Developing digital literacy in your school

Developing digital literacy in yourschool Jessica Jorna, Trent McAllan & Nadia Merchant Digital Learning Facilitators - Saint Ignatius’ College, Riverview

Our SessionOverview of our digital literacy matrixInformation Literacy - Jessica @craftylibrarianCritical Literacy - Nadia @nadiavoodooICT Literacy - Trent @trentmcPlay time - a digital literacy matrix for your contextQuestions

Information LiteracyWhat is information literacy?"To be information literate, a person must be able to recognizewhen information is needed and [have] the ability to locate,evaluate, and use effectively the needed information".- American Library Association

Information Literacy

Annette Lambs comparison

Information LiteracyWhat does the framework look like?- It’s broken into six stages using NSW DET Information Search Process stages.- There are questions to consider for students across all year levels across the six stages.- Integrated into the Digital Literacy Matrix.

Information LiteracyOverreaching questions- What is my purpose?- Why do I need to find this out?- What are the key words and ideas of the task?- What do I need to do?

Critical Literacy What is critical thinking? Where have our modern perspectives grown from? The Greek Socratic tradition dates back over 2,500 years. The term critical means crucial or related to core criteria and derives from the ancient Greek kriterion, which means standards; it also derives from kriticos, which means discerning judgment.

Critical thinking and your school context I had to consider, what is critical thinking and how does this work within the values inherent within Ignatian Pedagogy? * a willingness to imagine or remain open to considering alternative perspectives. * willingness to integrate new or revised perspectives into our ways of thinking and acting. * Taking any new information or perspectives that may have become apparent and seeking change either internally or externally.

John DeweyOctober 20, 1859 – June 1, 1952Dewey’s work led him to define reflective thought as:“active, persistent, and careful consideration ofany belief or supposed form of knowledge in the light of the grounds that support it,and the further conditions to which it tends” (p. 6).In this sense, knowledge gained throughreflective thought is individually constructedand revolves around ones personal beliefs.Beliefs that may or may not be substantiatedfrom a scientific perspective,but none the less are derivedfrom some personal experience (Dewey, 1910).

Constructivist educational theoristsToday, mainstream education has been influenced significantly by the research and writings of such notableconstructivists as:Ausubel MezirowBrookfield PiagetBruner VygotskyDewey as well as:Knowles Bloom and Chickering

ACARAIn the Australian Curriculum students develop critical andcreative thinking as they learn to generate and evaluateknowledge, ideas and possibilities, and use them whenseeking new pathways or solutions.In learning to think broadly and deeply students learn to usereason and imagination to direct their thinking for differentpurposes. In the context of schooling, critical and creativethinking are integral to activities that require reason, logic,imagination and innovation.

Creative thinking? ACARA discusses the use of creative thinking as well as critical thinking. De Bono’s 6 hats. Why not?

Blooms Taxonomy

Blooms

ICT Literacy What is it? “...ICT Literacy is the ability to appropriately access, manage, integrate and evaluate information, develop new understandings and communicate with others in order to participate effectively in society.” - ACARA

ICT Literacy- Soft Skills - ACARA General Capabilities - ICT Competency - Personal and Social Competency - BOS

Questions?

Play timeThis time can be used to work on a matrix for your context.

References1. American Library Association (1989). Presidential Committee on Information Literacy: Final Report2. Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. (2011). Information and Communication Technology (ICT) competence. Available: http://consultation.australiancurriculum.edu.au/GeneralCapabilities/ ICT/ConceptualStatement3. Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. (2011). Personal and Social Competence. Available: http://consultation.australiancurriculum.edu.au/GeneralCapabilities/Personal-and-social- competence/ConceptualStatement4. Department of Education and Training New South Wales. (2007). Information skills in the school. Available: http://www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/schoollibraries/teachingideas/isp/index.htm5. Lamb, A. (2007). Approaches to Information and Communication Literacy. Available: http://eduscapes.com/tap/ topic72.htm. Last accessed 2nd Oct 2011.6. Lankshear, C. (1987). Literacy, Schooling and Revolution. London: Falmer Press.7. Wood Team (2008). Information Literacy and Essential Skills At-A-Glance. Available: http://www.escuela.ca/8. Zurkowski, P. (1974). The Information Service Environment: Relationships and Priorities. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science, Nov 1974.

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