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 [...]

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 [...]

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: Although the video portrayed a rather [...]