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Shannon Smallwood's List: "DGL Vocabulary

  • Feb 10, 13

    bellam8.edublogs.org/...digital-literacy-vocabulary

    • Skeptic (n) someone who doubts accepted beliefs

       

      1. I was skeptical about the green hippo, because i thought it might be sick or something.

       

      2. agnostic, doubter; believer, devotee

       

      3. skeptical (adj.) skepticism (n)

       

      Copyright (n) set of exclusive rights granted to the author or creator of an original work, including the right to copy, distribute and adapt the work

       

      Fair Use (n) A doctrine in US copyright law that allows limited use of copyrighted material without the authors permission.

  • Feb 10, 13

    www.microsoft.com/...default.mspx

      • The Microsoft Digital Literacy curriculum has three levels. 

         
           

        • The Basic curriculum features a course called A First Course Toward Digital Literacy. This course teaches the value of computers in society and introduces you to using a mouse and the keyboard.

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        • The Standard curriculum features five courses that cover computer basics; using the internet and productivity programs; security and privacy; and digital lifestyles. These five courses are available in three versions that use examples and screenshots from different versions of Windows and Microsoft Office. Please read the details below.

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        • The Advanced curriculum features four courses that cover creating an e-mail account, creating a great resume, searching for content on the World Wide Web and social networking.

  • Feb 10, 13

    www.library.illinois.edu/...definition.html

      • The ability to use digital technology, communication tools or networks to locate, evaluate, use and create information.  1 
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      •  The ability to understand and use information in multiple formats from a wide range of sources when it is presented via computers.  2 
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      •  A person’s ability to perform tasks effectively in a digital environment... Literacy includes the ability to read and interpret media, to reproduce data and images through digital manipulation, and to evaluate and apply new knowledge gained from digital environments.  3

  • Feb 14, 13

    This is giving example of how technology is enhancing.

    www.ncrel.org/...li300.htm

    • ISSUE: Educational    technology is nudging literacy instruction beyond its oral and print-based tradition    to embrace online and electronic texts as well as multimedia. Computers are    creating new opportunities for writing and collaborating. The Internet is constructing    global bridges for students to communicate, underscoring the need for rock-solid    reading and writing skills. By changing the way that information is absorbed,    processed, and used, technology is influencing how people read, write, listen,    and communicate

  • Feb 14, 13

    www.ascd.org/...ology-to-Improve-Literacy.aspx

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      Technology is changing literacy, claim Web 2.0 advocates, university researchers, edgy librarians, pundits of the blogosphere, and the media. The visual is ascendant, text is secondary—and linearity? Forget about it. Web surfers flip from one information wave to another, gathering and synthesizing. Beginning, middle, and end are up for grabs

    • Despite the lack of data showing that technology has a tremendous effect in the classroom, teachers have found that using technology may help address students' specific learning needs. Charles MacArthur, a special education professor at the University of Delaware, explains that students who have learning disabilities, including dyslexia, typically need help with transcription processes to produce text, spell, and punctuate correctly. However, any students having trouble with writing fluency can benefit from teachers integrating technology into the classroom. And sometimes tried-and-true technology works the best.
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