This image was the Twitter image I made for this week’s DigiLit link-up but never posted. As many of you, I’ve been enjoying time with my family this holiday weekend. I will extend this topic to next week, so think about joining the round up next week on Sunday, Dec. 4th.
I would like you to think about what DigiLit Sunday means to you. I was asked to explain it last weekend at NCTE, and I realized the description has changed from my original intent. I wanted a space to showcase my students’ digital work as well as a place to have conversations around digital literacy. The purpose has turned to one that more deeply defines my teaching practice.
My posts and those of others who link up seem to gravitate to the theory around the topic and how that plays out in the classroom. Is it time for a new name? Any ideas?
I want to keep #DigiLitSunday going. I am grateful for everyone who links up week after week. How can we build a stronger future? What need does this platform serve?
I am full of questions this week as the kitchen has quieted down, and I prepare for the ending of 2016. Let me know in the comments or by email if you have any ideas you would like to share. Thanks for being here.
Margaret,
What a great question! There have been times when I felt that my post was marginally connected as well as times that I was certain that my post was exactly what I thought Digital Literacy was.
ALA Connect (connect.ala.org/files/94226/what%20is%20digilit%20(2).pdf) says digital literacy is “the ability to use information and
communication technologies to find, evaluate, create, and communicate information, requiring both cognitive and technical skills.”
I think that definition has been met and evident in the posts in the form of either personal or classroom evidence of the use of information and communication technologies. The meaning seems to bubble up out of our current work – with students or with teachers!
❤
Thanks for clarifying. I think the digital can put off some people but we need to understand that digital literacy is a large umbrella. I like how you said the meaning seems to bubble up. Great way to put it.
Margaret, thank you for asking the question. I really appreciate getting to the definition of things. And, Fran’s going back to ALA Connect is helpful. I have wondered how to connect to DigiLit Sunday. I fear that my repertoire of what I can contribute is pretty limited…until I see that create and communicate are very much part of the ALA definition. I find myself making little infographics a LOT! I can absolutely think of two I’ve made in the last twenty-four hours that fit the definition shared above. Thanks to you both.
Linda, I hope you will link up next week as we continue our conversation around #gratitude.
I have to admit, many times I am hesitant to write because I don’t feel I can contribute to the “digitalness” of the linkup which is what I thought its intention was. I like the idea of the theory around the topic which can apply to our practice no matter if it is or is not digital. I learn so much from all who contribute each week and I am grateful to you for hosting it.
Thanks for your honest feedback.
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