Leading a Student Digital Learning Team at Patrician Academy, Mallow
Video Overview
Staff and students at Patrician Academy, Mallow, discuss how they set up and run their student digital learning team taking a whole-school approach to digital learning at the school. They discuss the role of student voice, leadership and collaboration in supporting digital learning across the school community.
Description
They describe their student digital learning team plays a key role in the school’s digital learning plan by developing leadership, confidence and practical digital skills. Members of the team support junior students in developing their digital skills and provide peer support that is authentic and relatable. They have been involved in initiatives such as Safer Internet Day, and organise interactive activities like scavenger hunts for first-year students to promote awareness of safe and responsible internet use. They are also involved in staff digital learning through lunchtime sessions and discussions.
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Digital Learning Framework
This video supports the following statements of the Digital Learning Framework (DLF):
Teaching & Learning (3. Teachers’ Individual Practice)
- 3.1 The teacher has the requisite subject knowledge, pedagogical knowledge and classroom management skills.
Teaching & Learning (4. Teachers Collaborative Practice)
- 4.2 Teachers work together to devise learning opportunities for students across and beyond the curriculum
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