After viewing the “6 Essential Steps to Teaching Digital Literacy”, I found what I would incorporate most into my instruction would be a lesson on doing a proper google search for reliability of resources. In my content area of history, we rely so much on understanding the past by relying on primary documents and understanding the potential bias embedded in it. Students need to act and research properly to know the telltale signs of misinformation and bias in our current world too. The suggested lesson of “fake news” sounds interesting. I do similar things with perspective lessons and apply them to why certain people in history have taken certain actions. But I like applying it as well to the dangers of believing everything online in today’s world, and how it can have a ripple effect of negative consequences (ex: covid misinformation).
I teach Global 10 so I dove into the digital literacy matrix 9-12 for the second task. After examining this matrix I feel I would use it most often in the areas of 9-12.DL.6 And 9-12.DL.4. The #6 element of the matrix deals more with digital citizenship and responsibility. It talks about actively managing a digital presence and understanding the permanence and potential consequences of online interactions. I would start using this element of the matrix as a discussion piece to begin a lesson where we use the blog feature and comment on eachothers posts/work. I will now also start incorporating that as an element of the grading rubric on pieces like this as well. The #4 element of the matrix that stood out to me was more geared toward digital use. This I could see myself using again in the creation of projects where students have to create some sort of final piece, publish a product, or demonstrate learning in the form of an artifact. This matrix element helps to hone in on my lesson design in that it will help students think more thoughtfully on the mode of technology that will appropriately suit the task at hand. Again, this is all teaching with the end in mind. Thinking about the final product, what we want the reaction and legacy to be, and what implications could arise from it.
I teach Global 10 so I dove into the digital literacy matrix 9-12 for the second task. After examining this matrix I feel I would use it most often in the areas of 9-12.DL.6 And 9-12.DL.4. The #6 element of the matrix deals more with digital citizenship and responsibility. It talks about actively managing a digital presence and understanding the permanence and potential consequences of online interactions. I would start using this element of the matrix as a discussion piece to begin a lesson where we use the blog feature and comment on eachothers posts/work. I will now also start incorporating that as an element of the grading rubric on pieces like this as well. The #4 element of the matrix that stood out to me was more geared toward digital use. This I could see myself using again in the creation of projects where students have to create some sort of final piece, publish a product, or demonstrate learning in the form of an artifact. This matrix element helps to hone in on my lesson design in that it will help students think more thoughtfully on the mode of technology that will appropriately suit the task at hand. Again, this is all teaching with the end in mind. Thinking about the final product, what we want the reaction and legacy to be, and what implications could arise from it.