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Old Class, new ideas – Tips for teaching digital literacy
Ashley Fritsche
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About Me Calloway County High School Entering my 9th year
Digital Literacy every year
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What about you? How many high school teachers?
How many administrators? How many have never taught Digital Literacy?
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Pathways we offer at CCHS
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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”
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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
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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
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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
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Letter Formatting Use examples outside of the book. Make it real.
Let them actually send one or two. Examples of assignments
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Table Formatting Look for examples outside of the book. Make it real.
Examples of assignments
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Report Formatting The least favorite for my kids (and myself).
Let them research something of interest to make it more engaging. Assignment Examples
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Excel Show students the various uses for Excel but don’t get too complicated. Assignment Examples
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Power point Most already know how to use
Show things that aren’t as common Allow them to research things of interest Assignment Examples
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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.
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