Mastering Digital Literacy (Contemporary Perspectives on Literacy)

Teach your students to thrive both academically and in their personal lives in the 21st century. Understand the purpose and importance of digital literacy, and learn the value of digital, media, and global awareness. The authors provide practical, easy-to-implement strategies for incorporating digital literacy into the school curricula.

Benefits:

• Merge digital media with traditional instruction to create a classroom for 21st century learners.
• Access research-based tips, strategies, and tools to implement digital technology into teaching practices.
• Learn to select, align, and connect video games to unit plans.
• Build a website shell, populate it with educational features, and create a social network for students.
• Foster collaboration, creativity, initiative, and engagement, while equipping students with the desire to steer their own learning.

Contents:
Chapter 1: Digital Masters: Becoming a Blogmaster, Annotexter, or Web Curator
Chapter 2: Six Curriculum Actions for Developing Digitally Literate Learners
Chapter 3: Notes From the Revolution: Peer-Driven Social Learning Communities
Chapter 4: Gaming as a Literacy: An Invitation
Chapter 5: The Classroom Website: A Marketplace for Learning

Editor: Heidi Hayes Jacobs, EdD, is an internationally recognized expert in curriculum development, vertical planning, modern assessment design, and 21st century strategic planning. Her model for curriculum mapping is used throughout the world. Dr. Jacobs helps educators make the transition from antiquated classroom practices to engaging innovative learning environments. She began her career as a classroom teacher at the high school, middle school, and elementary school levels in Utah, Massachusetts, and New York.

Dr. Jacobs is author of numerous books, journal articles, online media, and software platforms. She has worked with public and independent schools, state departments of education, and other organizations worldwide, including the East Asia Regional Council of Overseas Schools, Tri-Association, European Council of International Schools, and the United Nation's Committee on Teaching About the UN. She has been featured in the New York Times, Educational Leadership, Child Magazine, and NASSP's High School, and on NPR's Talk of the Nation. She received the 2014 Mediterranean Association of International Schools Award for outstanding contributions to international education, 2012 Educational Innovator Award from SINET, and 1984 Par Excellence Award from the University of Utah Young Alumni Board.

Dr. Jacobs completed doctoral work at Columbia University's Teachers College in New York, where she studied under a national graduate leadership fellowship from the US Department of Education. She earned a master's degree from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and an undergraduate degree from the University of Utah.

Contributors: Marie Alcock, Michael Fisher, Steve Hargadon, Heidi Hayes Jacobs, Bill Sheskey, and Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano.