BQL.Digital

Through interactive activities, participants explore their own ideas about digitization, define key terms such as “digitization” and “digitality,” and discuss their significance for schools, teaching, and communication and work processes.

• Insights into BQL.Digital’s digitization-focused teaching in the ZLSB Media Lab
• Theme Week: Diklusion—Digital Media and Inclusion

Proficient use of digital services is the foundation of modern teaching. BQL.Digital offers a structured introduction to key digital tools that are relevant for participation in the BQL program, teaching, and school-based practice. Among other things, participants will become familiar with learning management systems, cloud applications, email services, and video conferencing systems, and will receive practical guidance on the digital infrastructure.

• BQL.Digital shows how to successfully get started with TUD’s digital services

Computer science education is a central component of digitalization-related education. Through hands-on teaching and learning activities, participants explore computer systems from everyday life and recognize how naturally children already interact with them. Building on this foundation, depending on the program’s focus, fundamental concepts such as the input–processing–output (IPO) principle, data encoding, and basic programming concepts are introduced. The focus is always on implementing these concepts with students.

• Computer Science Education from the Start: Concepts for Elementary School

• Thinking Beyond Digital Reading: A Teaching and Learning Program from BQL.Digital on Search Engines and Artificial Intelligence

• Programmed Christmas Mice: BQL.Digital offers insights into computer science education in German language classes in elementary school

The goal of these teaching and learning programs is to provide a hands-on experience with artificial intelligence (AI). Participants will gain an understanding of the potential and challenges of AI—both in general and in specific subject areas—and, depending on the program’s focus, will also gain insight into concrete, action-oriented applications for schools and classrooms.

• From Technology to Pedagogy: Artificial Intelligence in Lesson Planning
• Rethinking Digital Reading: A Teaching and Learning Program from BQL.Digital on Search Engines and Artificial Intelligence
• Workshop series on “Artificial Intelligence in German Language Classes”
• Event Series “AI in Schools & Higher Education”

• The Educational AI Lab

• Workshop Series: How Social Media and Artificial Intelligence Are Shaping the Schools of Tomorrow

The following article provides an overview of the AI offerings in the BQL program:

• Artificial Intelligence in the BQL Program: Diverse Insights from Real-World Practice—and a New Self-Study Module

Explanatory videos are short, clear videos that present complex topics in a simple and understandable way. They combine visuals, audio, and text to present educational content and promote understanding. In our teaching and learning programs, the focus is on creating explainer videos together with students in the classroom. To gain experience in this area, participants take on the role of learners themselves and produce their first explainer videos using cutout animation or stop-motion, depending on the program’s focus.

• Creative Media Productions for Career Changers: Explanatory Videos and Podcasts in BQL Computer Science

• BQL German & BQL.Digital: The workshop “Explanatory Videos in Literature Class” gave rise to fairy-tale-like creations
• BQL.Digital Teaching and Learning Program: The WTH/S Group Dives into the World of Explanatory Videos and Podcasts
• Roll Camera! – Seminar on Creating Explanatory Videos in Social Studies
• International Visitors at the Media Lab at ZLSB: BQL.Digital Presents an Explanatory Video Teaching Concept
• Explanatory Video Workshop at the Dresden Science Night
• BQL.Digital at E-Teaching Day: Online workshop on creating explainer videos

• Experience digitization and inclusion in a hands-on way

Greenscreen technology is no longer limited to the world of film; it can also be used in the classroom with simple tools. In this workshop, participants will receive a hands-on introduction and bring their own creative ideas to life—from virtual trips to imaginative scenarios.

In addition to the technical aspects, the workshop focuses on how green screen technology can be meaningfully and creatively integrated into classroom instruction.

• Learning program “Successfully Using Green Screen Technology in Schools” with participants from BQL Elementary School

Podcasts have now evolved into much more than just a form of leisure entertainment. They have become a versatile medium that can also offer significant benefits in the field of education. In teaching and learning programs on this topic, participants take on the role of learners and create their own podcasts. In the process, they gain hands-on experience in how to successfully incorporate this creative medium into their classrooms with their students. By gaining experience and experimenting with different formats, they gain valuable insights into the possibilities that podcasts offer for learning and teaching.

• Creative Media Productions for Career Changers: Explanatory Videos and Podcasts in BQL Computer Science
• Listen, Learn, Produce: Fairy-Tale Podcast Projects in Elementary School German Classes
• BQL.Digital Teaching and Learning Program: The WTH/S Group Dives into the World of Explanatory Videos and Podcasts

• “Lese-Zentrum” Book Podcast: Personal Reading Recommendations from the ZLSB

• Podcast on Global Perspectives on the Teacher Shortage

• 20 Years of ZLSB – Anniversary Podcast Featuring a Conversation with the Former and Current Directors

In this self-study module from BQL.Digital on the topic of AI, the teaching and learning resources for the various subjects in the BQL program are presented in a consolidated format and supplemented with materials, tips, and helpful documents.

• Artificial Intelligence in the BQL Program: A Wide Range of Practical Insights—and a New Self-Study Module

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The self-study module “Programming with Scratch” provides a brief introduction to the block-based programming environment Scratch and explains its structure and basic functions. It demonstrates how Scratch can be used in elementary school German classes in accordance with the Saxon curriculum. An embedded news article describes a specific teaching-and-learning scenario for computer science education. In addition, the module provides a guided introduction to Scratch and presents sample programs as templates and practice exercises. This gives teachers quick, practical ideas for use in the classroom.

• Link to the self-study module “Programming with Scratch” in OPAL (accessible only with a ZIH login)

In this learning unit, participants will learn how to create their own podcast and how to use this medium in school.

• Creating and Using Podcasts in School

In this learning module, participants will learn how explanatory videos are structured and how they can be used in the classroom. They will gain in-depth insights into the preparation for filming, as well as the technical requirements and options for post-production.

• The Production of Explanatory Videos
• Explanatory Videos Using the Flipped Classroom Approach

This professional development series explores the potential of several applications (GeoGebra, spreadsheet programs, and the smartphone apps PhotoMath and MathCityMap) by providing ideas for instructional scenarios on topics from algebra, geometry, and probability and statistics. The focus is always on promoting understanding, discovery, and the application of mathematics.

• Digital Bites for Math Class

In this learning module, participants will learn more about green-screen technology. They’ll explore practical examples from the film industry and receive ideas for incorporating this technique into their classrooms. Additionally, they can get started right away using a step-by-step guide to create their own green-screen video.

• The new self-study module on green screen technology from BQL.Digital