1. USING AS A TOOL IN DEVELOPMENTAL EDUCATION MELISSA BURGESS, EDD

2. LITERACY: SOME BACKGROUND SECTION 1

3. DIGITAL LITERACY Definition The ability to use digital technology communication tools or networks to locate, evaluate, use and create information. www.digitalstrategy.govt.nz/templates/Page_6 0.aspx

4. DIGITAL LITERACY: WHAT IS IT AND WHO DOES IT (AND WHO DOESNT DO IT) SECTION 2

5. DIGITAL LITERACY: NATIVES Characteristics: o Want information quickly o Multi-task o Prefer graphics rather than text o Are socially networked o Thrive on instant gratification o Prefers games to serious work

6. DIGITAL LITERACY: IMMIGRANTS Characteristics: o Use Internet or other online resources second to books o Print out email o Read the manual for a software application rather than assuming the program itself will teach us how to use it o Did you get my email phone call

7. DIGITAL LITERACY: MULTIMODAL INFORMATION o Traditional literacy focuses on R-W-S-L (Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening) o Digital literacy expands this to include Viewing and Representing through multimodal text

8. TRADITIONAL VS. DIGITAL LITERACY: SOME EXAMPLES

9. DIGITAL LITERACY: IMPLICATIONS IN DEVELOPMENTAL EDUCATION Issues regarding education and digital literacy: Digital immigrant educators--whose teaching pedagogy does not speak the same language, are struggling to educate their students who speak in a very different language now.

10. DIGITAL LITERACY: EDUCATORS, EDUCATION, AND ENVIRONMENTS SECTION 3

11. DIGITAL LITERACY: THE 21 ST CENTURY EDUCATOR Characteristics: o Adaptive o Communicators o Lifelong Learners o Visionaries o Leaders o Models o Collaborators o Risk takers

12. DIGITAL LITERACY: 21 ST CENTURY EDUCATOR Constructivist Approach: o Learners construct their own understanding o New learning depends on current understanding o Learning is facilitated by social interaction o Meaningful learning occurs within authentic learning tasks Watch this video on Digital Literacy in Educationthis video

13. ENVIRONMENTS/TOOLS THAT SUPPORT DIGITAL LITERACY o Blogs (e.g., Blogger, Wordpress) o Wikis (e.g., Wikispaces) o Web-as-a-platform applications (e.g., Googledocs) o Podcasting (e.g., Gcast) o Digital Storytelling (e.g., Voicethread) o Multi-user virtual environments (e.g., Second Life) o Interactive maps o eBooks o WebQuests o Social networks/communication (Facebook, IM, Skype)

14. SECTION 4

15. WHY SHOULD DEVELOPMENTAL EDUCATORS USE ? ? Todays Literacies Traditional Literacy Critical Literacy Information Literacy Visual Literacy Media Literacy Digital Literacy

16. USING TO EDUCATE o Use Skype to deliver one-to-one tutoring or small group tutoring with audio or text o Virtual conferencing/office hours o Guest speakers/authors o To connect with other students in developmental education courses anywhere around the world o Peer tutoring o Group activities – Roles o Organizer o Greeter o Producer o Camera/technical o Interviewer o notetaking

17. WHAT DO I NEED TO GET STARTED WITH ? ? When using audio and video : microphone and webcam When using the text feature: nothing needed

18. SKYPE RESOURCES Classroom 2.0 50 Awesome Ways to Use Skype in the Classroom Use Skype with Students Using Skype in the Classroom Skype Across the World Using Skype in the ClassroomUsing Skype in the Classroom (another one!) All Schools Should Skype Bookrix and SkypeThink of the Possibilities!