As I noted last week, our 7th grade Digital Literacy course is designed to prepare students for living and learning in the 21st century and is guided by two essential questions: How does your passion affect and reflect who you are as a person and learner? How does technology affect and reflect who you are [...]

With our 1:1 Tablet PC initiative entering its third year, I am once again teaching a 7th grade Digital Literacy Course this fall.  Although the responsibilities of managing 10 sections and 159 students (while juggling the demands of supporting the rest of the Middle School) can be rather strenuous, teaching  keeps me grounded as an [...]

For the past two years I have taught a trimester course on Digital Literacy to all our 7th grade students.   In an effort to improve the curriculum, this year I would like to incorporate the concept of expression styles.  Unlike learning styles, which focus on how students acquire and process information, expression styles reflect the [...]