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Critical Thinking Definition - 0 views

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  • you apply skill in the form of knowledge of your subject matter to the thinking process.
  • critical thinking is a public, not a private act.
  • A good critical thinker thinks explicitly about why she has drawn her conclusions--and lists the reasons for her conclusions.
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  • hat respects the way things are done in that particular field and presents conclusions in the manner appropriate to the field.
  • a good critical thinker is constantly trying to improve his thinking, like the track athlete always striving to improve his best time.
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Why is Digital Literacy Important? - Purposeful Technology-Constructing Meaning in 21st... - 1 views

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  • Digital literacy is one component of being a digital citizen - a person who is responsible for how they utilize technology to interact with the world around them.
  • Literacy skills have always been important.
  • Students today learn in ways that their teachers could not even imagine decades ago when they were in school.
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  • The way students learn and their abilities to showcase their learning has surpassed the years of book reports, posters, and shoe box representations. "We will not be able to achieve a liberating, collective intelligence until we can achieve a collective digital literacy, and we have now, more than ever, perhaps, the opportunity and the technologies to assist  us in the human project of shaping, creating, authoring and developing ourselves as the formers of our own culture.
  • Digital literacy is one component of being a digital citizen - a person who is responsible for how they utilize technology to interact with the world around them.
  • Digital technology allows people to interact and communicate with family and friends on a regular basis due to
  • the "busy constraints" of today's world.
  • Not only do white-collar jobs require digital literacy in the use of media to present, record and analyze data, but so do blue-collar jobs who are looking for way to increase productivity and analyze market trends, along with increase job safety.
  • higher order thinking skills taught to students in previous times.
  • Today's students are able to use the internet to research and find text sources, videos, pod casts and presentations related to anything they would like to learn about. The big catch is, can this "Google,  yahoo" part of the brain begin to differentiate what resources they consume online are valid or not. Can this "goggle, yahoo" part of the brain create new meaning from the authentic sources they read? Will this "goggle, yahoo" part of the brain lead to great innovations and discoveries that help humans understand their place in the world and make life easier for all our world's citizens?
  • Students now learn in a new way, never seen before! Students in this modern world need to utilize all of the
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US Digital Literacy - 1 views

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  • They have grown up with technology and have been immersed in media rich resources. They are masters of multitasking. Today's students have revolutionized expectations in the classroom.
  • "Technology ignites opportunities for learning, engages today's students as active learners and participants in decision-making on their own educational futures and prepares our nation for the demands of a global society in the 21st century." 5
  • Check out Raising a Digital Child and Digital Citizenship in Schools to learn more, both available at www.amazon.com.
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  • What it means to be digitally literate has reflected the change in how information is processed, delivered, and received in today's highly connected world.
  • Digital Immigrants, that would be most of the teachers (but not all) do things like print our email, while the Natives do not even use email any more! They use text and instant messaging.
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Digital literacy - 0 views

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  • The ability to locate, organize, understand, evaluate, and analyze information using digital technology.
  • Digitally literate people can communicate and work more efficiently, especially with those who possess the same knowledge and skills.
  • A person using these skills to interact with society may be called a digital citizen.
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http://www.library.illinois.edu/diglit/definition.html - 4 views

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    Definition of Digital Literact
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