Digital Competency: Mobilizing Digital Technology for Personal and Professional Empowerment

This dimension of digital competency focuses on the strategic use of technology to enhance and maintain professional skills that will be useful now or in the future. It encourages the use of digital tools to facilitate integration into the workforce, pursue continuing education, and develop an entrepreneurial spirit. By encouraging active, thoughtful exploration, this dimension promotes autonomy and adaptability, preparing students for the challenges they will face in the working world. 

For teachers, this dimension may look like this: 

• Joining an online learning community (link in French) to find information and interact with education stakeholders.  
• Undertaking a self-directed continuing education process.  
• Listening to education podcasts to stay up-to-date on current teaching practices.  

For students, this dimension may look like this: 

• Creating a digital portfolio to record their achievements, reflections, and school work, building awareness of what they have learned and what they have left to do.
• Using Alloprof’s student platform to maintain and develop the knowledge and skills they will need when they enter the workforce.
• Filming a video of a news report on a career-oriented project. 

Among other things, this dimension aims to empower students and help them prepare for their professional lives. Here are a few ideas to explore in class or share with your students: 

• The À la découverte de soi LES (in French) helps students get to know themselves better by questioning who they are and what really matters to them (CCQ, Secondary V).
• The Miroir Miroir LES (in French) asks students to reflect on how they present themselves online (CCQ, Grade 6).
• Alloprof’s resources, including exercises, worksheets, and videos, are designed to help students become autonomous learners. 
• Alloprof is also a goldmine of advice and information on everything from weighing your options after high school to successfully embarking on your career path (how to approach a job search, resume writing tips, and more).  
• Help your students find their future path by introducing them to career exploration resources like Inforoute FPT, Find Your Own Trade and Ma formation en vidéo (in French).
• Academos (in French) is another free platform for discovering different professions. It also helps students make the right choice by connecting them with mentors via a chat service.