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a plan

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What is it?

Who’s trying to improve it?

How are they doing it?

Where can you get your hands on some of it?

How to get them up to speed?

Where did this begin for me?

Where did this begin for me?

6 Emerging technologies /practice

Impacting teaching, learning, & creative inquiry

On the horizon 1 year or less 2 to 3 years 4 to 5 yearswww.nmc.org/pdf/2011-Horizon-Reprot.pdf

What struck me?“Digital media literacy continues its rise in importance as a key skill in every discipline and profession. This challenge, first noted in 2008, reflects universal agreement among those on the Horizon Project Advisory Board. Although there is broad consensus that digital media literacy is vitally important for today’s students, what skills constitute digital literacy are still not well-defined nor universally taught. Teacher preparation programs are beginning to include courses related to digital media literacy, and universities are beginning to fold these literacy skills into coursework for students, but progress continues to be slow. The challenge is exacerbated by the fact that digital technologies morph and change quickly at a rate that generally outpaces curriculum development.”

Johnson, L., Smith, R., Willis, H., Levine, A., and Haywood, K., (2011). The 2011 Horizon Report. Austin, Texas: The New Media Consortium (p.3-4)

What struck me?“Digital media literacy continues its rise in importance as a key skill in every discipline and profession. This challenge, first noted in 2008, reflects universal agreement among those on the Horizon Project Advisory Board. Although there is broad consensus that digital media literacy is vitally important for today’s students, what skills constitute digital literacy are still not well-defined nor universally taught. Teacher preparation programs are beginning to include courses related to digital media literacy, and universities are beginning to fold these literacy skills into coursework for students, but progress continues to be slow. The challenge is exacerbated by the fact that digital technologies morph and change quickly at a rate that generally outpaces curriculum development.”

makes sense

You’re

kidding

so trueJohnson, L., Smith, R., Willis, H., Levine, A., and Haywood, K., (2011). The 2011 Horizon Report. Austin, Texas: The New Media Consortium (p.3-4)

How do you view new tools?When a new online tool or app comes out that is all the buzz how are you most likely to react to it?

1. I have enough already that meet my needs.

2. I at least have a look at it.3. I test it out - and drop it when friends

drop it.4. I test it out - only dropping it if it does

nothing for me.5. I become the master of it and share it

with everyone...I collect tools/apps.

How do you view new tools?

Poll results

from

elearning

peers

Observers and Uncommitals

Testers and Keepers of “useful apps”

Masters and Collectors of tools

and apps

How do you view new tools?

If we’re not

becoming masters

who are???

Should we put more

effort into this?

So if it’s so important what is it?

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History

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Technology Literacy – 70’s

Computer Literacy – 80’s

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Visual Literacy – 60’s

Sexy!

Right?

80’s

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Computer Literacy – 90’s

“Using digital technology, communications tools, and/or networks to access, manage, integrate, evaluate, and create information in order to function in a knowledge society.”(EST ICT Literacy Panel, 2002, p.2)

ICT Literacy – 2000’s

Remember

where you were

New Year’s Eve

1999?

Information Literacy

Digital Literacy

• Starts the conversation

• 11 attempts to define

“mastering ideas, not keystrokes” (Gislter, 1997, p.15)

Digital Literacy – 1997

This left me with… …“Digital media literacy continues its rise in importance as a key skill in every discipline and profession. This challenge, first noted in 2008, reflects universal agreement among those on the Horizon Project Advisory Board. Although there is broad consensus that digital media literacy is vitally important for today’s students, what skills constitute digital literacy are still not well-defined nor universally taught. Teacher preparation programs are beginning to include courses related to digital media literacy, and universities are beginning to fold these literacy skills into coursework for students, but progress continues to be slow. The challenge is exacerbated by the fact that digital technologies morph and change quickly at a rate that generally outpaces curriculum development.”

Johnson, L., Smith, R., Willis, H., Levine, A., and Haywood, K., (2011). The 2011 Horizon Report. Austin, Texas: The New Media Consortium (p.3-4)

so trueJohnson, L., Smith, R., Willis, H., Levine, A., and Haywood, K., (2011). The 2011 Horizon Report. Austin, Texas: The New Media Consortium (p.3-4)

Now I’m

not so

surprised.

Simple Definition

“Digital literacy is the ability to locate, organize, understand, evaluate, and create information using digital technology.” – C. Vincent

Vincent, Claire. "Reframing Digital Literacy « Standard X-change." Standard X-change. Web. 23 Oct. 2011. <http://xdmo.wordpress.com/2011/10/17/reframing-digital-literacy/>.

Digitally Literate Society

“Knows how to leverage information technology to apply knowledge, share knowledge, and attain goals and objectives.” – C. Vincent

Vincent, Claire. "Reframing Digital Literacy « Standard X-change." Standard X-change. Web. 23 Oct. 2011. <http://xdmo.wordpress.com/2011/10/17/reframing-digital-literacy/>.

What skills are needed? – New Media Literacies

play

performance

simulation

appropriation multitasking

distributed cognition

collective intelligence

judgement

transmedia navigation

networkingnegotiationvisualizatio

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Vartabedian, Vanessa. "New Media Literacies." New Media Literacies. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Oct. 2011. <http://www.newmedialiteracies.org/the-literacies.php>.

Tool & Resource Links

• http://www.diigo.com/list/hamtra/digital-literacy

• https://www.evernote.com/pub/hamtra/digitalliteracy

• http://www.tracyparish.ca/2013/09/developing-a-plan-for-digital-literacy-DL2013 • (bit.ly/DL2013-306)

Tracy Parish

Education Technology SpecialistSouthlake Regional Health CentreNewmarket, Ontario

@tracy_parish http://tracyparish.ca