The Design Studio / Welcome to the Design Studio. Supporting teaching, promoting digital literacy, transforming learning. How to Infuse Digital Literacy Throughout the Curriculum. #Socialnomics 2014 by Erik Qualman. Hoax Analysis, and Latest Hoax Messages on internet. Technology Integration Matrix. Teacher Resources. Digital Literacy for Personalized Learning. 5 Dimensions Of Critical Digital Literacy: A Framework. 5 Dimensions Of Critical Digital Literacy: A Framework Digital Literacy is increasingly important in an age where many students read as much on screens as they do from books.
In fact, the very definition of many of these terms is changing as the overlap across media forms increases. Interactive eBooks can function like both long-form blogs and traditional books. Threaded email can look and function like social media. Email and texting and social media messaging are increasingly similar. This is the modern digital era.
The above framework was developed by Juliet Hinrichsen and Antony Coombs at the University of Greenwich. Towards Maturity. Online Reputation, Google Ranking, Personal Branding. BrandYourself: Control Your Google Results at BrandYourself.com. GoogleWebmasterHelp. Free online tutorials for learning to use technology and ict in education. Design Your Digital Classroom. 7 Habits of Highly Effective Tech-leading Principals. Leadership | In Print 7 Habits of Highly Effective Tech-leading Principals By Jennifer Demski06/07/12 Patrick Larkin, principal of Burlington High School in Burlington, MA, started a 1-to-1 iPad initiative in the fall of 2012.
The conventional wisdom in education is that any school reform--be it curriculum, instruction, assessment, or teacher professionalism--is most likely to take hold in schools that have strong leadership. The same holds true for technology. "The role of the principal is one of facilitation and modeling behavior," remarks Robert Farrace, senior director of communications and development with the National Association of Secondary School Principals. T.H.E. We then spoke with three highly effective technology leaders among the ranks of principals to see how these habits have led to the successful implementation of educational technology in their schools. 1.
Baselining digital literacy provision. This page collates resources for conducting a baseline review of digital literacy at an institutional level, as carried out by the 12 institutional projects and 10 professional associations of the Jisc Developing Digital Literacies (DDL) programme.
These materials are freely available to other institutions and professional bodies for repurposing and reuse. This page also collates findings from that baseline process. Towards Digital Fluency. Classroom and Teacher Toolkit. Do you want to use more digital learning to meet the needs of each of your students?
Teachers, librarians, and instructional coaches from across the country have helped us to develop these toolkits that are ready for you to use today! These toolkits are not the totality of good information available; instead, they are designed to provide a few ideas about how technology can enhance the educational experience for students in the topic areas addressed. MediaSmarts. Digital Personality Test - NCSU CED METRC. Preparing for a digital future. You Don't Have to Be A Technology Whiz But You Do Need to Be Fearless. Digital-id.wikispaces. Digital scholarship. Bloggers, or anyone who maintains an online profile, have an ambiguous relationship with visitor stats and data.
On the one hand we like to dismiss them as meaningless, but then secretly feel chuffed when we can outscore someone. I've tried to promote them as one way of measuring impact, but with the caveat that context is important. For instance, if you're a blogger in a relatively obscure area, such as Barry Town football club, then your range is limited and unlikely to compare in absolute numbers with, say, a blog reviewing Apple products. I recently passed 300,000 views on this blog, over about 700 posts - that's not as exciting as it might sound as I've been going since about 2006.
My friend Liam says he gets about 200K a year on his mobile tech blog. Slideshare - 220,000 views over 6 years on 59 presentationsBlipfoto - 92,000 views over 420 entriesFlickr - 49,000 views over 1,140 photosCitations on academic articles - 1,620 (according to Google) White. Digital Literacy and Citizenship Classroom Curriculum. Computer Literacy:The Fourth Core Skill. Standard Seven: Evaluating Information Students apply critical thinking skills to evaluate the relevance, reliability, and quality of information.
Using technology in the classroom requires experience and guidance, report finds. It’s older, more experienced teachers – not younger, so-called digital natives – who are experimenting more with new technology in the classroom, a new report suggests. And although Twitter, YouTube and mobile devices have infiltrated Canadian classrooms, the study finds that educators have serious concerns that students are “not-so-savvy surfers” – too prone to accept information published online as fact and be led astray. Little is known about how and to what degree new technologies are changing education, but the report provides a first-of-its-kind look at how teachers across the country are harnessing the Internet.
“At the ground level, across the country, our impression is that teaching how to use technology takes precedence over the key critical thinking and ethical skills that youth really need,” said Matthew Johnson, director of education at Media Awareness Network, the not-for-profit group that conducted the research. “It’s a very important shift,” he said. Mr. Digital Technology's impact on writing. Copyright, Plagiarism, and Digital Literacy (by Sue Lyon-Jones. Image credit: PugnoM on Flickr Copyright is a pretty a hot topic in the ELT world at the moment, and many people are discussing it and blogging about it. The law that applies to using lesson materials or blog posts written by other people is complicated, and teachers often find the various issues surrounding copyright confusing.
This post sets out to explain some of the main aspects of the law relating to copyright and fair use as it applies to uploading, sharing and remixing materials for educational use, and seeks to provide guidelines for good practice in acknowledging, referencing and attributing online sources. What is copyright? Copyright gives people the legal right to decide how original work that they have created can be used once it has been published. TEDx Warwick: The Essential Elements of Digital Literacies. If anyone ever asks you what social media is. DigitalLiteracies.pdf. Digital literacy across the curriculum. Tel.ac.uk. TELcomm. The Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy — Digital Differentiation. Technology is a tool that can be used to help teachers facilitate learning experiences that address the diverse learning needs of all students and help them develop 21st Century Skills.
At it's most basic level, digital tools can be used to help students find, understand and use information. When combined with student-driven learning experiences fueled by Essential Questions offering flexible learning paths, it can be the ticket to success. Here is a closer look at three components of effectively using technology as a tool for digital differentiation. Note: The interactive graphics you see below have been updated. They can be found in a newer post on this blog.
Digital Identity. Reading. Internet search techniques. Resources/Tools.