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Digital Literacy

AllenHeard
December 14, 2015

Digital Literacy

Session from 14th December 2015

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December 14, 2015
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  1. Digital Literacy
    Allen Heard
    @MrAHeard

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  2. Digital Literacy Session
    • Digital and collaborative tools
    • Resource opportunities for safe and secure use of technology
    • Hwb+
    • Software and suggested uses
    • Practical advice

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  3. What the specification says
    To develop DIGITAL LITERACY skills learners should:-
    • Understand and respond appropriately to risks and problems in order to communicate safely in a
    digital world
    • Use social media safely and effectively
    • Understand and manage own digital footprint
    • Use, manipulate or create data and information and present it digitally for different audiences
    • Be able to find, organise, store, manage, share and protect digital information
    • Evaluate the reliability of sources of information
    • Use digital techniques and methods for a range of activities including: collaboration, team working,
    creativity, problem solving and learning

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  4. Progression
    KS4
    • Using digital techniques to present tables, graphs and diagrams
    • Assessment of the credibility of information and sources – currency, reliability and validity
    • Store data in appropriate format
    Advanced
    • Find, organise, store, manage, share and protect digital information
    • Analyse the credibility of information and sources – currency, comprehensiveness, validity, reliability, bias
    • Present information and numerical data in tables, graphs and diagrams
    • Using, manipulating or creating numerical data and information and presenting for different audiences
    • Use of digital techniques and methods for a range of activities including: collaboration, team working,
    creativity, problem solving and learning

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  5. Understand and respond appropriately to risks and problems in
    order to communicate safely in a digital world
    • Know the risks associated with online communication e.g. Social
    Media.
    • Understand the legalities associated with copyright/intellectual
    property etc.
    • http://tinyurl.com/copyrightjisc

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  6. Digital Literacy Resources
    http://www.digital-literacycymru.org.uk/Home.aspx

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  7. Understand and respond appropriately to risks and problems in order to
    communicate safely in a digital world

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  8. Use, manipulate or create data and information and present it
    digitally for different audiences
    • Use and manipulate:- Effective use of Spreadsheets, appropriate
    selection of graphs/tables for purpose
    – Numerical data can be incorporated into main body of text
    – As a table
    – To construct a graph
    • When to use a table
    – Show how a category of information varies when measured at
    different points
    – Dataset contains relatively few numbers
    – When precise value is crucial and a graph would not convey the
    same level of precision

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  9. Spreadsheet Tools & Techniques - not prescriptive / exhaustive
    KS4
    • Formulae
    • Functions
    – Sum
    – Average
    – Min
    – Max
    – Date
    – etc.
    • Formatting tools
    • Charts & Graphs (accurate, sensible)
    Advanced
    • Complex Functions?
    – If
    – Nested if
    – lookup etc.
    • Data Handling Techniques
    – Filter
    – Sort etc.
    • Efficiencies / automation?
    – pivot table
    – subtotals
    – scenarios
    – macros etc.

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  10. Task
    Create a spreadsheet for Vacation Consortium - Surf Studies
    GCSE Results
    1. Function to calculate Sunvil %A*-C
    2. Fill down for all LA's
    3. Function to calculate the total number
    of entries
    4. Fill across to find the total A*-C
    5. Fill Down to calculate %A*-C for
    Coastal.
    6. Create a Column (Vertical Bar) Chart
    to show number achieving A*-C by LA
    7. Accurate title and axis labels and
    legend
    8. Conditional Formatting
    9. If Statement?

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  11. Use, manipulate or create data and information and present it
    digitally for different audiences
    • Create data:- Online survey tools e.g. Survey Monkey/Google
    forms?
    http://www.surveymonkey.com
    (up to 100 surveys for free!)
    https://docs.google.com/forms/
    (Google Account setup required *free*)
    • Present:- What is the most effective way to present data:-
    graphs/tables, multi-media presentation/video.

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  12. Use, manipulate or create data and information and present it
    digitally for different audiences
    • Present:- What is the most effective way to present data:-
    graphs/tables, multi-media presentation/video.
    – Graphs/tables must be meaningful and helpful as discussed
    – Software for presenting:
    – Office 365 (local PowerPoint or web app)
    – Prezi
    – Speaker Deck (upload PowerPoint presentations)
    – can then be shared easily
    – options to embed

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  13. Prezi

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  14. Speaker Deck

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  15. • Find:- Can files be easily retrieved?
    • Organise:- Having an effective folder structure, naming convention for files etc.
    • Store:- How/where best to store information e.g. network drive, One Drive or Google
    Drive – What should be stored and where?
    • Manage:- Are folders regularly managed/maintained?
    • Share:- How can work be shared? Collaboratively online (e.g. Google Docs or Office
    365), or attach files to email?
    • Web 2.0:- http://bit.ly/dlpadlet (how could we use this?)
    • Protect:-Managing passwords and files, the dreaded lost USB!
    Be able to find, organise, store, manage, share and protect digital
    information

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  16. Searching for Information
    • Encyclopedia Britannica:- Reliable source - online encyclopedia, copyright free images,
    • Searchable by level (differentiation), audio support available.
    Log-in to Hwb and then click on
    the Encyclopedia Britannica
    logo, search by level

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  17. Search for information on one of the following topics:-
    • Cultural diversity
    • Fair Trade
    • Future energy
    • Inequality
    • Living sustainably
    • Natural and human disasters
    • Nutrition
    • Poverty
    Task: Searching for Information

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  18. Task: An Effective Google Search
    Click on the
    search tools
    bar and refine
    your search by
    location, times
    and result
    type!
    When you put a
    word or phrase in
    quotes, the results
    will only contain
    pages with the same
    words in the same
    order as the ones
    inside the quotes!

