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Digital Futures in Teacher Education (DeFT)

The DeFT project engages teachers, students, and educators in exploring digital literacy and sharing best practices. It focuses on using digital technologies effectively in teaching and learning, with activities like workshops and case studies.

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Digital Futures in Teacher Education (DeFT)

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  1. Digital Futures in Teacher Education (DeFT) Richard Pountney Anna Gruszczynska Nicky Watts

  2. About the project Team • Richard Pountney (Lead) • Guy Merchant (Principal Investigator) • Cathy Burnett (Researcher) • Jackie Marsh (Academic Lead) • Julia Davies (Researcher) • Anna Gruszczynska (Project manager) • Nicky Watts (Project assistant) Partners • Sheffield Hallam University • University of Sheffield • 5 primary and 5 secondary schools in South Yorkshire • Learning Connections • RealSmart • Yorkshire and Humber Grid for Learning • Sheffield Children’s Festival

  3. Background to DeFT: UKOER programme • drawing on the principles of social sciences knowledge production • exploring tacit aspects of pedagogical practice • exploring the "why" (socio-cultural/institutional context) rather than solely the "how" (technical aspects) of OERs • Evaluating the Practice of Opening up Resources for Learning and Teaching in the Social Sciences (April 2009-April 2010) • Cascading Social Science Open Educational Resources (August 2010-August 2011) • Discovering Collections of Social Science Open Educational Resources (August 2010-August 2011)

  4. Digital Futures in Teacher Education (DeFT) The project aims to involve local teachers and pupils, teacher educators and teacher educations students in: • exploring and sharing the potential of digital technologies • understanding more about what it means to be digitally literate • sharing and developing good practice in teaching

  5. Workshop activities • Sharing first thoughts on digital literacy • Creating our own meanings of digital literacy • Reflecting on digital literacy practices

  6. Case studies - teachers exploring DL practices with pupils Programming skills for creative learners Using QR codes for education purposes Creative uses of DL in schools

  7. Case studies - teachers exploring DL practices in the context of CPD OERs as a tool for sharing practice The school website as a teaching and learning hub Opening up Moodle

  8. What are our student teachers thinking aboutDigital Literacy.......and OERs? Some insights from focus groups of student teachers from Sheffield Hallam and the University of Sheffield

  9. The student teachers Photo courtesy of DiscoveryEducation.com

  10. methodology

  11. Attitudes towards OERs “we are happy to share our resources etc” “You don’t know what reaction you would get… can you imagine if you put it on you tube and you got loads of thumbs down?”

  12. Attitudes towards digital literacy in school environment

  13. Reflection • Thinking about digital literacy in action • Reflexive moments and reflexive review as part of DeFT methodology • Other aspects of digital literacy

  14. For more information: • Read our blog: www.deftoer3.wordpress.com • Follow us on Twitter @deftoer3 • Have a look at our presentations on slideshare www.slideshare.net/deftoer3 • Email us: • r.p.pountney@shu.ac.uk; a.gruszczynska@shu.ac.uk; n.watts@shu.ac.uk

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