Digital Technology and Inclusive Learning in Powerstown ETNS
Video Overview
The principal and teachers at Powerstown Educate Together National School describe how they implement Universal Design for Learning (UDL) in their school.
Description
The principal and teachers at Powerstown Educate Together National School describe Universal Design for Learning in their school context and how they use it in the classroom to represent information. They discuss how the children engage with that information and how they express what they have learned. They showcase how they use text-to-speech and speech-to-text allowing pupils who may have a difficulty accessing this information to overcome that difficulty through technology. They demonstrate the use of Word Wall to create interactive activities for EAL students. Google Suite for Education is shown as a collaborative workspace where the teachers and pupils can work together. Canva is used as a presentation tool by the 6th class pupils.
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Digital Learning Framework
This video supports the following statements of the Digital Learning Framework (DLF):
Teaching & Learning (1 Learner Outcomes)
● 1.1 Standard: Pupils enjoy their learning, are motivated to learn and expect to achieve as learners
Pupils use appropriate digital technologies to foster active, creative and critical engagement in attaining challenging learning outcomes.
Pupils use digital technologies to collect evidence, record progress, evaluate and reflect, and to create new solutions and/or products.
Teaching & Learning (2. Learner Experiences)
● 2.2 Students grow as learners through respectful interactions and experiences that are challenging and supportive
Digital interactions, among students and between students and teachers, are respectful, challenging and support the well-being of all students.
Students use digital technologies to respectfully communicate, collaborate, and co-create knowledge through active engagement in appropriate public discourse and civic participation.
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