Jeff Utecht – Educator, Consultant, Author
Posts tagged Digital Literacy
Digital Literacy vs Networked Literacy
Aug 7th
I woke up this morning to find the following Tweet from Jeremy Brueck:
This line between digital literacy and networked literacy is a fine one…but one I think for ed tech people is worth exploring.I first started thinking about the distinction between digital literacy and networked literacy after reading the Writing in the 21st Century document produced by the National Council of Teachers of English and Kathleen Yancey.
In the document Yancey states:
First, we have moved beyond a pyramid-like, sequential model of literacy development in which print literacy comes first and digital literacy comes second and networked literacy practices, if they come at More >
When to start teaching self branding
May 1st
I was co-teaching earlier this week in a 7th grade environments class. The students were signing up for the wiki they were going to be using to do a project.
One boy in the class created his username as: tommmmmmmmmmmmmmyyyyyyyyy!!!!
Why?
When do we start teaching students about self branding?
I understand that part of this is a maturity issue, but when is the right time/age to start teaching students about self branding?
You might be branding yourself without even knowing it. Just by using the same username on different websites you can start a brand. For example, I always try to use More >
