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Online Digital Literacy program developed for staff in the School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences at Deakin University.

Educators are increasingly using new media and digital technologies to teach and engage their 21st century students. Reading, writing, gaming, trans-media, immersive worlds, augmented reality, and Web 3.0 are all part of the new digital frontiers. Whether it's science or science fiction, Alice in Wonderland or Angry Birds, the dynamics of this new information ecology are transforming learning experiences in our schools. We can lead this learning revolution by ensuring that our library and the learning ecology we create can harness these new environments. How we do this, will determine our success and the future relevance and importance of our school libraries.

literate person is perfectly capable of using the tools. They know how to use them and what to do with them, but the outcome is less likely to match their intention. It is not until that person reaches a level of fluency, however, that they are comfortable with when to use the tools to achieve the desired outcome, and even why the tools they are using are likely to have the desired outcome at all.

Instead of telling students what to do, or not to do, Ivester offers ten measures that may help them judge their actions and make decisions about their digital future on their own.

An excellent video on digital footprint from Cybersmart.

Digital citizenship resources for teachers

Futurelab are offering free access to digital editions of some of their digital literacy and innovation handbooks.

With the amount of content that is shared on the Internet every minute, it's no surprise that many people feel overwhelmed by the quantity of information out there. This is why content curation is becoming an essential digital literacy skill for teachers and students.

"In a digital world, the question is not whether you will leave a mark. The question is, "What kind of mark are you leaving?"" The content of MyFootprintSD is designed to make students cognizant of their digital footprint. In that way, it helps students be aware of what is safe and what is risky when using the web or other digital communication tools. In working through it, students will grow aware of how far these kinds of tools spread into their lives and how large the effects of their use can be (for better or for worse). Lessons and activities are explained here for educators but directions are included on the students' portion of the website as well. Elementary, Middle school, and high school

"he Digizen website provides information for educators, parents, carers, and young people. It is used to strengthen their awareness and understanding of what digital citizenship is and encourages users of technology to be and become responsible DIGItal citiZENS. It shares specific advice and resources on issues such as social networking and cyberbullying and how these relate to and affect their own and other people's online experiences and behaviours. "

Continuando con La estructura conceptual de los tesauros en el entorno digital: ¿nuevas esperanzas para viejos problemas? acá les dejo la segunda parte de este interesante trabajo El tesauro ISOC de Psicología Tesauro monolingüe en español, elaborado por el Centro de Información y Documentación Científica (CINDOC) del Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC). Tal y como se explica en la introducción del tesauro, el proceso de elaboración constó de tres fases. En la primera se recogieron los términos y se adjudicaron a las distintas familias temáticas establecidas a priori a partir de los campos semánticos que incluye el tesauro. Se adjudicó a cada término un campo en concreto o categoría y se agruparon luego en subcategorías.

Bookshare™ is a web-based digital library that gives people with print disabilities the same ease of access to books and periodicals enjoyed by those without disabilities. In the United States alone, there are more than 10 million people who have a disability that prevents them from reading a traditional printed book. Bookshare allows a book to be scanned once and then shared in digital formats that are easy to download, search and navigate.

This digital briefcase is arranged into categories like Office, Useful Tools, and Curriculum Resources. Each category is subdivided and scrolling over it will bring up a list of resources. Excellent grouping of tools.

Debate on traditional vs. digital reading continues.

Game changing aspects of digital reading. Helpful reference to managing digital notes via Kindle and Evernote.

"We are our stories, we compress years of experience, thought and emotion into a few compact narratives that we convey to others and tell to ourselves" Daniel Pink, a Whole New Wind