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Growing Skills with the Eight Components of Digital Literacy

Digital Literacy is not one specific thing. To master digital literacy, an individual must understand eight critical components: functional technology skills, finding and selecting information online, esafety, creativity, collaboration, critical thinking, communication, and social and cultural awareness...

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3 Tips for Helping Students Navigate ESafety

As technology advances, our lives increasingly occupy online and digital spaces. These digital environments can be both exciting and beneficial. However, we also know these spaces to be dangerous without proper caution and safety measures in place...

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3 Tips for Helping Students Master Functional Technology Skills

Technology can be a powerful tool in any classroom. For this to be true, educators must teach students meaningful ways to operate and apply technology throughout their learning. Without a purposeful use of technology, students gain little from their experience...

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3 Tips for Helping Students Engage Creatively with Technology

Digital literacy combines both creativity and technology use. Creativity – an important 21st century soft skill – can be implemented in a variety of ways that utilize technology...

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3 Tips for Helping Students Effectively Find and Select Information Online

Now more than ever, it is crucial for students to effectively find and select reliable information online. In a world of misinformation, students must recognize fact from fiction. To achieve this, provide students with effective ways to search, analyze, and scrutinize information online...

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3 Tips for Helping Students Critically Think with Technology

The act of thinking critically is necessary when using technology. This is especially important while in the classroom. Students should reflect upon their technology choices and have the ability to explain those choices...

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3 Tips for Helping Students Collaborate Online

Collaboration is a key component of success as it allows different perspectives to work toward a common goal. In the wake of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, there is an increased need for effective online collaboration...

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3 Tips for Helping Students Appropriately Communicate Online

There are many ways individuals can communicate using technology. Whether through text messaging, social media, or online collaboration tools, students must learn to communicate effectively across various platforms and online settings...

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3 Tips for Helping Student Recognize the Role of Technology

Digital literacy examines the implications of technology use. Learners should feel encouraged to explore and assess how technology can be used to accomplish everyday tasks, to be creative, and to learn...