Digital Disruption

I came upon this page via twitter and thought it so good I wanted to share it via a blog post, not simply add it to my resources section. Digital Disruption is an education project designed to provide educators with the knowledge and tools to teach critical digital judgement skills to students. The skill of digital judgement is especially important to today's students. There are many articles and studies that show that students lack the ability to distinguish between good and bad sources of information. Digital Disruption features lesson plans and you-tube videos to support learning. There is information on propaganda, source checking, and conspiracy. Well worth a look!

References

http://www.metronews.ca/calgary/life/article/1099142--many-students-lack-digital-literacy-skills-report

http://www.decd.sa.gov.au/northernadelaide/files/links/article_re_online_comprehe.pdf

EER500 Introduction to Educational Research

Well, I have begun my second and third subjects for Master Ed (TL) and after much research and deliberation I think I have settled on an area of interest for my assignment. One of the articles we had to read for ETL 503 (Resourcing the Curriculum) is Doug Johnson's "Libraries for a post-literate society". http://www2.curriculum.edu.au/verve/_resources/connections_72.pdf
I have always been interested in how digital technology is affecting education and society and Doug's article really got me thinking. Also Australia's literacy levels have declined over the last decade (one of the few in the OECD according to PISA (http://www.pisa.oecd.org/pages/0,2987,en_32252351_32235731_1_1_1_1_1,00.html) and after a bit on online research I think I would like to find out more as to what connections there may be between literacy levels and digital technology. I also wonder how this may affect TLs and school libraries. More on this later...

Information Literacy

Quite long but lots of great information.

The Role of Libraries and Librarians in Information Literacy

View more presentations from PLAI STRLC

I love this book! I bought it for the school library when I was acting teacher librarian. All the students loved it and could see the humour in it. It also generated a lot of discussion about the pros and cons of print books versus e-books/computers etc.

Another youtube video but by golly, I like this one! It could be used by a TL to educate staff on the importance of information literacy and the importance of the TL role itself. It made me realise how important the role of TLs and the school community in educating students in information literacy and how broad an area this covers. I also felt a sense of urgency that we've let this go too long. Even though schools have begun teaching ICT skills and information literacy, they are still moving too slowly. There is so much more to be done, particularly in the area of enabling students to critically evaluate websites and the information they provide.

Many thanks to Mel Grouse for drawing my attention to this!