1. Old Class, new ideas – Tips for teaching digital literacy
Ashley Fritsche

2. About Me Calloway County High School Entering my 9th year
Digital Literacy every year

3. What about you? How many high school teachers?
How many administrators?
How many have never taught Digital Literacy?

4. Pathways we offer at CCHS

5. Digital literacy Not a mandatory class at CCHS
Used as our “feeder” class for all career majors
Ranges from 9th to 12th grade students
Primarily made up of 9th graders
Teach more than “keyboarding”

6. Pacing for a block schedule
Typical Plan for a Semester:
5 weeks on basic keyboarding
Use Micro Type
4 weeks on and memo formatting
Midterm Exam
3 weeks on letter formatting
1 week on tables
1 week on reports
2 weeks on Excel
2 weeks on Power Point
Final Exam

7. Make those First Five Weeks fun
NitroType.com
Everfi
Business 101 Pages
Proofreading
State Abbreviations
Customer Service
Netiquette
Job Interview Skills
Business Math
Capitalization and Number Rules
General vocabulary

8. Email and Memo Formatting
Use examples outside of the book.
Make it real.
Have them their work to other teachers and CC or BCC you.
Examples of assignments

9. Letter Formatting Use examples outside of the book. Make it real.
Let them actually send one or two.
Examples of assignments

10. Table Formatting Look for examples outside of the book. Make it real.
Examples of assignments

11. Report Formatting The least favorite for my kids (and myself).
Let them research something of interest to make it more engaging.
Assignment Examples

12. Excel
Show students the various uses for Excel but don’t get too complicated.
Assignment Examples

13. Power point Most already know how to use
Show things that aren’t as common
Allow them to research things of interest
Assignment Examples

14. THANK YOU! Please share things you use that will be helpful to others!
Be sure to give me your so I can share the Google Drive files with you.