"Thanks to the Internet and the technologies we use to access it, we’ve move from a world where all of these (information, knowledge, teachers, learning, getting an education) were relatively scarce to one where they’re absolutely abundant…" - but how are we at accessing it? How about our students? Seems like a call to train learners with literacy skills
Call to Digital Literacy "Scarcity @ the Table of Abundance" - every educator's responsibility to teach - http://t.co/lmNIAh9T via @mcleod
This interactive online module takes students through a CyberTour of twelve mock websites to test their savvy surfing skills.
It includes a 20-question online quiz that provides additional food for thought about the Web issues that the brother and sister team Josie and Joseph Cool encounter.
Jo Cool or Jo Fool is also accompanied by an extensive Teacher's Guide, that contains background information for teachers, and questions and classroom activities for students, about online issues such as marketing, privacy, safety, responsible Internet use and authenticating information.
Resources from Google to assist teaching students skills in Digital Literacy. I'm especially interested in Class 2: Managing Your Digital Footprint
Jennifer Roberts, a veteran English teacher in San Diego, and a Google Certified teacher, shares how she approaches plagiarism with her students and uses the tools in Google Apps & Google Search to help curb intentional and unintentional plagiarism.
"History students in the Perris Union High School District can do more than adorn their classroom walls with cool projects and posters. PUHSD students join larger communities of activists, historians, and journalists to make the world a better place." And they did it with Chromebooks!
The Chromebook is Mightier Than the Sword: History Students Become Heroes http://t.co/vFj0WLiavH. Love @PUHSD 's new blog site. #CAedchat
Richard Byrne shares six ways students can create and publish videos. These include slideshow voiceover ideas. Teachers will like using these creation tools as well to engage learners and demonstrate how students can share their learning.