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  19. Task: Google search operators to sharpen your research…
    • https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/2466433?hl=en
    Complete a Google search to find an article concerning the benefits of fair trade in
    Ghana, written in the last year, applying at least 2 key search operators.

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  21. Allows you to search for free to use media

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  22. Communicating in teams & online curation

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  23. Team working - slack.com

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  24. Online curation
    • Pinterest
    • Instagram
    • Storify
    • Scoop.it

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  25. Online curation - Storify

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  26. Online curation – Scoop.it

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  27. Domain What do I need to consider?
    .edu/.ac.uk This has been written by an education establishment e.g. College/University
    .org A not for profit organisation – Could they have an agenda?
    .com/.net/.co.uk Can be purchased by an individual or company? What’s their agenda?
    .gov Information published by the government
    .mil Published by a military organisation. How might this influence their viewpoint?
    Checklist
    • Date:- Is the research/information up to date/recently published?
    • Sources:- Has the author researched the topic and quoted sources?
    • Domain:-
    Evaluate the reliability of sources of information

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  28. Common problems:
    • Unreliable sources - inaccurate submissions
    • Duplicate work
    • Plagiarism
    • Out of date
    • Wikipedia!
    Evaluate the reliability of sources of information

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  29. CAPOW!
    • Currency (information old or new)
    • Authority (who created the information, are they experts?)
    • Purpose (trying to convince you or sell something?)
    • Objectivity (gives all sides of an issue or just one side?)
    • Writing Style (website easy to navigate?)
    http://bit.ly/webavaltips
    CAPOW Video
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVjvMMgpx38
    Evaluate the reliability of sources of information

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  30. • When was it last updated, does it add up.
    Currency - Good

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  31. • When was it last updated, does it add up?
    Currency - Bad
    No date anywhere!

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  32. • Who maintains the site, are they experts, can they be contacted?
    Authority - Good

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  33. • Is the main focus of this site to provide quality news?
    Authority - Bad

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  34. • Is the website trying to:
    – CONVINCE you of something?
    – SELL you something
    If the answer is YES then the site is biased.
    Bias does not mean a student can’t use the information
    but it needs to be verified.
    Purpose

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  35. • Example
    Purpose - Bias

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  36. • Are they telling you all sides of the story?
    • The information they give is true but it’s not all of the
    information
    Objectivity

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  37. • Search bar
    • Date is easy to find
    • Mobile version
    • Easy to navigate
    toolbar
    • Easily
    shared/saved/printed
    • Uncluttered
    Writing style

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  38. Use digital techniques and methods for a range of activities
    including: collaboration, team working, creativity, problem solving
    and learning
    • Collaboration and team-working:- Sharing work and
    editing/creating in the same ‘space’ e.g. using MS365,
    Google Docs or free Web 2.0 technologies e.g. padlet.
    • Creativity e.g. imovie/Moviemaker (adverts, innovative pitches)
    QR codes, Aurasma (augmented reality), Garageband (jingles).
    • Problem solving and learning:- Effectively searching for the
    correct information e.g. effective web-browsing, selecting the
    correct technology to solve the problem e.g. designing an
    App in Pop.

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  39. QR Codes
    https://www.unitag.io/qrcode

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  40. How to create and share a document in Microsoft 365
    • Log into Hwb or Office 365
    • Create a Word document
    Click to select the app
    you wish to use

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  41. Now share…
    1) Click on share
    2) Select names of
    people you wish to
    share with
    3) Select whether
    you wish for them
    to view or edit the
    file
    4) Write a personal
    message

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  42. Where will this be useful?
    • Collaborative minute writing? (E and E)
    • Collaborating on the development of a budget (E and E)
    • Collaborative development of presentations for pitch? (E and E)
    • Sharing and assembling materials for visual display? (E and E)
    • Individual project, completing work in school and outside lessons
    (post-16)
    • Teacher sharing electronic resources with learners (E and E)

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  43. Converting sound and video files...
    This videos explains how to convert sound files using
    www.zamzar.com, a free file conversion service for files up to
    100MB in size.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZ9nqJYsV2A
    Free screen recording to justify why they have used certain
    techniques/approaches in displaying information etc...
    https://screencast-o-matic.com/home

