Refining my PLN – creating a network for ‘Bridging the Digital Literacy Divide’

This map of my professional learning network (PLN) was created using Mindomo. A zoom function can be used during the presentation as required. Small icons beside a sub-topic may be clicked to follow a hyperlink. Comments on some sub-topics are represented by a small icon containing three horizontal lines. Comments will appear when the cursor hovers over this icon. Your browser […]

A program for Digital Citizenship – Stage 4

[embeddoc url=”https://xgenconnected.edublogs.org/files/2018/04/UNIT-scope-and-sequence-Digital_Citizenship_2018-1fgkycc-1p7dbly.pdf” download=”all” viewer=”google” ]This program is created by A Taylor, 2018.  CC by NC SA 3.0 Australia Digital Citizenship A digital citizenship curriculum empowers students to think critically, behave safely, and participate responsibly in our digital world. These 21st-century skills are essential for students to harness the full potential of technology for learning. The resources collated in my program for Stage […]

Building students’ digital capacity by bridging the digital literacy divide, a teacher-librarian’s perspective.

The ‘digital divide’ can be understood as the gap that separates those who have access to digital technology and those that do not. It has been attributed to Lloyd Morrisett, the former president of the Markle Foundation, by Hoffman et al (2000).  A more relevant meaning for this blog post is defined by Warschauer in 2010 who spoke of the […]