How We Teach This: Season Eight

Season 8 of How We Teach This has a wide range of guests and topics - Listen to inspiring ideas from members of the 2023 Kansas Teacher of the Year Team, school safety advice for classroom teachers with Dr. Jim Persinger, and much more.

brunette with glasses smiling, portrait of Dr. Beth Dobler

Beth Dobler, PhD.

Professor

Emporia State University

Season 8, Episode 7 - November 22, 2023

Teaching Students How We Think About Digital Literacy

Dr. Beth Dobler, Professor at Emporia State University, defines digital literacy and explains why it is critically important that everyone in a child's life teaches youth how to effectively locate and learn from information found on the internet. She describes what it looks like to think aloud for a student so that they can understand our mental process when we use our experience to quickly find information on the internet. 

About Dr. Dobler:

Dr. Beth Dobler, a professor in The Teachers College, has been an elementary teacher, school librarian, and now teaches undergraduate and graduate literacy courses and supervises student interns at ESU. Beth serves on the Kansas Book Festival Board and the Topeka Shawnee County Public Library Board.

Dr. Beth Dobler was recognized in The Teachers College as the John E. King Endowed Professor for the 22/23 school year and the 2023 Roe R. Cross Distinguished Professor at Emporia State University. 

Resources:

book cover, "REading the web" by Dr. Beth Dobler

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