needed to become digitally literate. These are:

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1. Coding – Coding is a universal language. Basic understanding of HTML, CSS and the
like will create a shared understanding of what can be done with the web pages.

2. Collaborating – The use of Google Docs among others allows students to begin
experimenting with effective online collaboration.

3. Cloud software – This is essential part of document management. The cloud is used to
restore everything from photos to research projects, to term papers and even music.

4. Word Processing Software – Google, Microsoft Online Drop Box are available for
storage and management solutions.

5. Screencasting – A screencast is a video recording using the computer screen, and

usually includes an audio. On the other hand, when you take a picture on the screen of
your computer, it is called a Printscreen. Both can be used in explaining topics as well
as providing a visual support to clarify what you are thinking. While the printscreen is a
picture, the screencasting is a video screen capture which is a great way to share ideas
and is easy to use for novice video creator.

6. Personal Achiving – Students should be taught the concepts of meta-data, tagging,

keywords and categories to make them aware how are they represented online.

7. Information evaluation – Critical thinking to weed out fake news is a crucial 21 st

century skill. The use of tools and skills needed to process information are very much
needed.

8. Use of social media – Social media serves different purposes depending on the user,
the technology and the need. For example, students should realize that Twitter can be
useful for staying current on the latest news in the field.

Digital literacy has been defined in many ways that is understandable by both digital natives
and digital immigrants. Teachers and students should not only be proficient on how to use
(digital skills) but they need to see the information and media technology to find, evaluate,
create and communicate information requiring both cognitive and technical skills.
Here are some examples of how Digital Skills or Proficiency support Digital Literacy.

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