Digital Learning Day 2016

Digital Learning Day is on February 17th.

Educators and students around the world will be celebrating how instruction can be enhanced through the use of technology. On Digital Learning Day and every other day, it is important to remember that the learning comes first. We must first understand what it is that we want our students to be able to do. Then we can think about ways to add creativity, collaboration, communication, and critical thinking to our learning. What will you try on the 17th? It can be a day to try something for the first time. A day to share out the incredible things going on in your classroom. A day to make connections with new people.

If we want our students to take risks and think outside the box, we must be willing to do this ourselves.

Please share what is going on in your classroom using the hashtags #DLDay and #Bermbuzz.

Here are some ideas to get you thinking:

• Pair up with another class and show them a new tool you have been using

• Sign up for Twitter

• Create a podcast or movie

• Spark curiosity using Wonderopolis or Curiousity.com

• Start a grade-wide Kahoot game

• Share a project you have been working on

• Use Glogster to create a multimedia poster

• Connect with one new person on Twitter

• Start a class blog

• Skype with another class or a field expert or play Mystery Skype

• Create a Padlet wall to share learning and collaborate with other students

• Explore the world playing GeoGuesser