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Twenty-First Century Informational Literacy: Integrating Research Techniques and Technology. ReadWriteThink couldn't publish all of this great content without literacy experts to write and review for us. If you've got lessons plans, activities, or other ideas you'd like to contribute, we'd love to hear from you. More Find the latest in professional publications, learn new techniques and strategies, and find out how you can connect with other literacy professionals. More Teacher Resources by Grade Your students can save their work with Student Interactives. More Home › Classroom Resources › Lesson Plans Lesson Plan Overview Featured Resources From Theory to Practice This lesson incorporates graphic novels to help students expand their reading, writing, research, and technology skills.

Back to top Research Report: Informational Graphic Novel Rubric: This rubric provides an overview of the graphic novel research project in this lesson.Research Report: Self-Evaluation of Graphic Novel: This sheet encourages students to reflect on their final graphic novels. Hotmail: New Message. Collaboration. Introducing the Digital Learning Quadrants. This is the follow-up post and answer to “The Fallacy of Digital Natives“. Let us agree, therefore, that regardless of age or situation, the learning process is one in which any learner can utilize formal, informal and social means to actually learn. It has nothing to do with generational divides. If we were to re-categorize the foolish Prensky and Tapscott terms of Net Generation, Digital Natives and Digital Immigrants into a classification that encompasses all ages and takes into account the realities of access and participation levels, we might use the following: The definitions presuppose we have consensus that learning can (and perhaps does) occur with the aid of technology mediums but regardless of age.

Those that are Millennial have equal the opportunity to learn in a digital way if the environment exists in terms of levels of access and participation as with those in GenX, Baby Boomer or Silent Generation types. These definitions are not age discriminatory. Digital Literacy. Digital Literacy Definition and Resources. What is Digital Literacy? The ability to use digital technology, communication tools or networks to locate, evaluate, use and create information. 1The ability to understand and use information in multiple formats from a wide range of sources when it is presented via computers. 2 A person’s ability to perform tasks effectively in a digital environment... Literacy includes the ability to read and interpret media, to reproduce data and images through digital manipulation, and to evaluate and apply new knowledge gained from digital environments. 3 What is a Digital Learning Librarian?

The Digital Learning Librarian at the University of Illinois works collaboratively with librarians and faculty to create tools that help to integrate the library into the teaching and learning process. One result is the creation of online resources that focus on infusing library and information skills with instructional technology to help individuals obtain digital literacy. @ Other Institutions... Resources. Create digital literacies in others and yourself. Digital Literacy Home. Welcome to the Microsoft Digital Literacy curriculum. Whether you are new to computing or have some experience, Digital Literacy will help you develop a fundamental understanding of computers. The courses help you learn the essential skills to begin computing with confidence, be more productive at home and at work, stay safe online, use technology to complement your lifestyle, and consider careers where you can put your skills to work.

Use the menu below to see the Digital Literacy curricula and courses available in your preferred language. After you select a language, click “go”, and the offers available will appear in a new dropdown box. The Microsoft Digital Literacy curriculum has three levels. The Basic curriculum features a course called A First Course Toward Digital Literacy. The Standard curriculum is available in four versions.

Version 4 uses examples and simulations from Windows 8 and Microsoft Office 2013. Web 2.0 List o' Tools. Favorite Web 2.0 Tools. Digital Literacy Standard Curriculum Version 3. Updated: July 1, 2011 The Digital Literacy Standard Curriculum Version 3 consists of five courses: Computer Basics The Internet and the World Wide Web Productivity Programs Computer Security and Privacy Digital Lifestyles Each course has an e-learning module and an assessment. Digital Literacy Version 3 teaches generic ICT skills and concepts, and features screen shots and simulations from Windows 7 and Microsoft Office 2010 to illustrate and provide hands-on examples for students.

Go to Basic curriculum page Go to the Standard original version curriculum page Go to the Standard original version curriculum page for version 2 Go to Advanced curriculum page Get help choosing a curriculum version Get help choosing a course Get more information on assessments and the Certificate Test Take the Digital Literacy Certificate Test * A 56K connection or faster connection is recommended to access the offline options.

Course Topics. PowerPoint 2007 Guide sheet. On Digital Natives, Immigrants, Residents and Visitors - and implementing technology? | Brains. Dave White wrote about his Digital Resident/Visitor model on the TALL blog back in 2008 ( and it has been well received. I have recently been thinking about the Digital Native/Immigrant idea of Prensky again, and finding a lot of the criticism of it to be focussed on a particular point, and somewhat lacking in critical reasoning, so I thought it about time I went back and looked at Dave White's model too. It is established in the opening paragraph that Prensky's work is not seen as being useful because it "does not help guide the implementation of technologies it simply provides the excuse that “some people ‘just don’t get it’ which is why your new approach has failed so badly…”".

But the good news is that the Resident/Visitor model exists for a different purpose. Looking at the descriptions of Resident and Visitor The choice of words in the two descriptions are interesting. Whereas, for the Visitor we see : The natives are revolting.

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