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How Do We Translate Digital Media to the Classroom?

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How Do We Translate Digital Media to the Classroom?

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This is a slide show from the National College of Ireland

that discusses a new framework for digital literacy in

primary schools.

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Digital literacy in primary school site presentation 2010

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Presentation for Sustaining the Inquiry Cycle: Digital Literacy Reframed presented at the SITE Conference in San Diego on the 2nd of April 2010

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Digital literacy is just what you might imagine, and then some...

dig-it-al  lit-er-a-cy: the awareness, attitude and ability of individuals

to appropriately use digital tools and facilities to identify, access, manage,

i ntegrate, evaluate, analyze and synthesize digital resources, construct new

knowledge, create media expressions, and communicate with others, in the

context of specific life situations, in order to enable constructive social action;

and to reflect upon this process.[Martin, 2006]

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Making all Americans Fellow Citizens of the Digital World 

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Making all Americans Fellow Citizens of the Digital World 

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...a person must be able to recognize when information is needed and have the ability to locate,evaluate,and use effectively that needed information.

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Nearly 50 years ago John F. Kennedy spoke to students about the enormous challenges and opportunities that lay ahead in the decade after the 1960s, and he urged them to take action and get involved. A year later, President Kennedy signed an Executive Order creating the Peace Corps. Today, nearly 200,000 Peace Corps volunteers have served in more than 139 countries.

Twenty years ago, a new generation of young Americans seeking to make a difference in the world took advantage of President Clinton's AmeriCorps program and went to work for pioneering educational groups like Teach for America and City Year. Through the support of AmeriCorps, Teach for America has grown to include more than 24,000 current and former teaching corps members, who have taught approximately 3 million students in low-income communities across the country. Many alumni of Teach For America have gone on to start their own innovative education organizations, such as KIPP (Knowledge is Power Program), a national network of 82 high performing public charter schools serving almost 20,000 students.

In 2010, it is broadband that could provide the gateway for opportunity for today's young people, impacting every sphere of life, including education, jobs, health care, civic engagement, and e-commerce. Yet, President Obama recently highlighted the troubling reality that the United States ranks 15th in the world in broadband adoption: "Here, in the country that invented the Internet, every child should have the chance to get online ... because that's how we'll strengthen America's competitiveness in the world."

Last month's Kaiser Family Foundation study showed that millions of Americans ages 8-18 still have limited broadband access -- from a low of 49% for those whose parents have only a high school education to a high of 65% for those whose parents have a college degree. And this is not just about young people. According to the FCC's most recent data, 35% of American adults have not adopted broadband.

President Obama was absolutely correct about the role the Internet and digital media can play in strengthening America's competitiveness. Yet to seize the opportunities promised by the digital revolution, our country must make sure that all of its citizens have the skills to take advantage of being online. That's why we believe that FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski's new vision for a Digital Literacy Corps is such an important idea. Like the Peace Corps and AmeriCorps, the Digital Literacy Corps will recruit youth and adults as volunteers to work in underserved communities, helping people get connected -- not only to broadband, but to the educational and economic resources that broadband can bring to the next generation of Americans.

Digital literacy is more than learning merely how to turn on a computer and adjust privacy settings. In our work supporting students at KIPP and educating parents at Common Sense Media, we see that helping someone get comfortable with basic technology is just a starting point. Young people understand how to find and need to know how to compare online sources, use overall critical thinking skills, and review and create content online. Digital literacy also includes preparing today's students to be smart digital citizens, who know how to behave ethically and respectfully in a rapidly evolving digital world. Strong digital literacy skills will enable new generations of Americans to more fully and positively engage in the world of today and tomorrow.

The model proposed by the new FCC National Broadband Plan is a powerful one. Motivated young people graduating college with skills but no job opportunities, and experienced workers struggling to find jobs can represent an army of digital citizens helping fellow citizens in their neighborhoods and in their schools and community centers. Now is the time to put a new generation of young people to work in a way that will help others develop the digital literacy they need to take advantage of 21st century opportunities. The Digital Literacy Corps should be a critical centerpiece of this new effort.

President Kennedy spoke to his "fellow citizens of the world." Today we must make sure that all Americans can be fellow citizens of the digital world. The National Digital Literacy Corps is a great way to start.

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A Plan to Connect All Americans to the Digital World

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Nearly 50 years ago John F. Kennedy spoke to students about the enormous challenges and opportunities that lay ahead in the decade after the 1960s, and he urged them to take action and get involved. A year later, President Kennedy signed an Executive Order creating the Peace Corps.

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This website is a great tool that

provides resources by topic for

teachers.

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There are 5 goals of digital literacy:

1. find

2. sort

3. evaluate

4. manage

5. create

You can learn more about these goals by

clicking on the link.

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Digital literacy includes learning how to find, sort, evaluate, manage, and create information in digital forms. It is a crucial part of digital citizenship and an important extension of established concepts of media literacy. Digital literacy is essential for successful participation within a society connected by the World Wide Web.

Many parents grew up doing research that required going to a library, writing down call numbers, finding books, and then taking notes on the needed information. Now, some students can write their biology paper with research conducted on their cell phone, and most students can access university libraries through the internet, and download entire articles to their laptops for later reading.

This amazing access doesn't just apply to academic information, the internet allows incredible access and sharing of music, photos, videos, and all kinds of art. With this amazing access, comes the necessity for ethical and critical information interaction-a skill as important as learning to read and write.

Goals of Digital Literacy:

- Help young people learn where and how to find reliable sources. This includes search engines for research, but also legal platforms for downloading music and art.

-- Help young people learn how to identify relevant information for their project or research.

Evaluate- Help young people learn how to determine the value of a source. This includes credibility, reliability, authority (of the author, publisher, organization, study, or media).

Manage- Help children know and understand how to use information. For example, how to properly cite a source, how to apply copyright or creative commons laws, or how to safely and legally download media files (including music).

Create- Help children know how to create their own work without plagiarizing or infringing on the copyright of other works.

Most kids would never dream of stealing a CD, but many kids do not understand the copyright violation involved in downloading music files from a friend's iPod. Plagiarism takes on a whole new danger when copying information word for word is as easy as clicking a button. Young people who do not understand how to engage ethically with media may unintentionally violate laws.

However, if parents keep current, keep communicating, and keep checking, they can help their children learn how to critically and ethically interact with this information-an essential skill for successful citizenship which will ultimately help them both professionally and academically.

Keep Current

Know what your children are working on at school and in their own projects at home. Be aware of how they use search engines in your own home-and how they choose sources to view. Familiarize yourself with copyright laws and creative commons laws. In this way, you will be able to explain to your children as you discuss and work on projects together. You will also help them learn how to protect their own work (for example, any original photos or artwork they post).

Visit the U.S. Copyright Office FAQ page here.

Learn about Creative Commons here (this site goes through all the different licenses, and how to apply them to different media).

Keep Communicating

Talk to your children about their online activities and research for school. Help them understand that copyright and creativity go hand-in-hand and that everyone benefits from respecting copyright. Help them begin to look at information critically-discuss the difference between fact and opinion, bias, and impartiality, etc.

Keep Checking

Periodically, check-in with your children to see how they are downloading music, photos, etc. Do this together-this inventory can be a fun opportunity for them to show you their favorite new songs, artists, etc. If they post their own photos online, make sure they've adequately protected their own art-this will help reinforce concepts of copyright and create empathy for other artists.

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Digital literacy includes learning how to find, sort, evaluate, manage, and create information in digital forms. It is a crucial part of digital citizenship and an important extension of established concepts of media literacy. Digital literacy is essential for successful participation within a society connected by the World Wide Web.