Summary: Put in place flash cards on Digital Skilling so that ATL students can use them as a ready-reckoner to acquire knowledge & skills in a variety of digital tools & technologies at their own pace.

However, most traditional skilling programs fail to achieve their objective as they involve intense learning over a short-duration of time.   Most students find it challenging to absorb a lot of information in a short span of time.  Moreover, they cannot always retain knowledge of a subject for which they haven't felt a need yet.   The net result is, most students forget what they learnt a few days or weeks after the training program is over.  For skilling to be effective, it has to be a slow and steady process.  Skilling on digital tools & platforms has to happen over a period of time with learning content, samples, templates, and pointers available to ATL students as and when they need them.

Flash cards are simple, but very effective learning aids that can be provided to ATL students so that they can acquire knowledge & skills in digital tools & technologies at their own pace.  Create interactive Flash Cards with QR Codes that provide tidbits of information, examples, tips & suggestions on online tools & platforms.  ATL students can refer to these flash cards as and when they need them.  Students can scan the QR codes on the Flash Card to view online tutorials, watch videos, download samples, & templates, or access online digital platforms.  Flash Cards makes it possible for students to have all the information they need at their finger tips - as and when they need them.  Skilling with flash cards becomes lot more effective than traditional training programs. 

Here are sample flash cards on two digital skills:

As can be seen above, the flash cards have a brief information on the digital skill, a list of tools, a picture to illustrate the tool or technology associated with the skill, and a few QR codes that open online videos, samples and tools when scanned.  Similarly, we can create interactive Flash Cards for the following digital skills:

The following online tools can be used for creating interactive flash cards at your ATL:

• Canva or Google Slides for creating flash cards.

• QRCodeMoney for creating QR codes to go with the flash cards.

In the below deck, you can find interactive flash cards on 15 digital skills.  Every flash card in the deck contains one or more QR codes that not only provide additional information, but also enhance the user experience. 

• Download the above flash card deck or create your own.

• Have each flash card printed on an A4 or bigger sized poster-paper.  Have them laminated if possible.

• Place the flash cards in a designated area (e.g., Tinkerer's Station) in your ATL.

• Students can refer to the flash cards to acquire knowledge & skills in various digital tools & technologies.

Role of School Management: Encourage use of interactive flash cards on Digital Skilling in your ATL.

Role of Students: Make use of the interactive flash cards on Digital Skilling to acquire knowledge & skills in a variety of digital tools & technologies - as and when you need them.

Role of Mentor(s): Create interactive flash cards on one or more digital skills for the benefit of ATL students.

Role of ATL In-charge: Ensure interactive flash cards on digital Skills are made available in the ATL at a designated area (e.g., Tinkerer's Station).

Create interactive flash cards on digital skills and deploy them in your ATL.  Encourage budding tinkerers to make use of the flash cards as they work on their tinkering or innovation projects.  Submit the link / screenshot(s) / video-recording of the flash cards deployed at your ATL.