Imaging editing is the final and perhaps most popular topic in our 7th Grade Digital Literacy course; it seems that nearly everyone enjoys taking and manipulating images. Just as “Googling” has become THE verb for searching the web, “Photoshopping” is the de facto standard for image editing. As such, the powerful yet user-friendly Photoshop [...]
Copyright and Fair Use are perhaps the most challenging and controversial topics in our 7th grade Digital Literacy course. Copyright law is complex, Fair Use guidelines are fluid, and what educators deem “fair” varies widely throughout the profession. Commercial copyright holders and the organizations that represent them are litigiously protective of their work. Conversely, attorneys [...]
Information literacy is a major component of my 7th grade Digital Literacy class. At a fundamental level, effective searching requires using (1) the right words and (2) the right tools. The first lesson on this topic examined how keywords and snippets can lead to better search results. This week, we explored some of Google’s advanced [...]
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