Developing digital literacy skills
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Focusing on the positive--creating positive digital footprints, day #1
Starting article on POSITIVE digital legacies: http://edjudo.com/the-power-of-a-positive-digital-footprint-for-students.html (The article above is a great starting point for discussing positive digital footprints. Rather than focusing on what technology should NOT do, it is time to focus on how to use it for positive means.) Everyone leaves behind a digital footprint just as everyone leaves behind a legacy of some sort. However, when we look to leave behind a legacy, we think about what positive traits we can instill in the future. Why not focus on that when creating digital footprints?
Like practicing educators, today’s pre-service teachers are faced with the challenge of connecting with 21st century learners. Despite the fact that many of these teaching candidates are proficient with technology for personal use, university teacher education programs must prepare them to integrate technology effectively in their content areas. I am currently teaching Technology in the Classroom to a class of pre-service teachers, mostly seniors in their student teaching semester. The learning goals I have developed for this course are that students will: It is entirely impossible for me to teach these pre-service teachers everything they need to know about instructional technology in a 1-credit hour course, so one of my major goals for this semester is to assist them in developing their own Personal Learning Networks.
Technology Education for Pre-Service Teachers
Jim Wilson/The New York Times Students have always faced distractions and time-wasters. But computers and cellphones, and the constant stream of stimuli they offer, pose a profound new challenge to focusing and learning. Go to related article » Updated | Feb. 1, 2012
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On Wednesday I attended and presented at an Emerging Technology event for LSIS. The focus of the event was on the technologies that are on the horizon, and how colleges need to be aware and plan for the use of those technologies. My opening presentation was around the new technologies that are on the horizon, but also covered how learning is changing, often as a result of changes in technology. As part of the session , in groups we discussed the resistance and scepticism that change (and not just changes in technology and practice) that we find in FE Colleges. The conclusion is quite simple and one that is often forgotten, most people don’t like change. Traditional models of change and change management have not really served education well in the introduction of new technologies.
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- Helping Educators Get Started with Educational Technology
Edudemic has a great article entitled "The Must-Have Guide To Helping Technophobic Teachers" . It explores ways to help non-tech savvy teachers get started using educational technology to improve teaching and learning. It has some great tips and points. Over 2 years ago, I wrote an article entitled "Getting Started with Educational Technology" that also offered tips and ideas on how teachers could get started using educational technology successfully. Many teachers are afraid of new technology, set in their ways, or just overwhelmed with what is out there. Those of us that use educational technology on a regular basis need to help them use it based on their needs.
10 Essential Tech Skills Students NEED To Know « Staffroom HQ
When confronted with the question: What tech skills do you want your kids to know by the end of primary school? I was forced to reflect on my IT education and where and when I obtained it. It seemed that most of my own IT education was self taught. Playing computer games, exploring the internet with basic search engines like Alta Vista. Today, employers and society expect 10 essential tech skills in order to cope with this dynamic experience we call life!by R. Trebor Scholz The simple yet far-reaching ambition of this collection is to discover how to use digital media for learning on campus and off.
Learning Through Digital Media
Thanks to its partnership with publisher Eye on Education , EducationWorld is pleased to present this administrator advice based on the book Step-by-Step Professional Development in Technology by Sarah T. Meltzer. In the guide below, find tips for implementing effective professional development in technology from start to finish. Meltzer takes you step-by-step through the process of planning, implementing and managing professional development opportunities. Provide Hands-On Training It’s critical to have adequate equipment and materials for all participants to work independently.
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Digital literacy is becoming a necessity for many jobs in today’s global, knowledge-based economy. Wikipedia defines digital literacy as : 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.
25 Things Students Forget About the Internet, or Why Explicit Instruction of Internet Literacy is Vital (Plus a Special Bonus Thing!!) | Blogging Pedagogy
Image Credit: Steve Rhode This list is by no means complete. If I had the time, it would probably be 50 items long instead of 25. It came about as I was mulling over how to explain to students that no, the audience for any given text on the internet is (probably) not all internet users .A Few Simple Ways To Introduce Reluctant Colleagues To Technology | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…
(Cross-posted at TechLearning ) Many years ago I helped operate a soup kitchen on San Jose’s (CA) Skid Row. We were well-meaning, but not the most responsible neighbors.If literacy is just ‘reading and writing’ then why has so much ink been spilled over such a simple concept? Is there just one ‘literacy’ to rule them all? Or are there multiple literacies? Is w If literacy is just ‘reading and writing’ then why has so much ink been spilled over such a simple concept?