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How can a teacher use digital tools in pedagogically meaninful ways?

Today, we would like to show you how a coach can use digital tools in a pedagogically meaninful way. Is it possible? Yes! But it will demand lots of time for planning. So, we spend some time thinking about a good example for you. We made a collaborative ThingLink together to start the process and try to use this tool to motivate and to engage students through the learning process.

Openning

We proposed a central theme to integrate different areas and subjcets to explain our students how “Artificial Insemination Module” will be organized and how the teachers would assess students’ learning outcomes. At the end of this module, students must show specific competence (see below) when perfoming an artificial insemination.

Target of assessment	Criteria of assessment
	Satisfactory (1)	Good (2)	Excellent (3)
Planning an artificial insemination process, selecting correct supplies and tools	works according to requeriments, needing ocasional supervision	works according to requeriments, mainly independently	works independently according to requeriments, avoiding to waste supplies
Etics, health, safety and ability to take action	works according to etics and safety guidelines of the work environments, needing guidance	works according to etics and safety guidelines of the work environments, mainly independently	works independently according to etics and safety guidelines of the work environments
Good hygiene practice during the artificial insemination process	works according to hygiene requeriments, needing ocasional supervision.	works according to hygiene requeriments, mainly independently.	works independently  according to hygiene  requeriments.
Using softwares to mannage the artificial insemination process	uses the information technology needed in his/her work, needing occasional supervision	uses the information technology needed in his/her work, partly independently	uses the information technology needed in his/her work independently

Running the project (example)

Presenting the project to students

Dear students, at first you must explore the Thinklink below. There, you will find tips for help you out to learn about Artificial Insemination and some themes related, such as hygene, planning and fertilization process. After that, we will perform this at the lab, using sperm and cows. For you enjoy this experience, you must improve your learn basics subjects.

One assessment for you, is going to be a competence demonstration of your learning outcomes using a social media. Be creative!! You must communicate by a  video or post in a blog demonstrating you performing an artificial insemination in cattle. The other one is cow getting a pregnancy!

Artificial Insemination in Cattle (click here)

I suggest you to keep in touch with your group using the WhatsApp. Making Groups is important for your future and is a good way to improve communication skills and make a virtual place where students can follow the timetable of activities related to the module, receive reminder of the tasks they need to do during the module and also to the students schedule a meeting with teacher and ask for help.

Closing

Now, after you reading our idea and feel yourself as a motivated student, think if you (as coach) could show your students developing their competences and creating a dialy on Instagram, where you could publish students’ competence demonstration and other thoughts. Lets try new things! Your students will live in a digital world and you should help them in this pathway.

Antônio, Conceição, Leonardo, Rita, Rodrigo Alves, Rodrigo Rossi