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  44. Project Management Software Features
    https://creately.com/
    • Task
    • Phase
    • Start date
    • Duration
    • Completion date
    Project management – check, measure, monitor, review progress, adapt to change, manage risks,
    use of project management software, Gantt charts

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  45. Supported file types: Xerte
    File type Xerte Submission (e-portfolio)
    Documents PDF only
    Photographs JPG, GIF and PNG
    Video MP4
    Audio MP3
    Please note the maximum file upload size is 100 MB

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  46. Web-based, app based and mobile
    technologies

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  47. To create a ‘free’ account simply click here

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  48. A huge range of free tools…

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  49. For the Welsh Bacc…
    Google App Use in the Welsh Bacc
    Google Docs Collaborative minute writing, collaborative planning
    Google Forms Creating and sharing questionnaires/surveys
    Google Sheets To collate the results of questionnaires
    Google Slides To create collaborative presentations

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  50. Useful web-applications:-
    Web tool/address What is it for? Application to Welsh Bacc
    Pixton:- www.Pixton.com
    Go animate:-www.goanimate.com
    Powtoon:- www.powtoon.com
    Creating comic strips and animated cartoons
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDWNja
    dafMs
    Use in generating promotional material for
    Enterprise
    POP:- https://popapp.in/ Creating a prototype for an app from initial
    sketches
    KS4 or Post-16 E and E
    Padlet:- www.padlet.com Create an online space for sharing
    ideas/post-its
    Generating and sharing ideas (E and E
    Bit.ly/tinyurl www.bitly.com, www.tinyurl.com Shortening web addresses Easier for referencing and navigation of web-
    pages
    Zamzar:-
    www.zamzar.com
    Converts files from one format to another PDR (KS4), Destination Passport (Post-16
    National)
    Creative Commons Search:-
    http://search.creativecommons.org
    Finding 'creative commons' material, for use
    in work
    All components where copyright material is
    required
    Audioexpert:- www.audioexpert.com Online audio file editor and converter Any audio evidence produced to support
    challenges
    Survey Monkey:-
    www.surveymonkey.com
    Creating and distributing surveys Generate primary data for Individual Project
    http://www.qr-code-generator.com Create QR codes to link to digital content Brings visual display to life

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  51. Useful Apps:- (for students)
    Apps What does it do? Application for Welsh Bacc
    One Drive:- Unlimited online storage for files.
    Should be linked to Hwb
    account.
    Pupils can save work from devices
    onto Drive for transfer in school
    Office suite:- Office tools in the browser Pupils can create and edit documents
    on their own devices
    POP App:- Creates a 'wire-frame' for Apps E and E if students decide to develop
    an App prototype
    iMovie:- Edits video footage Wherever video evidence is required!
    Popplet:- Brainstorming/mind-mapping
    tool
    Generating ideas (E andE), capturing
    views/opinions (Global)
    Explain Everything Interactive whiteboard on
    tablet/mobile device
    Allows learners to reflect on/evaluate
    outcomes
    QR Creator Links the QR code to website,
    photograph or document
    Creating an interactive visual display
    Pic-collage Creates a collage from a range of
    photographs
    Gathering evidence for Community
    Challenge

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  52. App What does it do? Application for Welsh Bacc
    Aurasma Creates a virtual reality video! Interactive display for E and E
    Voice Recorder Allows learners to capture their
    ideas/evaluations
    Any evaluative work/reflction
    Camera! Takes photographs/video To create and photographic or video
    evidence
    Students should be encourage to App-Smash (use several apps in combination)
    e.g. capture video/photographs on the camera, then edit them in iMovie.

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  53. Where is Digital Literacy Assessed?
    KS4 National and Post-16 Advanced:- Enterprise and
    Employability and Individual Project

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  54. KS4 Individual Project
    • Where will Digital Literacy be assessed?
    How can primary data be collected
    effectively using digital technologies?
    How can we be sure secondary evidence is
    valid/reliable?

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  55. Has information been displayed in
    the correct format in Excel?
    Can learners demonstrate how they
    have manipulated data using
    standard formulae/conditional
    formatting etc.?
    KS4 Individual Project
    • Where will Digital Literacy be assessed?

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  56. KS4 Enterprise and Employability
    • Where will Digital Literacy be assessed? Digital audit of skills, before and after?
    Presentation of visual display

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  57. Post-16 Individual Project
    Use of complex skills e.g. in Excel
    • Where will Digital Literacy be assessed?

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  58. How will/can learners use Social media in the
    context of the Individual project?
    Contacting experts?
    Requesting links to important research?
    Gauging views and opinions?
    Posting links to surveys?
    Post-16 Individual Project
    • Where will Digital Literacy be assessed?

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  59. Post-16 Advanced – Enterprise and
    Employability
    Effective online research, assessing
    reliability/validity
    • Where will Digital Literacy be assessed?

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  60. Post-16 Advanced – Enterprise and Employability
    Effective use of spreadsheets to collate and display
    data
    • Where will Digital Literacy be assessed?

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  61. Digital Literacy in December….

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