Learning in Progress

This post originally appeared on FTISEdtech Background A Flipped Class is one where the teacher develops or curates content that would traditionally be delivered in a lecture and assigns students to watch video, listen to podcasts or read articles or books so that class time can be used for projects, practice and activities.  It is also sometimes referred to as Blended Learning.  And with practice can be used as a method of differentiating instruction and allowing students more freedom to explore and learn content at a pace that meets their needs. I first learned about the Flipped Classroom model about four years ago and delved into an extensive study of the concept.  To my surprise, it is something that unknowingly I had been experimenting with since about 2006 when I began using a Moodle classroom online with students and began recording audio lectures for students if I was going to be absent.  The concept, in my position as a librarian, really helped me create an archive of scr

Post originally appeared on FTIS EdTech What is Digital Literacy? Digital Literacy, according to the ALA is the "ability to use information and communication technologies to find, evaluate, and communicate information requiring both cognitive and technical skills". Students who are strong in Digital Literacy could be considered "Knowledge Constructors" under the ISTE Standards and can "plan and employ effective research strategies" and "evaluate accuracy, perspective, credibility and relevance of information" amongst other skills. For elementary students this means that they can identify the very best places to go to find information and can demonstrate persistence in looking for information that meets their needs and ability. For teachers it helps to direct students to quality information sources from the very beginning and provide them with enough choice so that they can begin to develop an understanding of the strategies to fin