Tag: digital literacy

Digital game-based learning levels up digital literacies

Digital literacies and digital game-based learning (DGBL) are both concepts that have emerged in the educational arena since digital technologies have become all pervasive in every aspect of society. With mobile technologies continuing to develop, games are being…

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Digital literacy is about asking the right questions

Being digitally literate is not just about knowing how to use programs or being aware of copyright law. It’s also about being able to ask the right questions. This is another reason to have a news section in…

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Empowering Student Relationships With Media

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Debates over children and media use are nothing new, but the technologies by which children primarily interact with media have changed significantly. Most guidelines related to “screen time” were developed when television was the dominant media, but new…

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Digital literacy: the perks and pitfalls of plugged-in students

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The increasing number of digitally literate students, with constant access to the internet via their own handheld devices, can cause problems for lecturers – but they also offer scholars the opportunity to undertake new and exciting research methods….

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Do “Digital Natives” Exist?

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Is there such a thing as a “DIGITAL NATIVE”? Some experts have suggested a clear divide between “digital native” (the Millennial tech experts) and “digital i… Source: www.youtube.com See on Scoop.it – Digital Literacies

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six-year-olds understand digital technology better than adults

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Children, growing up with YouTube, Netflix and Spotify, learning to use smartphones or tablets before they are able to talk Source: www.theguardian.com See on Scoop.it – Digital Literacies

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Standards For Digital Citizenship In Graphic Form

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These standards are broken down into 5 categories for students, teachers, administrators, coaches, and computer science educators. According to wikipedia (don’t judge us), this process started in earnest in the late 1990s, and the result today is comprehensive–which leads us to the above graphic from the simplycurious wiki.

Source: www.teachthought.com

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Considerations For Teaching Students About Browsers And The Web

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Teaching students about the internet can be bit confusing. Teachers often shy away from teaching core technology concepts because of this perceived complexity. Without a game plan and the proper visuals it can be very tricky to explain an abstract system like a computer network. The word “inter…

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How to Help Your Students Develop Data Literacy

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Can we really measure happiness? How does educational attainment vary across ZIP codes? What does math have to do with charity? Which team has the better athletes, Yankees or Red Sox? These are just a few of the wide-ranging questions that students are asking — and attempting to answer — by ana…

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Developing Digital Literacy Through Content Curation

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See on Scoop.it – Digital Literacies With the vast amount of content that is shared on the Internet, content curation is becoming an essential digital literacy skill for teachers and students. See on www.fractuslearning.com

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