Digital Literacy
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Digital Literacy. Spring 2012 Mary Melaugh, Carla Fitzgerald. What is Digital Literacy?.
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Digital Literacy Spring 2012 Mary Melaugh, Carla Fitzgerald
What is Digital Literacy? “Digital literacy is the ability to locate, organize, understand, evaluate, and analyze information using digital technology. It involves a working knowledge of current high-technology, and an understanding of how it can be used.” -Wikipedia
If we teach today’s students as we taught yesterday’s, we rob them of tomorrow. John Dewey
The world is changing • Burlington High School – iPads • Book Reports / Book Trailers • Oral Reports / Podcasts • Research papers -- ???
If a child can’t learn the way we teach, maybe we should teach the way they learn. -Ignacio ‘Nacho’ Estrada
How can we better understand today’s students? Beloit College Mindset List 2015 http://www.beloit.edu/mindset/2015/
The Machine is Us/ingUshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLlGopyXT_g
Introductions • What school/subject/ grade do you teach? • What are your goals for the class? • Your comfort level with technology? • Here is the teacher version
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