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What is it? Who’s trying to improve it? How are they doing it? Where can you get your hands on some of it?

How to get them up to speed? Where did this begin for me?

 6 Emerging technologies /practice  Impacting teaching, learning, & creative inquiry  On the horizon  1 year or less  2 to 3 years  4 to 5 years

What struck me? “Digital media literacy continues its rise in importance as a key skill in every discipline and profession. This challenge, first noted in 2008, reflects universal agreement among those on the Horizon Project Advisory Board. Although there is broad consensus that digital media literacy is vitally important for today’s students, what skills constitute digital literacy are still not well-defined nor universally taught. Teacher preparation programs are beginning to include courses related to digital media literacy, and universities are beginning to fold these literacy skills into coursework for students, but progress continues to be slow. The challenge is exacerbated by the fact that digital technologies morph and change quickly at a rate that generally outpaces curriculum development.” Johnson, L., Smith, R., Willis, H., Levine, A., and Haywood, K., (2011). The 2011 Horizon Report. Austin, Texas: The New Media Consortium (p.3-4)

What struck me? “Digital media literacy continues its rise in importance as a key skill in every discipline and profession. This challenge, first noted in 2008, reflects universal agreement among those on the Horizon Project Advisory Board. Although there is broad consensus that digital media literacy is vitally important for today’s students, what skills constitute digital literacy are still not well-defined nor universally taught. Teacher preparation programs are beginning to include courses related to digital media literacy, and universities are beginning to fold these literacy skills into coursework for students, but progress continues to be slow. The challenge is exacerbated by the fact that digital technologies morph and change quickly at a rate that generally outpaces curriculum development.” makes sense You’re kidding so true Johnson, L., Smith, R., Willis, H., Levine, A., and Haywood, K., (2011). The 2011 Horizon Report. Austin, Texas: The New Media Consortium (p.3-4)

How do you view new tools? When a new online tool or app comes out that is all the buzz how are you most likely to react to it? 1. I have enough already that meet my needs. 2. I at least have a look at it. 3. I test it out - and drop it when friends drop it. 4. I test it out - only dropping it if it does nothing for me. 5. I become the master of it and share it with everyone...I collect tools/apps.

How do you view new tools? Poll results from elearning peers Observers and Uncommitals Testers and Keepers of “useful apps” Masters and Collectors of tools and apps

How do you view new tools? If we’re not becoming masters who are??? Should we put more effort into this?

So if it’s so important what is it? Photo by: Jonny Wikins CC: BY-NC-SA

History Photo by: Paul Townsend CC: BY-SA Photo by: cod_gabriel CC: BY Technology Literacy – 70’s Computer Literacy – 80’s Photo by: Nathan Rupert CC: BY-NC-ND Visual Literacy – 60’s Sexy! Right?

80’s Photo by: Abel Cheung CC: BY-SA Computer Literacy – 90’s

“Using digital technology, communications tools, and/or networks to access, manage, integrate, evaluate, and create information in order to function in a knowledge society.” (EST ICT Literacy Panel, 2002, p.2) ICT Literacy – 2000’s Remember where you were New Year’s Eve 1999?

Information Literacy

Digital Literacy Starts the conversation 11 attempts to define “mastering ideas, not keystrokes” (Gislter, 1997, p.15) Digital Literacy – 1997

This left me with… … “Digital media literacy continues its rise in importance as a key skill in every discipline and profession. This challenge, first noted in 2008, reflects universal agreement among those on the Horizon Project Advisory Board. Although there is broad consensus that digital media literacy is vitally important for today’s students, what skills constitute digital literacy are still not well-defined nor universally taught. Teacher preparation programs are beginning to include courses related to digital media literacy, and universities are beginning to fold these literacy skills into coursework for students, but progress continues to be slow. The challenge is exacerbated by the fact that digital technologies morph and change quickly at a rate that generally outpaces curriculum development.” Johnson, L., Smith, R., Willis, H., Levine, A., and Haywood, K., (2011). The 2011 Horizon Report. Austin, Texas: The New Media Consortium (p.3-4) so true Johnson, L., Smith, R., Willis, H., Levine, A., and Haywood, K., (2011). The 2011 Horizon Report. Austin, Texas: The New Media Consortium (p.3-4) Now I’m not so surprised.

Simple Definition “Digital literacy is the ability to locate, organize, understand, evaluate, and create information using digital technology.” – C. Vincent Vincent, Claire. "Reframing Digital Literacy « Standard X-change." Standard X-change. Web. 23 Oct

Digitally Literate Society “Knows how to leverage information technology to apply knowledge, share knowledge, and attain goals and objectives.” – C. Vincent Vincent, Claire. "Reframing Digital Literacy « Standard X-change." Standard X-change. Web. 23 Oct

What skills are needed? – New Media Literacies play performance simulation appropriation multitasking distributed cognition collective intelligence judgement transmedia navigation networking negotiation visualization Vartabedian, Vanessa. "New Media Literacies." New Media Literacies. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Oct

Tool & Resource Links for-digital-literacy-DL2013 (bit.ly/DL )

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