Maintaining an empowered school community: Introducing digital technologies by building digital literacies at Beehive Montessori School

Maintaining an empowered school community: Introducing digital technologies by building digital literacies at Beehive Montessori School

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In 2019, educators at Beehive Montessori School (Beehive) in Western Australia SYNERGY B implemented their self-defined digital literacies framework.The framework guided their approach to, and use of, digital technologies in their classrooms.Doing so came out of a whole school action research project in which the school became a hub for inquiry and educators, and researchers worked together to identify issues and develop improvement processes.At the project conclusion, the educators and researchers had collaboratively defined a solution that met the mandated curriculum needs and fitted with the school autonomy.Most importantly the project and the solution Metal Platter empowered educators, as it aligned with the school-identified virtues and utilized the three-period lesson to teach it, all of which was consistent with Montessori pedagogy.