Developing a Plan for Digital Literacy

In a world where there is an estimated 5 trillion megabytes of data on the internet, it is important as elearning professionals to know how to traverse this ever-expanding information. We may each think we are digitally literate, but are we truly at the level we need to be? What about our learners and our employees? Have we considered yet how to help and ensure our learners and/or employee are just as confident in using the internet to explore and extract the information they are seeking? This course will help participants to understand what digital literacy is and what is required to be capable and proficient in seeking, surfing, analyzing and creating data on the internet.

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1. DEVELOPING DIGITAL LITERACY TRACYPARISH.CA @TRACY_PARISH
2. Tracy Parish Education Technology Specialist Southlake Regional Health Centre Newmarket, Ontario  @tracy_parish  http://tracyparish.ca
3. What Who Where How
4. How to get them up to speed? Where did this begin for me?
5. Where did this begin for me?  Emerging technologies /practice  Impacting teaching, learning, & creative inquiry  On the horizon  1 year or less  2 to 3 years  4 to 5 years www.nmc.org/pdf/2011-Horizon-Reprot.pdf
6. 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)
7. 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) 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)
8. 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) 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)
9. 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) 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)
10. 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)
11. How do you view new tools?
12. 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 Jedi master of it and share it with everyone...I collect tools/apps.
13. How do you view new tools? Observers and Uncommitals Testers and Keepers of “useful apps” Masters and Collectors of tools and apps
14. How do you view new tools?
15. So if it’s so important what is it? Photo by: Jonny Wikins http://www.flickr.com/photos/photojonny/2268845904/ CC: BY-NC-SA
16. History Photo by: Paul Townsend http://www.flickr.com/photos/brizzlebornandbred/4933754453/ CC: BY-SA Photo by: cod_gabriel http://www.flickr.com/photos/cod_gabriel/2766913805/ CC: BY Photo by: Nathan Rupert http://www.flickr.com/photos/nathaninsandiego/3976667480/ CC: BY-NC-ND
17. Photo by: Abel Cheung http://www.flickr.com/photos/abelcheung/3410819084/ CC: BY-SA
18. “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)
20. Digital Literacy • Starts the conversation • 11 attempts to define “mastering ideas, not keystrokes” (Gislter, 1997, p.15)
21. 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) 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)
22. 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/>.
23. 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/>.
24. play Vartabedian, Vanessa. "New Media Literacies." New Media Literacies. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Oct. 2011. <http://www.newmedialiteracies.org/the-literacies.php>. What skills are needed? – New Media Literacies
25. “Just try. Be adventurous.”
26. play performance Vartabedian, Vanessa. "New Media Literacies." New Media Literacies. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Oct. 2011. <http://www.newmedialiteracies.org/the-literacies.php>. What skills are needed? – New Media Literacies
28. play performance simulation Vartabedian, Vanessa. "New Media Literacies." New Media Literacies. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Oct. 2011. <http://www.newmedialiteracies.org/the-literacies.php>. What skills are needed? – New Media Literacies
30. play performance simulation appropriation Vartabedian, Vanessa. "New Media Literacies." New Media Literacies. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Oct. 2011. <http://www.newmedialiteracies.org/the-literacies.php>. What skills are needed? – New Media Literacies
32. play performance simulation appropriation multitasking distributed cognition Vartabedian, Vanessa. "New Media Literacies." New Media Literacies. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Oct. 2011. <http://www.newmedialiteracies.org/the-literacies.php>. What skills are needed? – New Media Literacies
34. play performance simulation appropriation multitasking distributed cognition collective intelligence Vartabedian, Vanessa. "New Media Literacies." New Media Literacies. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Oct. 2011. <http://www.newmedialiteracies.org/the-literacies.php>. What skills are needed? – New Media Literacies
36. play performance simulation appropriation multitasking distributed cognition collective intelligence judgement Vartabedian, Vanessa. "New Media Literacies." New Media Literacies. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Oct. 2011. <http://www.newmedialiteracies.org/the-literacies.php>. What skills are needed? – New Media Literacies
38. What skills are needed? – New Media Literacies play performance simulation appropriation multitasking distributed cognition collective intelligence judgement transmedia navigation networking Vartabedian, Vanessa. "New Media Literacies." New Media Literacies. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Oct. 2011. <http://www.newmedialiteracies.org/the-literacies.php>.
40. What skills are needed? – New Media Literacies play performance simulation appropriation multitasking distributed cognition collective intelligence judgement transmedia navigation networking negotiation visualization Vartabedian, Vanessa. "New Media Literacies." New Media Literacies. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Oct. 2011. <http://www.newmedialiteracies.org/the-literacies.php>.
41. Savino, Lindsey. "School Food vs Prison Food [infographic]." Daily Infographic. N.p., 8 June 2011. Web. 23 Oct. 2011. <dailyinfographic.com/school-food-vs-prison-food-infographic>.
42. Improving Digital Literacy
43. Who’s Doing What & Resources
48. Daniel Kent
65. Prezi - 4500
70. SlideShare- 27,877
74. 12 Million people 41 languages 148 countries 24,000 test centers
81. Ideas and Resources  Mount Vernon Schools – Digital Literacy Workshop
86. What are your thoughts? What challenges will we face?
87. No fear. Just play. Just explore.
88. Ongoing Resources
89. Tool & Resource Links Everything seen here and more  http://evernote.com/pub/hamtra/digitalliteracy
90. Tracy Parish Education Technology Specialist Southlake Regional Health Centre Newmarket, Ontario  @tracy_parish  http://tracyparish.ca  >FREEBIES>RESOURCES