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Audience: Middle School Students
Purpose: To help build essential knowledge base of Digital Citizenship
Wednesday, November 30, 2016
Sunday, November 27, 2016
MAT675 Integrating Multimedia
Digital Literacy
After watching the insightful videos, Mattan Griffel's Crash Course in Digital Literacy and Doug Belshaw's Essential Elements of Digital Literacies, my understanding and views have widened on the meaning of digital literacy (or in Belshaw's argument, literacies) and its importance, which will shape the way I integrate technology and multimedia in ny day-to-day life as well as within the classroom.
As a learner in the 21st Century, I try to be aware of the digital trail and impact I put into the public--whether it be a simple phone message or a blog post or a picture upload on Instagram. I am able to better conceptualize my digital identity and recognize which aspects I should bring more attention to for improvement through Doug Belshaw's outlining of the eight essential elements of digital literacy: cultural, cognitive, constructive, communicative, confident, creative, critical and civic. There are different contexts available all over the media and I understand that having cultural digital literacy means to distinguish the appropriate etiquette for each type of media and context--academic research vs. blogging, etc. I also understand that part of being digitally literate is in learning how it works (cognitive), using it appropriately (constructive), and taking risks (confident) with the various technological tools available to me, with the intent of creating something (creative) that is helpful and enriching to myself, if not to the community. As someone who keeps to herself more often than not, I am opening myself up to the value of communication to the public and the idea of contributing meaningfully based on what I can offer. On the whole, I remain critical and civic by maintaining an open mind towards others and what is presented to me through the media; I believe there is much to learn from each other and that the digital age is a commonplace for learning and advancement for people of all generations.
As a teacher in the 21st Century, I will be a role model to my students. I will consistently practice the digital literacies to provide example, as well as stress the importance of all eight esssential elements of digital literacy. I can create lesson plans focusing on each essential element, encouraging my students to reflect and discuss on it to further develop their understanding and their own identity within the aspects of digital literacy. While students will most likely have their views beginning to shape around their experiences of technology and the digital world, I hope to expand their perspectives and help them to regard it with a sense of wonder--that with appropriate knowledge and use, they can have endless opportunities and discoveries at their fingertips. I believe that, as a teacher, my responsibility to my students is to guide them in the right direction towards digital literacy where they feel capable, inspired, and self-driven to create things. As both Belshaw and Griffel explained in each of their discussions, students (and people in general) need a reason--a motivation--to learn, like coding or remixing. Every student steps into a classroom with their unique set of interests and experiences; as their teacher, I will find connection between their interests and the tools of technology so that they are driven to explore and learn new ways to present their knowledge and creativity while also not being afraid of taking risks and making mistakes along the way.
After watching the insightful videos, Mattan Griffel's Crash Course in Digital Literacy and Doug Belshaw's Essential Elements of Digital Literacies, my understanding and views have widened on the meaning of digital literacy (or in Belshaw's argument, literacies) and its importance, which will shape the way I integrate technology and multimedia in ny day-to-day life as well as within the classroom.
As a learner in the 21st Century, I try to be aware of the digital trail and impact I put into the public--whether it be a simple phone message or a blog post or a picture upload on Instagram. I am able to better conceptualize my digital identity and recognize which aspects I should bring more attention to for improvement through Doug Belshaw's outlining of the eight essential elements of digital literacy: cultural, cognitive, constructive, communicative, confident, creative, critical and civic. There are different contexts available all over the media and I understand that having cultural digital literacy means to distinguish the appropriate etiquette for each type of media and context--academic research vs. blogging, etc. I also understand that part of being digitally literate is in learning how it works (cognitive), using it appropriately (constructive), and taking risks (confident) with the various technological tools available to me, with the intent of creating something (creative) that is helpful and enriching to myself, if not to the community. As someone who keeps to herself more often than not, I am opening myself up to the value of communication to the public and the idea of contributing meaningfully based on what I can offer. On the whole, I remain critical and civic by maintaining an open mind towards others and what is presented to me through the media; I believe there is much to learn from each other and that the digital age is a commonplace for learning and advancement for people of all generations.
As a teacher in the 21st Century, I will be a role model to my students. I will consistently practice the digital literacies to provide example, as well as stress the importance of all eight esssential elements of digital literacy. I can create lesson plans focusing on each essential element, encouraging my students to reflect and discuss on it to further develop their understanding and their own identity within the aspects of digital literacy. While students will most likely have their views beginning to shape around their experiences of technology and the digital world, I hope to expand their perspectives and help them to regard it with a sense of wonder--that with appropriate knowledge and use, they can have endless opportunities and discoveries at their fingertips. I believe that, as a teacher, my responsibility to my students is to guide them in the right direction towards digital literacy where they feel capable, inspired, and self-driven to create things. As both Belshaw and Griffel explained in each of their discussions, students (and people in general) need a reason--a motivation--to learn, like coding or remixing. Every student steps into a classroom with their unique set of interests and experiences; as their teacher, I will find connection between their interests and the tools of technology so that they are driven to explore and learn new ways to present their knowledge and creativity while also not being afraid of taking risks and making mistakes along the way.
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