Digital Classroom

• Getting to know how to use a diversity of digital resources in order to make activities more interesting for students.
• Increasing student´s engagement and motivation.
• Taking advantage of student´s devices in and out of the classroom.
• Developing collaborative activities.
• Increasing performance and effectiveness in the preparation of the lessons.
• Taking advantage of available resources for the classroom, free and easy to use.
• Being more effective teachers, spending more time on students rather than bureaucracy.
• Offering students more support on ICT.

• DAY 1: Preparing your lesson

Introduction to the course: Expected learning outcomes.

Preliminary evaluation: Initial Assessment.

Creating a Google Account.

Blended Learning and Flipped Classroom definition, characteristics and current trends.

Project Based Learning (PBL).

Types of Learning Management Systems (LMS).

Group discussion: How do we plan a Digital Classroom lesson?

Workshop 1: Preparing the class. Research and collect information for the project by using Google Tools (Drive, Keep) and Evernote.

• DAY 2: Preparing your tools

Collaborative work tools with Google Apps.

Cloud based classroom environment: Google Classroom.Group discussion: What do our students expect from their learning?

Communication activities: forums, chats, surveys (choice and feedback).

Types of digital activities and resources.

Workshop 2: Create a blog in Blogger.

Workshop 3: Tools for modifying our resources: Picasa (Photo Editor), PicCollage and PhotoGrid (collage), Skitch (integrated tool with Evernote).

• DAY 3: Creating activities and resources

Educational Resources

Choosing the right activity for each learning outcome.

Wiki: Collaborative tool for projects (wikispaces).

Workshop 4: Create a Google Sites for students.

Audio recording and edition: Audacity.

Workshop 5: Create an eBook using Book Creator.

Workshop 6: Create a presentation using Google Slides.

• DAY 4: Creating video lessons

Video platforms.

Reseaching for lessons: Youtube, Khan Academy and TedEd.

Copyright compliance and the use of external resources.

Video edition: Show Me, VideoPad and iMovie (video editor).

Workshop 7: Create a video tutorial using Screen Cast.

Workshop 8: Create a video for a Flipped Classroom lesson using Explain Everything (interactive screencasting whiteboard).

Video enrichment with EDPuzzle.

• DAY 5: Assess & feedback

Group discussion: How to make parents involved in our classroom: ClassDojo (class management) and EdModo (Private Social Network).

Group discussion: How to create effective and engaging assessment?

Types of cloud storage solution for homework and sharing files.

Group discussion: choose a shared storage solution.

Workshop 9: Creating a quick assessment with Google Forms.

Interactive assessment tools such as Kahoot (gamification assess).

Workshop 10: Create an assessment using Socrative (real-time formative assessments).

Hading in Training Certificates.

The methodology used in the course is ‘learning by doing’ in the form of a guided tutorial. The teacher, after briefly explaining some concepts and approaching the necessary tools, proposes a project in which students will have to create educational resources for the class.

The teacher then becomes a support, helping the students in their learning experience, at the end of the course there will be a test to assess the learning outcomes and the knowledge gained.

By completing this course, you will acquire new competencies and will be able to:

• Understand different models of instruction using ICT.
• Learn how to use collaborative tools using cloud computing tools: Google Apps
• Search and select appropriate already available videos and other resources.
• Create video resources: Record, edit and deliver video.
• Create audio-visual interactive activities.
• Deal with main issues using technology in class.
• Make students create their own content.
• Get instant feedback from students.
• Use different ways of getting a quick and easy assessment.