Introducing #digitalstudies at your school
If you are keen on starting #digitalstudies at school it couldn't be easier. #digitalstudies is not a course you have to buy into or sign up for. We work on the basis of being flexible and open in terms of what #digitalstudies should be however we feel that in order to start #digitalstudies we would encourage you to use the following guiding principles. These guidelines begin with a philosophical aim but include a practical element as well.
- #digitalstudies is about preparing pupils for a career in computing through access to a wide range of practical skills
- Introduce your pupils to the concept of preparing for a job in technology
- Through #digitalstudies pupils should be demonstrating a range of skills in a relevant context
- Use digital tools like blogs with your pupils so that they can create a digital portfolio of their work
- #digitalstudies is based on a resource bank which is open source and free
- Use either the wiki here or start your own set of resources. If you do we would love to link to your set of resources as well.
- #digitalstudies encourages independent learning and responsibility for one's own progress
- Teachers must still lead from the front but pupils need to have access to a wide range of tools, resources and help to be able to pursue solutions themselves and then share their results as well
- use the #digitalstudies wiki but as a school get your own wiki going
And of course add the name of your school to the list of schools who are doing #digitalstudies here