Developing digital literacy with our pupils is of critical importance to their future success in the digital age. The development of these skills can be directly linked to the teaching and leanring already taking place in our classrooms. Creative solutions to integrating digital tools into learning are key for the students to allow them to build on their application of skills such a research skills, typing skills, coding skills and computational skills. The amazing varieties of digit tools available, can ensure for engaging and interactive lessons in the classroom. Time is needed to allow for purposeful planning and selection of these tools – time for the teacher to use the tool to it full potential whilst also allowing the pupils time to use the tool in a meaningful way, on a repeated number of occasions to develop their digital literacy.
To add to this, it is necessary for the SSE plan to be an ongoing focus and allow us to be steered in a clear direction. The wide variety of digital tools available to teacher to familiarise themselves with, can be a dawnting process and also discouraging at times. Teach meets and the sharing of knowledge and expertise within a staff, at a slow and meaningful rate, allows people to learn from each other whilst also allowing them a time-frame to explore and use the tool within their classroom. Avoiding an overload of information is something which we need to remember, and instead refer to the identified plan which has been put in place to meet the needs or both pupils and teachers.