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Module 2 Presentation

Hi Everyone, Here is a link to my final Presentation . Please feel free to leave comments in my blog or in glogster. It is my first attempt at creating a glog. My group member Sharmila who has used this as her technology for her Module 2 project can better judge how effective I have been in using it to convey the information required for this presentation. Happy viewing!

Digital literacy in my work

As we prepare students for future jobs,  improving their digital literacy skills should be a major area of focus for us. By embedding these skills in the curriculum or in our teaching practices we can ensure that students gain confidence in not only using these skills for their learning but also at their workplace. I always try to latest technology tools in education not just for teaching purposes but also for communication with students.  For example using a screen annotator to highlight things on the screen, using a color picker tool to pick colors for a website, using googledocs to share notes with students etc. I also try to establish a communication channel with my students through Facebook and whatsapp to share new ideas, cool short cuts, cool iphone apps, videos, links etc with them. I encourage them to use new technologies while highlighting what problems it would solve. For example students downloaded and used notepad++ for writing their html and CSS code. ...