Digital literacy in key stage 2 and key stage 3

CO904 Online course

Explore what digital literacy is and how digital literacy can be embedded across the curriculum. Understand the importance of ensuring all students are digitally literate and how to raise the profile of digital in the curriculum. Understand how being digitally literate can support the transition between key stage 2 and 3.

Key stage 2 Key stage 3 Teach secondary computing certificate

Free online course 2 hours

In today's digital age, ensuring students are digitally literate is crucial for their success in both education and later life. This course is designed to help you understand and embed digital literacy across the curriculum, addressing the diverse needs of students in both Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 3.

You will explore what digital literacy is and why it is important, considering the barriers that some students might face. The course will guide you through integrating digital literacy into various subjects, ensuring that students become competent and confident users of technology. You will also delve into the digital divide, exploring strategies to support students from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Key Stage 2 teachers will gain insights into the digital skills necessary for students' success as they transition to Key Stage 3. This understanding will help them prepare students effectively, ensuring they have a strong foundation in digital literacy. Conversely, Key Stage 3 teachers will learn to set realistic expectations for the digital skills of students as they enter Key Stage 3, acknowledging the varying levels of proficiency they may encounter, and consider how best to build on this starting point.

Who is it for?

Subject leaders of primary computing

How long is this course?

This course is approximately 2 hours of self-directed learning

How will you learn?

This online, self-paced course can be completed flexibly. You can join and start this course at any time after the advertised date, and keep access for a year after booking.

Outcomes

By the end of this course, you will:

understand the term ‘digital literacy’
understand the links between KS2 & 3 digital literacy, and how being digitally literate supports transition
plan to implement digital literacy across the curriculum

This course is part of Teach secondary computing

Teach secondary computing

Our nationally recognised qualification will give you confidence to take your computing teaching to the next level and to apply those skills in the classroom.

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