Last month we officially began our year-long 7th Grade Digital Citizenship Program by exploring the concept of Digital Access. For October we turned our attention to the issue of Digital Literacy. Although defining literacy in the 21st century is a complex proposition, in simplistic terms it is the ability to know when and how to [...]
Of all the topics we’ve explored thus far in the 7th grade Digital Literacy course, none have engaged the students and faculty quite like image editing; it seems that nearly everyone enjoys taking and manipulating digital images. Just as “Googling” has become THE verb for searching the web, “Photoshopping” is the de facto standard for [...]
For the past six days I’ve been teaching a lesson on Copyright, Fair Use, and Creative Commons to the 10 sections of my Digital Literacy course. About half-way through the cycle, I made a rather timely discovery; another school has taken the liberty of copying our 7th grade Digital Citizenship program! I’m all for sharing [...]
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