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How to Assess Digital Literacy

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Of late, the most common question is, “How to I assess student digital literacy?” How do I assess faculty digital literacy so I can teach them what they don’t know?” In the past, I discussed the eight skills required for students to be considered digitally literate. Why assess it?

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Tech Tip #169: What is Digital Literacy?

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Here are the sixteen transformative tools, activities, and/or knowledge bases digitally-literate students should be comfortable using: annotation tool. digital citizenship. digital class calendar. digital databases. digital devices–such as laptops, iPads , Chromebooks , or desktops, for daily use.

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Subscriber Special: Special Add-on with School License

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A School License is a multi-user PDF of most books (or videos where available) we offer–textbooks, curricula, lesson plans, student workbooks, and more–that can be used on every digital device in your school–iPads, Macs, PCs, Chromebooks, laptops, netbooks, smartphones, iPods. As many as the school wants.

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Need a New Job? Here’s What You Do

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School digital devices used to be primarily PCs, but now there are Chromebooks, iPads, Macs, Surface Pros, laptops, and more. Include not only the step-by-step, but samples, artifacts, assessment strategies, feedback from students and parents, and reflections from you after it’s completed. . Devices you can use.

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Model Teaching–How Today’s Educators Learn

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assess success at completion. You can watch the video, rewatch, submit assignments and assessments when you’re ready. Participation is compatible with all platforms (Mac, PC, Chromebooks, smart phones, tablets) and all browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and others). How to get started. course requirements.

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JotForm Smart PDF–Great for Today’s Teaching

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Forms are popular in schools for assessments, data collection, and a slew of other reasons. Unlike a school’s standard equipment, home-based students work from a diverse variety of digital devices (i.e., PCs, tablets, Chromebooks, laptops, and desktops). Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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9 Ways to Add Tech to your Lessons Without Adding Time to Your Day

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the digital devices–computer or Chromebooks or iPads–won’t work on the Big Day. Have students create crossword puzzles (or other games) using online resources that they then play with each other to review for an upcoming assessment. Use a digital timer for quizzes or other events.