Model digital-age work, research, collaboration and learning.
The old adage: those who can, do; those who can’t, teach, was always illogical to me. How can you teach something you cannot do at a fundamental level? If leaders of tomorrow need to create digitally, conduct research, collaborate, and be lifelong learners, so must their teachers.
Artifacts:
Level 1: Knowledge of current research
- This artifact is a reflection piece designed to evaluate my own educational background and begin to synthesize my experience with the philosophy behind collaborative learning being developed by experts in the field. It portrays my grown awareness of various groups of thought surrounding collaborative learning. Collaboration reflection
- The chart proposed for this artifact is a summary or current digital ministries. These organizations are engaging in digital-age work and bridging the gap between the digital world and the spiritual world. Digital Ministry Analysis
- This annotated bibliography represents my knowledge of current research on digital literacy. Digital literacy is the ability to consume and create digital-age work in an efficacious way. Research annotated bibliography
Level 2: Application
- This artifact is also being used as evidence for NETS-#1, however it belongs in this category as well. This assignment demonstrates student collaboration and digital age work as they created Digital Stories in groups. Digital Storytelling Assign
- I created this video at the request of donors who wished to communicate my work in Kenya to constituents in the US. It serves as an example of the digital-age work I now engage in frequently for my career.
3. This infographic is simple, yet demonstrations an application of learning, collaboration, and research regarding the digital-age. As more consideration is given to the many facets of literacy it can be overwhelming to understand each individually identified literacy. This graphic helps anyone to better understand visual literacy in the digital-age. Visual Literacy Imprortance
Level 3: Research, innovation, leadership
- This video is an example of research being conducted. The research focus of this particular interview was to better understand how different organizations identified the need for new initiatives and programs (i.e., did they use data or some other form of identifier). This artifact belongs in this category because it demonstrates a developing understanding of organizational procedures outside of my current work environment yet still relating to digital age work and research.
2. This artifact demonstrates my own digital-age work while leading fellow teachers to examine their own views on media literacy. It is really a plea for teachers to devote more time and energy to developing digital literacy while giving examples from my daily life and media usage.
Elaine Filter 