Using digital platforms
in class to help students
decode in grades 4-6
Digital literacies to use
Instagram can be used to begin relationship
as students are also beginning to be online.
Twitter is another mainstream text that can be used
to introduce using digital platforms
Things like google sites can be introduced to help
them begin to form their digital footprint
Working through thinking
Asking questions:Beginning with
what they want to know and why
they need to know it.
Gathering and organizing
information: Putting together what is
learned to wonder about the topic
Interpreting information:Using their learning
to understand their findings and interpret how
they can use it
Evaluating and applying: Using their knowledge
and what they have discovered to be able to decode
digital platforms.
Why use this?
Through their schooling online platforms will continue to change. Having tools to be able to understand and explore digital platforms will help as students move throughout their career.
Learning these platforms allows students to be creative and apply different types of learning and showing their learning throughout their lives
Role in the classroom
Educators can teach critical literacy
to expand learning for children to move
to a digital setting
As online learning continues to expand students
need to be able to understand digital platforms
and create their own platforms.
Introducing digital platforms early on will give
more time for educators to explain to students
how digital media is used and why it is important.