(Re-)Thinking about Digital Literacy

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As part of the 2017 Summer Learning Challenge as well as my own efforts to become a better digital leader, and prepare for helping my students next school year become better digital leaders, I’m spending time reading about digital literacies, citizenship and leadership. Jennifer Casa-Todd’s book SocialLeadia references, at several points, Doug Belshaw. I’m working on reading through his white paper on digital literacies, but I found his Tedx Talk.

Doug Belshaw’s Tedx talk on digital literacy. 

Here are my take-aways from this Ted Talk in both a Sketchnote and in list format:

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  1. Digital Literacy (DL) is contextually dependent.
  2. We need to think about digital literacy as progressive rather than linear and sequential.
  3. Digital Literacies are complex and multifaceted rather than singular (Digital Literacy)
  4. DLs are social in nature.
  5. Teach DLs through tapping into student passion and interest.
  6. DLs are best taught through remixing of media.

2 thoughts on “(Re-)Thinking about Digital Literacy”

  1. Thanks for pulling this out, Keith! I think Doug Belshaw’s work around the topic is extremely important. I am also interested in Donald Leu (et al) & the New Literacies theory but haven’t had a chance to delve deeply, yet! Thanks too for reading Social LEADia. I hope you are enjoying it! 🙂

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