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Opposing viewpoint on digital literacy. Important to hear other opinions to decide rationally. 

This website shows false information and can be used to show students the importance of analyzing the information of a site versus the design.

blogpost reviewing Meograph, a digital storytelling web tool linking maps, timelines, images/video, and narration.

Practical writing process ideas using a range of Web 2.0 tools 

Great ideas!

Teens, social life, and social media infographic

Posting on edudemic

K-12 online training , introducing teachers to digital literacy from common sense media

A graphic history of classroom technology, from the writing slate to the electronic tablet.

"A graphic history of classroom technology, from the writing slate to the electronic tablet."--shared on our OSUWP  listserv

Abstract: Previously assumed to be a homogenous and highly skilled group with respect to information and communications technology, the so-called Net Generation has instead been shown to possess a diverse range of technology skills and preferences. To better understand this diversity, we subjected data from 2096 students aged between 17 and 26 from three Australian universities to a cluster analysis. Through this analysis, we identified four distinct types of technology users: power users (14% of sample), ordinary users (27%), irregular users (14%) and basic users (45%). A series of exploratory chi-square analyses revealed significant associations between the different types of technology users and the university that students attended, their gender and age and whether the student was local or international. No associations were found for analyses related discipline area, socio-economic status or rurality of residence. The findings are discussed in light of the rhetoric associated with commentaries about the Net Generation, and suggestions about their implications for teaching and learning in universities are offered.

"Essentially, the literacies that have dominated higher education in the past are thought to be inadequate in the face of social network services, mobile technologies and pervasive computing. "

collection of digital literacy links using the 21st. C. literacies model to organise them into categories e.g. visual literacy, critical literacy, tool literacy etc. 

digital curation scoop.it page curated by Joyce Seitzinger @catspyjamasnz 

When will the school curriculum catch up?

Useful resources on varied topics of importance today. Computational thinking, data science, citizen science etc.

Finland is getting rid of their subject areas in K-12...it seems that tapping into the way in which youth already use technology to facilitate their own learning goals would be a good first step for teachers. Any schools using competency based assessments for fully personalized learning absent of subject matter classes?