Digital Classroom Terms

The Digital Classroom Terms

1.         Personalized learning – high expectation of every child given practical form by high quality teaching based on sound knowledge and understanding of each child’s needs
2.         Collaborative learning –  philosophy of interaction and personal lifestyle
3.    Scaffolding - the role teachers and more knowledgeable peers play in the ZPD
4.   Zone of Proximal Development - concept that the social and cultural context of knowledge construction is a key part of the child's environment
5.         Inclusion – where pupils who have a range of learning and physical disabilities work alongside their peers in  a mainstream environment
6.         Social networking – an organic form of web-based collaboration
7.         Wikis – openly accessible collaborative space located on an Internet server, which can be used to generate knowledge bases
8.         ubiquitous learning – learning at any time or any location
9.         Assessment – Measuring children’s progress
10.         Validity  - whether the assessment measures the stated aims and outcomes of a lesson or whether a child’s performance is accurately being measured