Digital Skills for Teachers - World of Better Learning

I’d like to share a short series of articles I have produced for the Cambridge University Press blog - World of Better Learning.

The series looks at the impact of digital technologies on classroom practice and the kinds of skills teachers need to ensure that they help their students to take advantage of the opportunities that increasing classroom access to the Internet can offer.

• Digital skills that teachers need for the connected classroom #1: Backchannels
  In this first article I look at how classrooms are becoming increasingly digital and how this impacts on how we manage classroom interaction and the tools we use to do this.
• Digital skills that teachers need for the classroom #2: Setting up collaborative digital writing tasks
  In this article I look at how we can leverage digital devices in the classroom to make writing activities much more collaborative and engaging.
• Digital skills that teachers need for the classroom #3: The ability to crowdsource information
  In this article I look at how we can use web based tools in the classroom to push more autonomy and learning responsibility onto students.
• 4 Tasks and 4 Tools for Creating Digital Narrative
  In this article I look at how we can use technology to encourage our students to become creative producers or web content rather than passive consumers.
• Creating Mobile Worksheets with QR Codes
  In this article I look at how we can use QR codes to make more of our worksheets digital and accessible on our students’ mobile devices.
• 6 tools and tips for taking control of your teacher development
  In this final article I look at how we can use technology to take control of our own learning and development.

You can find more tools and activities like these in my ebook 20 Tech Enhanced Activities for the Language Classroom.

The book is available on iOS or as PDF for other devices.

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My Books:

• 20 Tech Enhanced Activities for the Language Classroom
• Digital Tools for Teachers
• Thinking Critically through Digital Media
• Exploiting Infographics
• 10 Lessons in Digital Literacy
• Digital Video – A Manual for Language Teachers 

 Best

Nik Peachey