Northstar Digital Literacy Standards Why Digital Literacy Employment

Northstar Digital Literacy Standards

Why Digital Literacy?

Employment

USCIS

Digital Literacy Impacts Every Aspect of Life ● Parenting ● Housing ● Employment ● Transportation ● Banking & money management, taxes ● Further education & training ● Civic participation & community engagement ● News & information access ● Shopping ● Entertainment ● Healthcare

5 -Minute Partner Discussion How many ways have you used digital technology in the past 24 hours? In what ways are individuals excluded from full participation in society when they lack digital skills and/or internet access?

Northstar Digital Literacy Project www. digitalliteracyassessment. org Roots in St. Paul Standards came first Originally developed for stand-alone computer classes Incorporated into primary content instruction in ABE Online, interactive assessments of knowledge and skills Sponsoring sites can proctor assessments and offer certificates

The Standards Basic Computer Skills Word World Wide Web Social Media Windows Excel Mac OS X Power. Point Email Information Literacy

Intersection with CCRS & TIF Both CCRS & TIF have standards that require digital skills CCRS & TIF are broad & do not detail specific digital competencies

TIF – Effective Communication Skill 3 SWBAT… Utilize a variety of technologies for communication Sub Skills: a. Evaluate and use appropriate technology tools for clear and meaningful interactions to suit purpose and audience (e-mail, texting, Skype, social media, cell phone)

Reading CCR Anchor Standard 7 Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words. C: Draw on information from multiple print or digital sources, demonstrating the ability to locate an answer to a question quickly or to solve a problem efficiently.

CCRS & Northstar – Let’s take a look! It’s time for an activity!

Tips for Planning Instruction #1: Make it relevant! Content or language learning objectives should drive activities. Teach the digital skills necessary to carry out the learning activity. Make the relevance to learners’ goals explicit.

Tips for Planning Instruction #2: Do a little at a time Don’t try to teach the entirety of Word or Gmail in one lesson. Add skills incrementally as activities become more complex.

Tips for Planning Instruction #3: Teach concepts and digital skills explicitly Digital literacy is more than just controlling the device and pushing buttons. Comprehension of underlying concepts is critical! How is a browser different from Word? Why can you not send email to an Internet address? Is someone@someplace a complete email address? What’s missing? If you save a document to a computer’s hard drive, can you open that document on a different computer? Why/why not?

Tips for Planning Instruction #4: Model and let learners model Think-aloud Ask guiding questions Let a more skilled learner lead the class Try pair work - two learners, one device (let the lessskilled learner control the device)

Tips for Planning Instruction #5: Learners need opportunities to use digital technologies in a meaningful context Hands-on Purposeful

Where can we learn more? http: //online. themlc. org

Where can we find instructional resources? In your binder! In the Next Steps section, look for the list of Digital Literacy Instructional Resources.

What questions do you have?