Schools have always displayed children's work around the school in the form of displays. This gives visitors, staff, children and Ofsted an opportunity to view some of the excellent work produced during lessons covering a wide range of topics.
But what about work completed online in a digital format, how can this be displayed? We are in the 21st century and all schools now have access to free 21st century learning platforms that allow children to work in ways tailored to their topic work and use different ways to produce content. Some of the work children produce will be written but as schools start to make use of the wide variety of free online educational platforms now available, some of that work is bound to be digital.
Part of the role of “The Learning Zone” website is to showcase children's work, to give schools ideas of what they could be doing with children and a platform to move some of the children's work online. I say some because although Aldwyn Primary School has a very digital skilled focus we still want children to work with pens, paper, glue, books and whatever else they need to complete that special project. But as children start to explore the world of graphic design, web design, podcasting and online video production then that work is going to be totally 100 per cent digital.