Welcome to Applied Digital Skills, Google’s free project-based online video curriculum
that teaches practical digital skills for real-life application.
Digital skills help people use tools and applications to complete projects or tasks on a computer,
tablet, or mobile device. Digital skills allow for easier communication,
collaboration, creativity, and critical thinking through technology...
...And play an important role in preparing students for the jobs of today and tomorrow.
In a project-based curriculum, students are given meaningful challenges to help them solve
real-world problems. Applied Digital Skills has easy-to-follow
instructional videos that guide students to create their own project from scratch using
applications like Google Docs or Google Sheets.
Depending on the lesson, students create their project independently or work collaboratively
in a group... ...And the project can be anything from a
job resume, To a presentation about a topic.
Lessons are also relevant to your learning goals, like exploring career paths or obtaining
financial literacy. Most projects are easily adaptable, so you
can adjust them to fit your subject area or to align more with what you are currently
teaching. Because students work at their own pace, you
can provide individualized instruction as they need it.
Each lesson includes options like transcripts,
And closed captions.
Each lesson also comes with helpful resources, like lesson plans, which include tips and questions to guide the class as they work.
Plus, when you connect your Applied Digital Skills account with Google Classroom, you
can import classes, track student progress, and create assignments.
Visit the Help Center for more details about Classroom integration.
You can get started using Applied Digital Skills in just a few steps, and you don’t
need a strong technology background to use the curriculum in your classroom.
In this series of videos, you will… Explore the Applied Digital Skills curriculum
and teacher resources, Test out a project from one of the lessons,
Create a class, And learn how to plan and teach your first
lesson.
Over one million teachers and students in classrooms all over the world love Applied
Digital Skills, and we’re excited to share it with you! Let’s get
started!