About Digital Literacy
Digital Literacy Course Description
This semester-long course for sixth grade students will serve to provide students with decision making skills in the areas of safety, privacy, credibility, and representing themselves positively online. Students will be able to create online content which is legal, safe, and contributes positively to their digital reputation.
Course Objective
Students will be able to create digital content which will represent themselves positively in the future.
The following skills are key to meet the course objective:
Organization – Student has a system of organization which he or she can demonstrate, explain, and maintain. (portfolio, vocabulary repository, password repository, can quickly find needed app or website)
Citizenship – Student is a respectful contributor to class and the digital classroom space. Demonstrates Memorial’s shared community values and is safe, kind, respectful, and responsible both in person and online. Can give constructive peer feedback and post in virtual classroom.
Sharing Information – Student can make appropriate decisions regarding sharing their private and personal information online.
Media Literacy – Student can determine bias and the validity of information that we read/consume online
Power of words, Cyberbullying, Digital Footprint – Student can predict audience reaction to their words. Student can defend quality of his/her online posting. Student can decide what to do in a variety of online scenarios.
Research – Student can locate information efficiently, can generate sub-questions about a topic, and can cite sources.
Habits of Work – Habits of work will be assessed on the basis of work completion, participation, preparation, and observed classroom behavior. The Digital Literacy HOW Rubric will be used to measure habits of work and may be used for student self-assessment.
Grading Policy
Students will be graded using the school’s proficiency-based grading system. Students will be graded using formative and summative assessments, with multiple opportunities to show their mastery of Digital Literacy learning targets. Students are always welcome to retake summative assessments, and may contact the teacher for extra help. The Digital Literacy HOW Rubric will be used to measure habits of work. Grades will be posted in JumpRope.