REVIEWING DIGITAL TOOLS, TECHNOLOGIES AND TECHNIQUES.

DIGITAL TOOLS, TECHNOLOGIES AND TECHNIQUES.

DIGITAL LITERACY - DIGITAL PRODUCTIVITY - By TAMMY WISE

Digital Tools ​include the software you can use to complete a task, e.g. Google Drive, Padlet, Microsoft Teams, OneDrive.

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Think!​

Why are you choosing that tool for the task?​

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​Description of Digital Tools.

Digital Tools

Draw

Give an example of why Teams would be a more suitable tool for hosting a meeting than Padlet.

Digital Technologies are the devices that you use for different elements of a task e.g. laptop, iPad, smartphone, desktop PC.

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Think!​

Why did you choose that device?

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Description of Digital Technologies.

Digital Technologies

Draw

What are the pros and cons of using a desktop PC (vs a laptop for example)?

​​Digital Techniques include formatting that adds extra value to your creation e.g. adding sound, embedding video, using animations and transitions, altering timings, cropping scenes etc.

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Think!​

The purpose should be clear - ask yourself, why did you choose to add that animation?

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Definition of Digital Techniques.

​Digital Techniques

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Open Ended

List some examples of and reasons for using different techniques in a slideshow.

​Digital Tools ​include the software you have used to complete a task, e.g. Google Drive, Padlet, Microsoft Teams - different tools for different tasks.

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​​TOOLS

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​Digital Technologies are the devices that you use e.g. laptop, iPad, smartphone - each device has a strength of purpose.

TECHNOLOGIES

​Formatting must add extra value to your creation e.g. adding sound and transitions, altering timings, cropping scenes etc. - it should be used to enhance the visual appeal and to add another dimension to the slideshow.

TECHNIQUES

​​SUMMARY OF DEFINITIONS

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Multiple Choice

Which one of the following shows a Digital Tool?

Fill in the Blanks

An example of a digital technology is

Open Ended

Digital techniques must be purposeful - when and why would you use

techniques such as adding images, sound and animations to a slideshow?

Poll

Which of the following is necessary for keeping information safe and secure online?

• Any type of password will do.

• A strong password with uppercase, lowercase, special characters and numbers.

• The same password that you use for everything else so that you don't forget it.

• A password using the name of someone in my family.

Draw

What are the benefits and risks of using passwords as a security method?

Poll

When sharing your work online, how do you maintain security?

• I only send it to people I know.

• I just send it as an e-mail attachment.

• I encrypt the message.

• I use access rights to control what the receiver can do with the information.

Open Ended

What are the benefits and risks of sharing work using a link?