Tech Integration

to Promote
Digital Literacy
Elizabeth A. West
Spring 2019
 1.
Digital Literacy
Instruction: What Is It?
What is digital literacy?
What skills does it
encompass?
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Digital literacy - “the
skills associated with
using technology to
enable users to find,
evaluate, organize,
create, and
communicate
information”
(U.S. Dept. of Ed., 2015)

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 Digital Literacy

Composed of essential higher

order thinking skills to:
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▹ Analyze
▹ Organize
▹ Synthesize
information online
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a t io n L i t er a c Ethica
l Use
Inform

Aspects of
Digi
ta l Foo
tprin
t

Digital Internet Safe

ty
5

Literacy Digital Comm

unicatio n
Cyber
bullyi
n g
 Information Literacy
▹ evaluating information for its
credibility and quality
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▹ organizing and managing
information
Ethical Use of Information
▹ using information
appropriately
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▹ respecting copyright
▹ avoiding plagiarism
 Digital Footprint
▹ personal privacy
▹ understanding possible 8
effects of online actions
▹ long-lasting consequences
 Internet Safety
▹ protecting oneself
▹ protecting one’s data 9

▹ danger of financial and other

consequences
 Digital Communication
▹ interacting and collaborating
with others online
1
▹ emphasizes responsible and 0

appropriate ways to interact

 Cyberbullying
▹ preventing bullying actions
▹ reporting any damaging 1
treatment of others online 1
 2.
Digital Literacy
Instruction: How?
What are best practices
for teaching digital
literacy?
 Digital Literacy &
Technology - Interrelated
▹ technology integration
necessary
1
▹ concepts are applied online 3

▹ practice requires integrating

technology
 Integrating Online
Instructional Units
▹ online programs
￭ Be Internet Awesome
(Google)
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https://beinternetawesome.withgoogle.com/
en_us

￭ InCtrl https://teachinctrl.org/
￭ Common Sense
https://www.commonsense.org/education/dig
ital-citizenship
 Integrating Apps and
Programs
▹ apps imitate some part of
online action
1
▹ apps can be integrated into 5

a larger project or unit

▹ positive actions can be
practiced
Ensuring Students Work
Through the Issues
▹ sharing thoughts essential
▹ discussion as important as 1
working with tech 6

▹ collaborative teaching with

librarian helpful
 Concluding with a Plan
▹ How will you integrate various
technology focused on digital
literacy instruction throughout
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your projects and lessons?

▹ How will you find time for
integrating technology through
explicit units of digital literacy
instruction?
References
▹AES Education (2019). How to Teach Digital Literacy in
the Classroom. Retrieved from
https://www.aeseducation.com/career-readiness/how-to-t
each-digital-literacy-in-the-classroom
▹Common Sense Media (n.d.). Digital Citizenship.
Retrieved from
https://www.commonsense.org/education/digital-citizens
hip 1
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▹Google (n.d.). Be Internet Awesome. Retrieved from
https://beinternetawesome.withgoogle.com/en_us
▹InCtrl (2019). Retrieved from https://teachinctrl.org/
▹Slide Carnival (n.d.). Roderigo [slideshow template].
Retrieved from
https://www.slidescarnival.com/roderigo-free-presentatio
n-template/2154

▹U.S. Dept. Of Ed. Office of Career, Technical, & Adult

Education. (2015). Integrating Technology in WIOA.