Literacy in the Digital WorldWebinar 1 of 2

Developed by ERLC/ARPDC as a result of a grant from Alberta

Education to support implementation

withSiobhan Murphy & Karla Holt

Where are you?

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Goals: To explore how access to new

technologies and communication tools has contributed to the changing meaning of literacy

To become familiar with the key themes in Literacy First and how they relate to increasing literacy in the digital world

To investigate key strategies to embed the teaching of digital literacy skills across the curriculum

Literacy First: What is it?

Literacy First – Key Themes

1. What is Literacy?

2. Building literacy skills in all subjects and all grades

3. Literacy as a factor in high school completion rates

4. More literacy support for all learners

5. Literacy professional learning for all K-12 teachers

6. Literacy is a shared responsibility

Literacy is acquiring, creating, connecting and communicating meaning in a wide variety of contexts.

Literacy First: A Plan for Action (p.3)Alberta Education 2010

Literacy Defined…

Literacy in the Digital World

http://education.alberta.ca/teachers/program/literacy/videos.aspx

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Brainstorm

List all the technologies you know that support communication and collaboration.

Consider How has access to new technologies and

communication tools evolved what it means to be literate?

What are the implications for educators and education?

Connect to the Plan for Action

What are our students’ communities?

To whom are they communicating?

What will be the assumptions their communities have?

How will they participate fully in their

futures?

Review pages 1 – mid page 4 of Literacy First

Consider your own connections to how technology influenced this teacher’s practice.

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http://erlc.ca/resources/resources/cmec/video10.php

How do teachers encourage literacy development, to enhance critical and creative thinking, via technology?

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Student Clip

http://erlc.ca/resources/resources/cmec/video13.php

Ideas I Heard: tech tools teacher support critical thinking and so on

Response: connections questions revelations and so on

Student Clip

Explore

The teachers used Blogspot to create the Developing Expert Voices pages.

http://expertvoices.blogspot.com/

Explore

Blogspot or Blogger is an open source site that allows anyone to set up their own blogging page.

Teach voice, tone, audience; use essential questions to guide deeper thinking; explore ideas and problem solve on any subject at any level.

Explore the Web

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Explore the Web

View: Questions

http://erlc.ca/resources/resources/cmec/video16.php

Next week:

What digital tools are you interested in exploring to support literacy in the classroom?

Final Thoughts