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Digital literacy strategies are very beneficial in teaching complex topics to students. There are many different tools and features that can be used to display and present information in multiple modalities. These modalities help meet the needs of all students so all students are able to connect with, understand, and comprehend instruction.

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Strategies to Incorporate into Digital Literacy Instruction

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Strategies to Incorporate into Digital Literacy Instruction

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Introduce background knowledge and experiences students can connect with

Make real world connections

Use multi-modalities to meet the instructional needs of all students

Collect student data- observations, surveys, interviews, etc.

Utilize PD's as well- to discuss data

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Using Digital Literacy Strategies to Teach About Climate Change

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Using Digital Literacy Strategies to Teach About Climate Change

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Introduce it in an engaging and meaningful way for students

Make sure students can connect with the information based on their background knowledge and experiences

Utilize visuals, audio, videos, text, games, etc to introduce climate change to students

Allow for discussion and open-ended questions

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Have students observe and analyze a collection of images

Read a variety of texts about. climate change- printed and digital texts

Have students free write about what they learn or questions they have

Listen to a podcast about climate change: Healthy Children Podcast https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cDovL2ZlZWRzLmZlZWRidXJuZXIuY29tL1JhZGlvTUQvSGVhbHRoeUNoaWxkcmVu?sa=X&ved=0CAMQ4aUDahcKEwjQzqH3xqbwAhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQAQ

Have students watch a video about climate change:

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Resources to Introduce Climate Change to Students

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Resources to Introduce Climate Change to Students

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NASA Climate Change https://climate.nasa.gov/

For younger children use NASA's climate change for kids website https://climatekids.nasa.gov/menu/teach/

National Geographic https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/topic/climate-change

MIT Climate Science, Risk & Solutions https://climateprimer.mit.edu/

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Alexander, P. (2020). What Research Has Revealed About Readers’ Struggles With Comprehension in the Digital Age: Moving Beyond the Phonics Versus Whole Language Debate. Reading Research Quarterly, 55(S1), S89–S97. https://doi.org/10.1002/rrq.331

Climate change: Vital signs of the planet. (n.d.). Retrieved April 30, 2021, from https://climate.nasa.gov/

Siegner, A., & Stapert, N. (2020). Climate change education in the humanities classroom: a case study of the Lowell school curriculum pilot. Environmental Education Research, 26(4), 511–531. https://doi.org/10.1080/13504622.2019.1607258