- Jul 2018
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www.literacyworldwide.org www.literacyworldwide.org
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For example, teaching digital skills would include showing students how to download images from the Internet and insert them into PowerPoint slides or webpages. Digital literacy would focus on helping students choose appropriate images, recognize copyright licensing, and cite or get permissions, in addition to reminding students to use alternative text for images to support those with visual disabilities.
Both important skills for students to understand - I unfortunately, along with many others I'm sure, was not properly introduced to concepts such as digital literacies. I feel as if digital skills are often more of the focus.
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but how we use our judgment to maintain awareness of what we are reading and writing
technology gives us a lot of freedom and power, so we must be aware of HOW to use our good judgement when using the web as well as making sure our students are aware
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students are often not provided with opportunities in school to practice the web literacies necessary to read, write, and participate on the web.
I completely agree, and I think this is a contributing factor to why I have often been against the increase use of technology in the classroom... because I haven't really practiced the skills necessary to succeed online
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mozilla.github.io mozilla.github.io
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degree to which you can read, write, and participate on the web while producing, synthesizing, evaluating, and communicating information shapes what you can imagine—and what you can do.
This is so important when it comes to being able to successfully reflect on what one has learned - can be beneficial in and out of the classroom while opening many doors to the real world. We are so fortunate to have an incredible tool such as the web that allows us to expand our knowledge and inquisitiveness
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