1. Preparing for College and Beyond with Digital Literacy Skills Sarah Morris and Emily Weerts Nucleus Learning Network

2. www.nucleuslearningnetwork.org/di glit @NucleusATX smorris@nucleuslearningnetwork.org eweerts@nucleuslearningnetwork.org Nucleus Learning Network

3. Activity: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow Step One: Think about a set of questions on your own and jot down ideas Step Two: Get with a partner and share and discuss your ideas Step Three: Groups share out thoughts and ideas with everyone We’ll tell you when to shift to new steps!

4. Activity: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow Prompt: What did/does/will Technology Education look like? Yesterday: What did Technology Education look like when you were a student? Today: What does Technology Education look like for the students you currently work with in 2015? Tomorrow: What will Technology Education look like for students 10 years from now? Think about Technology Education skills and concepts for yesterday, today, and tomorrow.

5. Question 1: Yesterday What did Technology Education look like when you were a student?

6. Question 2: Today What does Technology Education look like for the students you currently work with in 2015?

7. Question 3: Tomorrow What will Technology Education look like for students 10 years from now?

8. Activity: Discuss with a Partner What did/does/will technology education look like?

9. Activity: Group Sharing What did you discuss with in your groups? Ideas and Thoughts:

10. Defining Digital Literacy What is Digital Literacy? Digital Literacy is a set of skills and concepts that help people use and understand different types of technologies. - Using technology - Ability to perform tasks - Access to technology - Comfort/Confidence with technology - Understanding technology - Aware of different types of technology and of use-case scenarios - Thinking critically about technology - Considering how and why people use different technologies

11. Digital Literacy Connections Technology - Digital literacy broadly considers how people use different types of technologies. - Types of technologies include devices like smartphones, computers, the Internet, etc. - Digital literacy looks at how different technologies connect and interact together as part of a network.

12. Digital Literacy Connections Digital literacy is connected to other concepts, including: Information Literacy - The ability to find, evaluate, and effectively use information. - Finding and using information often involves being able to effectively use different types of technologies and tools. Critical Thinking Skills - Solving problems, analyzing and evaluating information, explaining concepts and ideas, etc. - Critical thinking is at the heart of digital literacy Communication Skills - Being able to share information and ideas, and to use technology to do this, is a key part of digital literacy.

13. Digital Literacy and Future Ready Skills - Future Ready or 21 st Century Skills are skills that people need to effectively participate and engage in the 21 st century. - These skills include technology skills, ways of thinking and, overall, useful life skills. - Future Ready prep helps students get ready for college, the workforce, etc. Whatever path they pursue!

14. Discussion: Future Ready Skills What are skills that students need to become Future Ready? Ideas:

15. Digital Literacy Resources Selected Resources and Tools: www.nucleuslearningnetwork.org/diglit Discussion: What resources have you used? What resources would you like to see? www.nucleuslearningnetwork.org/diglit

16. Activity: Digital Literacy Lesson Planning Work with a partner to develop a digital literacy activity that incorporates some of the Future Ready skills we discussed. - Develop an activity (or activities!) with your own site in mind. - Bonus if you can develop one digital literacy activity that involves technology and a second activity that is technology-free.

17. Activity: Digital Literacy Lesson Planning - Develop digital literacy activities that incorporate some Future Ready Skills. - Develop activities that involve technology and activities that are tech-free.

18. Wrap-Up Final Reflection: - Reflect on a thing you learned - Reflect on a thing you’d like to learn more about - Reflect on something you plan to try in the future

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