As I kept reading I discovered how much digital literacy encompasses. It really is our responsibility to teach students how to use this industry wisely and responsibly.
From coolcatteacher.blogspot. it was stated that the Internet is not "sanitized". Because of this we have to be the watchdogs. So, #1, safety, teach by modeling to access credible sources. I believe we can't just send our students to research as they said the "library was sanitized by the librarian."
#2, online sources, from the same source, we have to teach them to understand when what they are reading is fact, or just someones opinion. This is important when they are completing research material
From the iste.org, "we can plan strategies to guide inquiry". Initial research needs to be taught and examples shown.
#3, copyright, I want students to always remember to give credit to sources. They must learn to not represent materials as themselves when it belongs to someone else.
I reviewed Brainpop as one source for implementing digital literacy. It includes safety, etiquette, copyright and online sources to name a few.
I have lessons that I can present to your kids in the library on all these topics. You're right, these are not skills we can assume the students already possess.
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