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“Digital literacy involves the ability to solve problems using technology in a safe, legal, and ethically responsible manner. With the ever-expanding role of digitalization and big data in the modern world, digital literacy also means having strong data literacy skills and the ability to engage with emerging technologies. Digitally literate students recognize the rights and responsibilities, as well as the opportunities, that come with living, learning, and working in an interconnected digital world.” (Ministry of Education)
K-12 Program Expectation
K-12 Program Expectation
This content is part of the official issued curriculum providing the most up-to-date information (i.e., front matter). This content is applicable to all curriculum documents, Grades 1 to 12. Educators must consider this information to guide the implementation of curriculum and in creating the environment in which it is taught.
Select and Use
Select and Use
Students select and use appropriate digital tools to collaborate, communicate, create, innovate, and solve problems.
Examples
Demonstrating the variety ways students can create using specific a TDSB digital tool like Google Slides help students to select and use the most appropriate digital tool to communicate their learning.*
Use the TDSB Virtual Library to select licence digital content resources and digital tools to make and learn from.
Co-learn the capabilities with student chromebooks to support the use of them for learning inside and outside the classroom.
Balance and Care
Balance and Care
Students understand how to manage and regulate their use of technology to support their mental health and well-being.
Examples
TDSB digital tools like Mindomo contain a digital record of changes. This digital record contains information like dates and times. This information can be helpful to provide insights on how long (screen time) and how a tool is being used (digital fluency).*
Provide students with digital and analog options to demonstrate learning.
Co-create guidelines when student chromebooks are to be used in the classroom
Analyze and Act
Analyze and Act
Students use digital tools to define and plan data searches, collect data, and identify relevant data sets. They analyze, interpret, and graphically represent, or "visualize" data in various ways to solve problems and inform decisions.
Examples
Creating a persuasive video with a TDSB digital tool like WeVideo requires students to gather information, make meaning, and then share their point of view.*
The benefit of TDSB digital tools like ArcGIS is it easily allows map data to combined and visualized to help students make informed decisions.*
Use TDSB Virtual Library inquiry guides to plan searches and collect data
Explore and Apply
Explore and Apply
Students demonstrate a willingness and confidence to explore and use new or unfamiliar digital tools and emerging technologies. Students understand how different technologies are connected and recognize their benefits and limitation.
Examples
Leveraging built in templates in TDSB digital tools like Adobe Express provides a scaffold way for students to explore a new digital tool when creating a media text.*
Providing choice with TDSB digital tools allows students opportunities to continue their learning when they reach a limitation with one tool (Google Slides) with another tool (Mindomo) when creating visual mind maps.*
Try the built-in features of student chromebooks like screen recording and accessibility features to determine the benefits and limitations.
Protect and Secure
Protect and Secure
Students manage their digital footprint by engaging in social media and online communities respectfully, inclusively, safely, legally, and ethically. Students understand their rights with respect to personal data and know how to protect their privacy and security and respect the privacy and security of others.
Examples
Leveraging TDSB digital tools protects student personal information such as when career planning using myBlueprint.*
Understanding how images in media libraries in TDSB digital tools like Adobe Express can be used and our responsibilities when using them is important in the creative process.*
Recording a selfie video to capture student growth over the year using WeVideo, a TDSB digital tool supports protecting a student personal information as TDSB has vendor-agreements and/or licences with these tools.*
When sharing video products created in WeVideo, a TDSB digital tool, understanding how to share the video to specific audience is important to protect student information.*
Innovate and Impact
Innovate and Impact
Students analyze and understand the impact of technological advancements on society, and society's role in the evolution of technology.
Examples
Book Creator is a TDSB digital tool that helps students create digital books and become authors. Using the publishing ability in Book Creator demonstrates for primary students the evolution of technology in society.*
Discuss the benefits of the student device program and how it supports developing future-ready skills
*examples provided by members of the Digital Lead Learner (DLL) program
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