Digital Literacy

Competency

Demonstrate skill in the evaluation, selection, and use of effective instructional materials, tools, strategies, and resources for students, and engage students in this process to help their achievement and development of academic skill.

Connect learners to sources of information beyond the classroom teacher and textbook.

Tailor content and instructional strategies to individual learning goals, needs, and interests. (Aurora Institute)

Learning Outcomes

1. Describe the components of digital literacy.

2. Determine quality resources to support understanding and implementation of digital literacy

3. Understand that we are all teachers of digital literacy.

4. Integrate digital literacy skills into your educational setting.

What I will DO in this module:

1. Learn all the components of digital literacy.

2. Use resources to plan for future lesson integration.

3. Modify a lesson within an existing unit OR plan a new lesson, selecting skills from the ISTE Student Standards.

Competency

Demonstrate skill in the evaluation, selection, and use of effective instructional materials, tools, strategies, and resources for students, and engage students in this process to help their achievement and development of academic skills.

Create customized learning pathways with students, where learning goals and objectives are linked to explicit and diverse learning experiences, matched to the individual student’s learning performance level and preferences

Proactively seek to learn from and with other experts in the field. (Aurora Institute)

Learning Outcomes

1. Define terms related to digital equity.

2. Identify how incorporating digital literacy skills creates digital equity.

3. Expand knowledge around design, tools, and accessibility to provide opportunities for ALL students.

4. Connect digital learning with anti racism and frame learning opportunities around this lense.

What I will DO in this module:

1. Learn the meaning of terms associated with digital equity.

2. Reflect upon your role to provide opportunities to practice and apply digital literacy skills to ALL students.

3. Set a goal and use district and professional resources to further your skill set to grow your “toolbox” to provide students an opportunity to create, empower, share, and collaborate with focus upon equity.

Competency

Use technology appropriately, innovatively, creatively, and purposefully to work effectively and efficiently.

Develop, practice, model, and embody respectful behaviors in both face-to-face and online learning environments. (Aurora Institute)

Learning Outcomes

1. Understand the TEACH Act and copyright compliant practices in the educational setting.

2. Incorporate a framework to guide decision making to determine copyright compliance.

3. Model legal and ethical use of materials for students and staff.

4. MAY DO: Identify the importance of incorporating families and community into digital citizenship learning.

What I will DO in this module:

1. Describe how the audience and purpose of resources impact usage.

2. Apply fair use factors and/or the copyright decision tree to evaluate content.

3. Evaluate creative commons resources and/or AEA Statewide Databases resources and evaluate current practice.

4. MAY DO: Share learning with families and community members and identify learning opportunities.