Last week I briefly outlined some thoughts regarding literacy in the 21st century and the seven Literacies of a Lifelong Learner:
Basic Literacy
Visual/Media Literacy
Information Literacy
Intercultural Literacy
Citizenship and Ethical Literacy
Network Literacy
The first of these literacies hit home yesterday morning as I skimmed through the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Featured on the front page was an article by Tim [...]
Over the past year, as we’ve seen our 1:1 program move from boardroom planning to classroom implementation, four themes have guided our thinking regarding curriculum and instruction:
Information Management and Research
Digital Citizenship
Communication and Collaboration in a Global World
Creativity, Critical Thinking, and Design
While these themes have served us well thus far, they are, in many respects, incomplete [...]
This month’s 7th grade Digital Citizenship topic, Digital Communication, focused on the electronic exchange of information. Given the prevalence and relative simplicity of modern communication tools, it is important to use them appropriately. This short clip (featuring a number of our 8th grade students) should give you some perspective:
YouTube Direkt
Although the video portrayed a rather [...]
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