Standard: Cultivating Effective Instructional Design to Co-plan, Teach and Assess Learning.
Theme: Technology for Learning
Growth Phase: Established
Growth Indicator: Students choose appropriate digital tools to broaden their perspectives, construct knowledge, create and communicate their learning.
The Heritage Christian School Online (HCOS) Learning Commons, British Columbia, posts critical research skills in fourteen sections including digital citizenship, digital literacy, plagiarism, internet safety and much more. Sections provide related videos and/or extensive key resources.
Heritage Christian Online School (HCOS). (2023). Research Skills Grades K – 5 and 6-9. Heritage Christian School Online (HCOS) Learning Commons. Retrieved from https://hcslearningcommons.org/research-skills-k-5/
The author interviews a high school senior and a young student who, from experiences of their own on social media including tracking, now teach/present to adults and kids about safe and healthy ways to approach their digital identities.
Snelling, J. (2023, July 5). What Kids Can Teach Adults About Technology [Blog post]. Retrieved from https://www.iste.org/explore/empowered-learner/what-kids-can-teach-adults-about-technology?utm_campaign=ISTESproutSocial&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com
With today’s students becoming increasingly more visually oriented, an Ontario teacher-librarian explores how engagement in learning experiences in the LLC using photography leads to student empowerment and expression of voice. The author shares her journey developing LCC student-run library Instagram accounts that create a virtual space for participatory student learning.
Dennis-Moore, J. (2020, August 10). If You Give a Kid a Camera: Participatory Visual Literacy in the LLC. Paper presented at the Treasure Mountain Canada 6 Symposium, Toronto, Canada. Retrieved from https://researcharchive.canadianschoollibraries.ca/2020/08/10/if-you-give-a-kid-a-camera-participatory-visual-literacy-in-the-llc/