Discuss, model, and reinforce digital reading skills explicitly
Compare how Non-fiction writing and e-reading sometimes look the same and use the same elements
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Vary reading strategies according to reading purposes and environments
Think carefully about how you’ll employ digital reading in and out of the classroom
power points/google slideshows
Help students to develop reflective reading practices
analyze how their conclusions are influenced by extra-textual factors
arranging information in order to arrive at a desired conclusion
examining the effect their personal lives have on the meanings they create
linking information in the text with a conclusion
But many traditional reading practices are still useful in a digital space
scanning (for information)
reading from life to right
Don’t assume traditional reading skills transfer to digital reading
comprehension
vocabulary
fluency
phonemic awareness
Help students to manage digital distractions while reading and e-reading
downloading the online documents and then disconnecting the internet so as not not be distracted by... the internet, online advertisement and other online activities
online information
other online sites
online advertisements
social media
Emphasize the importance of a digital reading mindset
e-mails
books online
online articles
How to Assess Digital Literacy, particularly in an elementary classroom.
How is this inquiry question related to the role of the teacher?
When teachers are aware of the learning level their student's are at, with regards to digital literacy, they can more effectively, efficiently, and equitably assess and evaluate.
Teachers need to know the learning level that each of their students are at in any subject. Teachers learn this through evaluation, observation and assessment.
Students' Critical Thinking
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Critical digital literacy takes responsibility, ability and maturity, which come from learning and thinking critically about the world around us.
As well, a students' critical digital literacy considers exactly how that which they view and take part in online affects them, their lifestyles, their perspectives on the world, and the world's perspective on them.
A student's critical thinking, with regards to digital literacy, involves a student thinking about how they are perceived online.
How does this inquiry link to Critical Digital Literacy?
...but to educate them on the new advances in technological education.
it is important that the use of technology is not just used to motivate the students' participation...
We are in the technological age and now that we know how to and are taught how to (as teachers) incorporate technology into the classroom a little bit....
