Digital Learning Day is February 5, 2014!
While many of you incorporate technology into students’ everyday learning experiences (yay!), Digital Learning Day is a day for teachers and students to explore new methods of using technology to support learning and/or extend the ways in which students use technology to collaborate, share, create, and communicate with one another and the world.
A number of lesson plans are available for teachers to use to support Digital Learning Day activities. Topics range from Writing Powerful Blog Comments to Jigsaw Plot Development to Visual Book Report. Check them out here!
There are also Toolkits available for a number of content areas to help you get inspired and think creatively about using digital tools to enhance student learning.
You’re not limited to the activities and ideas shared by the DLD folks. Do you want to get your class connected with another via Twitter? Do you want to learn about ways students can share and summarize their learning through online project work? Are you interested in helping your students create and communicate differently? Do you want to try new research tools to promote critical thinking? Do you want to schedule a Skype chat with an author or expert in the field? Do you wish to have students continue the Hour of Code activities they began during their computer lab specials? Do you want to find another classroom around the world who is blogging, so your students always have someone to comment on their posts (and so they can comment on others’ writing)?
The possibilities are endless, not just for Digital Learning Day, but for the entire year!
How will you be celebrating Digital Learning Day in your classroom? Please contact Lynmarie so she can be sure to share your class’s experiences on this blog!