Digital Skills Crucial for All Educators
Presented by Julie Erickson Resources: http://bit.ly/wyinnovations19
Digital literacy skills are an integral part of a learner’s successful education. Learners need to be able to effectively communicate, collaborate and solve problems digitally to succeed in work and life both in school and after graduation. We must recognize the importance of these vital digital literacy skills to ensure learner success.
Attendees will practice the technical and cognitive skills necessary to search, evaluate, and curate information in order to solve problems digitally. In addition, attendees will utilize these skills and processes to collaborate and share solutions to real-world issues. Participants will develop a better understanding of copyright and its application in the learning environment as well as familiarize themselves with the concept of a digital identity.
Setting the Stage
Why Is Digital Literacy Important? | 11 Digital Literacy Myths, Debunked Knowing the Difference Between Digital Skills and Digital Literacies, and Teaching Both |
Information Sources (Free & Subscription)
Searching for Information | |||||||||
Super Searcher Tools
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Information Sources | |
What are your go-to sources for information? | |
Pro-active Search | |
Specialized Content | |
Social Networks | Others?? |
The deep web | |
Beyond the free stuff.... | |
Subscription Resources (Search Apps) | Resources available to your district--Check: -district -cooperative -State Library -Public Library Examples: South Dakota: South Dakota State Library Wyoming: GoWYLD (WY State Library) |
Evaluating Information | |
Website Evaluation | Fake News: How to Identify and Avoid Background and lots of resources: Truth, Truthiness and Triangulation: A News Literacy Toolkit for a “Post-Truth” World |
Fact-Checking Sites | |
Popular Fake Sites | |
Curating Information | |
AASL Standards | |
Tools for Curation | Symbaloo Diigo Sign-up Diigo Education LiveBinders PearlTrees Elink.io Padlet ThingLink Wakelet |
Copyright | |
Creative Commons Licenses Searching for Creative Commons licensed content | Using images as an example |
Icons | Creative Commons licensed icons |
Images Sources for Creative Commons licensed images | |
Lesson Plans | |
Comprehensive lessons from Google; excellent resource for teaching search term selection | |
Google a Day Lesson Plans | Challenges by content area; guided lessons based on Google a Day challenges |
Live challenges | |
Lessons and scope and sequence for information literacy, copyright, internet safety, digital footprint, and more. Grades K-12. | |