Playing and Staying Safe Online. Staying Safe on YouTube. Digital Citizenship Curriculum. A New Literacy: Making Connections in Electronic Environments. Curriculum toolkits. Common Sense on E-rate and CIPA A Toolkit for Schools and Districts If your school gets E-rate funding, chances are you're looking for ways to educate students about Internet safety, appropriate online behavior, and cyberbullying.
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Connecting the Digital Dots: Literacy of the 21st Century (EDUCAUSE Quarterly. Viewpoint Connecting the Digital Dots: Literacy of the 21st Century Literacy today depends on understanding the multiple media that make up our high-tech reality and developing the skills to use them effectively By Barbara R. Jones-Kavalier and Suzanne L. Flannigan Prior to the 21st century, literate defined a person’s ability to read and write, separating the educated from the uneducated. Literacy Then and Now Perhaps literacy, and numeracy for that matter, have never really been optional for fully functioning members of society. Was it always so? Digital and visual literacies are the next wave of communication specialization. The New Literacy and Education Our research suggests that the lack of education related to literacy is problematic, and the situation is exacerbated in the field of education.
Taking precedence over systematic planning is the trial-and-error approach to using technology in the classroom, specifically for nontechnical courses such as English or fine arts. Endnotes 1. Google Digital Literacy Tour.