Core Level Questions
Finding Evaluating and Organising
Creating and Sharing
Assessment and Feedback
Communication, Collaboration and Participation
e-Safety and Online Identity
Technology-supported Professional Development
- Can you find and use resources online to support teaching?
- Do you provide learners with links to useful resources that support their work?
- Can you create and organise folders/files on your computer and on the school system?
- Can you use the bookmarking tool in an internet browser to save and organise resources?
- Do you understand the copyright rules that apply to the digital resources used for school?
Creating and Sharing
- Have you created resources to support learners, using images and text?
- Do you make resources available online for learners to access or download?
- Are you aware of accessibility issues in relation to the creation and use of digital resources?
- Do you edit digital resources you create and keep them up to date?
- Can you incorporate online activities and resources into lessons?
- Can you use software to access and build upon resources found?
Assessment and Feedback
- Can you record and manage assessment data electronically?
- Can you use technology to create assessment tasks?
- Can you use technology to communicate learning objectives?
- Do you support students in collecting and submitting work electronically?
Communication, Collaboration and Participation
- Can you use technology to communicate and collaborate with peers?
- Can you use web-based tools with learners to support group discussion?
- Can you support learners to present group work electronically?
e-Safety and Online Identity
- Do you understand the difference between personal and professional use of online sites and ICT?
- Are you aware of the importance of looking after your online professional reputation; using privacy settings and friending or connecting to others appropriately?
- Do you understand your responsibilities under the DPA with regard to the electronic management and protection of students' information?
- Can you provide learners with basic tips about how to stay safe online, including how to deal with online bullying and how to save evidence?
- Can you address cyberbullying disclosures and key e-safety issues and understand how to report these appropriately?
Technology-supported Professional Development
- Do you subscribe to or access CPD information on a regular basis, using email or websites?
- Can you search online to find up to date information on developments, discussions and resources?
- Do you understand the value of using online resources and information to support CPD?
- Can you pass on items of interest or use to colleagues by attaching information or including a link in emails?
(Questions adapted from Fraser et al., 2013, pp.18-24)