QFT: Digital and Computer Literacy by Alyssa Schaan https://padlet.com/aschaan/r76im092nxhw With an ever-changing job market focused on technology, as an educator I feel it is vital to teach students digital and computer skills to compete in the future job market. Does incorporating technology into the classroom support students' digital and computer literacy? en-us 2017-02-12 04:19:37 UTC 2017-05-17 11:32:58 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Shakinghands.png Does incorporating technology into the classroom support students' digital and computer literacy? aschaan https://padlet.com/aschaan/r76im092nxhw/wish/153251444 2017-02-12 04:39:06 UTC https://padlet.com/aschaan/r76im092nxhw/wish/153251444 Are there Common Core State Standards for technological skills? aschaan https://padlet.com/aschaan/r76im092nxhw/wish/153251570 2017-02-12 04:44:20 UTC https://padlet.com/aschaan/r76im092nxhw/wish/153251570 What computer skills are students taught in order to take standardized tests on computers? aschaan https://padlet.com/aschaan/r76im092nxhw/wish/153251598 2017-02-12 04:45:21 UTC https://padlet.com/aschaan/r76im092nxhw/wish/153251598 jeannamarquez https://padlet.com/aschaan/r76im092nxhw/wish/153306882 Is computer literacy taught as its own subject or is it implemented into other content areas?]]> 2017-02-12 21:40:04 UTC https://padlet.com/aschaan/r76im092nxhw/wish/153306882 What are the elements of digital literacy? jocarr https://padlet.com/aschaan/r76im092nxhw/wish/153340079 2017-02-13 04:17:45 UTC https://padlet.com/aschaan/r76im092nxhw/wish/153340079 Is there a test for measuring a student's digital literacy. jocarr https://padlet.com/aschaan/r76im092nxhw/wish/153340115 2017-02-13 04:18:09 UTC https://padlet.com/aschaan/r76im092nxhw/wish/153340115 dmeza1 https://padlet.com/aschaan/r76im092nxhw/wish/153340673 Do our education objectives include some information on digital and computer literacy?  ]]> 2017-02-13 04:24:32 UTC https://padlet.com/aschaan/r76im092nxhw/wish/153340673 https://padlet.com/aschaan/r76im092nxhw/wish/154178929 How do we teach digit and computer skills in a way that will best assist our students when the technology they will be using in their careers will be more andvanced and ever changing?]]> 2017-02-15 22:04:22 UTC https://padlet.com/aschaan/r76im092nxhw/wish/154178929 What parts of digital literacy are most important in the job market? jebaker1 https://padlet.com/aschaan/r76im092nxhw/wish/154520104 2017-02-17 06:05:35 UTC https://padlet.com/aschaan/r76im092nxhw/wish/154520104 What computer skills are most important/ valuable for this ever changing job market? https://padlet.com/aschaan/r76im092nxhw/wish/154765012 By Hannah Cobb (not sure why I'm anonymous) ]]> 2017-02-18 22:50:05 UTC https://padlet.com/aschaan/r76im092nxhw/wish/154765012 Closed to Open Ended aschaan https://padlet.com/aschaan/r76im092nxhw/wish/154772052 C: Is there a test for measuring a student's digital literacy?

O: How can a student's digital literacy be measured?]]> 2017-02-19 03:47:41 UTC https://padlet.com/aschaan/r76im092nxhw/wish/154772052 Open to Closed Ended aschaan https://padlet.com/aschaan/r76im092nxhw/wish/154772135 O: What are the elements of digital literacy?

C: How is digital literacy defined?]]> 2017-02-19 03:51:06 UTC https://padlet.com/aschaan/r76im092nxhw/wish/154772135 Top 3 Questions aschaan https://padlet.com/aschaan/r76im092nxhw/wish/154772172 1. What are the elements of digital literacy?
Anything teachers want their students to learn needs to have an assessment. This question is important because what defines the elements of digital literacy will influence how it  can be taught, how it will be perceived by students, and how important it is to incorporate into the classroom. We need to fully understand the elements, and the important role they have on our students' futures in order to teach and assess the skills digital literacy entails. I found this website on U.S. Digital Literacy to be interesting for this discussion, and I'd like to research it further.
2. How do we teach digital and literacy skills in a way that will best assist our students when the technology they will be using in their careers will be more advanced and ever changing?
This is an excellent question! With the current common core curriculum, students are taught to create solutions, and explain their reasoning with critical thinking skills. Students are beginning to be taught how to be innovators, not imitators. Students need to be taught scientific skills in order to be explorative and inquisitive, but I think they also need to be taught computer literacy skills in the same fashion. Technology is constantly changing, so students will need to have a foundation of skills that enable them to be adaptive. Also, it is very important for teachers to advance technologically so that we can best support our students in becoming digitally literate.
3. What parts of digital literacy are most important in the job market? 
In my experience, being able to use Microsoft Office, and being able to type is not a skill to put on my resume. Like being able to read, write, and do basic math is a requirement for most jobs, so is being computer literate. Also in my experience, some of my students enjoy using computers in class, but cannot navigate computer functions, type, or use formatting functions on a basic level. It is still very early for them to be fluent in computer skills, but these types of occurrences made me think of this question. Are my students going to be able to compete in the future job market if they do not have enough access to computers in order to be technologically fluent? I'd like to research further the amount of digital literacy is required in the job market, and how that information is made known. ]]> 2017-02-19 03:53:28 UTC https://padlet.com/aschaan/r76im092nxhw/wish/154772172