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(1-Technology literacy)
Or
(2- Computing and ICT
Literacy)
or
(3- Digital Literacy)
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Computing and ICT
Literacy is the ability to identify, understand, interpret,
Literacy)
What is Literacy?
create, communicate, compute and use printed and written
materials
associated with varying contexts. Literacy
involves a continuum of
learning to enable an individual to
achieve his or her goals, to
develop his or her knowledge
and potential, and to participate fully in
the wider society.
The meaning of literacy evolves with the times. Literacy is
not only
about reading, writing, listening, speaking, viewing
and representing.
It is also about developing literacy with
information and communication
technology (ICT).
The information and communication technology (ICT)
literacy
describes a learner’s ability to “adopt, adapt and
use digital devices,
applications and services” (JISC, 2014).
This refers to a learner’s
ability to navigate the technical
requirements of being an online
learner.
Three main questions guided the author in the writing of
this chapter:
Is there the need for a widespread and in-
depth ICT literacy in mankind?
What has to be meant for
ICT literacy? And are there special problems
in students’
learning of ICT topics? And last but not least: How can
ICTs
themselves improve teachers’ work and students’ learning
on ICTs?
What is Information and Communication
Technology (ICT)?
Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
include computers, laptops, digital cameras, video cameras,
digital microscopes, scanners, cell phones, electronic games,
digital audio
devices, global positioning systems, electronic
whiteboards, the
Internet, et cetera. ICTs in the classroom
will continue to evolve as
new technologies emerge over
time.
What is Literacy with ICT?
Literacy with Information and Communication Technology
(LwICT)
means thinking critically and creatively, about
information and about
communication, as citizens of the
global community, while using ICT
safely, responsibly and
ethically.
ICT skills
Online learners unquestionably require strong ICT skills,
and a learner with a lower literacy in this area will likely
find the
course more difficult to complete. However,
depending on how the course
is structured, the exact level
and types of ICT skills
they require may be different. At
the base level, the majority of
online learners will likely
need to know how to use a computer, create
documents
in Microsoft Word and PowerPoint (or equivalents), and
navigate some sort of LMS. They may need to be able to
use
video-conferencing software or a specific
communications platform in
order to participate in
synchronous sessions or group projects. Some
courses
may require students to have skills in web design,
podcasting,
or video creation in order to create
assignments.
As a fundamental,
learners will be well-served if they have
developed the patience and
problem-solving skills needed
to learn how to use new software tools as
online learners.
Learners will also have an advantage if they are
familiar
with the shortcuts or more detailed features embedded
within
the software they are using, such as keyboard
shortcuts for tasks such
as copying and pasting,
bookmarking tools to quickly return to
often-used
resources, bibliography software.
The MOOC embraces ICT literacy
The MOOC embraces ICT literacy, as the course
itself is
online. Learners are required to be able to use a computer,
navigate the Canvas LMS and the course site, understand
how to post in
discussion forums, access and complete the
online activities and open
media such as the video
introductions in each module and a few
supplementary
slideshows.
The MOOC does not assume that all learners
had
strong ICT skills from the beginning, and provides a
number of different resources and detailed instructions that
learners could access if they need guidance.
These include:
1-Resources to learn how to navigate the LMS, including a
video overview of the course interface, instructions on how
you can
communicate with your instructor, details on how
to update your profile
and change notification settings, and
a link to a full Canvas guide.
2-Information on computer basics, including using your
mouse, working
with Windows, common computer
programs and apps, working with files and
folders, and
keyboard shortcuts.
3-Information on internet basics, such as explaining the
internet
browser, conducting an internet search,
downloading files from the web,
setting up an email
account, an introduction to cloud computing and how
to
make sure your computer is safe from viruses and spyware.
4-Clear instructions for how to use the technical tools in
completing
the discussion posts and learning activities (i.e.
“to make a new post,
click the Reply area directly below”;
“notice the icons located at the
bottom of the box which
allow for audio, video, photos and attachments.”)
How do Students Develop ICT Literacy?
Literate students support their critical and creative thinking
about textual, numerical, visual, and aural information as
they choose and use ICT, safely, responsibly and ethically.
They develop this literacy across the curriculum, through
inquiry, as they
- question and plan
- gather and make sense
- produce to show understanding
- communicate
- reflect on their learning
What is a Developmental Learning
Continuum?
A developmental learning continuum is an assessment
tool for
based on teacher observations. It describes what
teachers see and hear
students doing, as they
demonstrate their literacy. Many teachers
already use
continuums for assessing learning in reading, writing
and numeracy.
What is the Developmental Continuum for Literacy
with ICT Across the Curriculum?
The Developmental Continuum for Literacy with ICT
paints a picture of how students develop their critical and
creative
thinking, in curricular context as they use ICT
safely, responsibly and
ethically.
Why Develop a Continuum?
1-The Developmental Continuum for Literacy with ICT is
congruent with and infused with existing concepts
across the curriculum; ICT is not a separate “curriculum”
in K–12,
2-The focus is on what students can do;
learners of any
age are able to find themselves on the continuum, from
novices to experts, from pre-K students to Senior Years
students and
beyond.
3-Continuums are focused on the student; the
Developmental Continuum for Literacy with ICT provides
a vehicle for
students to self-assess and set goals for
their learning.
Aspects of the ICT literacy:
One aspect of the ICT literacy that is missing from
the
MOOC is information related to privacy, security, and
safety. The
way the course instructors describe various
digital tools, as well as
their encouragement of blogging
and social media use for the development
of a personal
network, presents the online world as a bit of a utopia,
where nothing can go wrong. The course lacks any
content teaching users
about how to protect their data
online, considerations for what type of
content you post
online and where, how to evaluate a digital tool from a
privacy lens, etc.
Technology literacy
Today we need technology that is more intelligent,
more connected, and
more sustainable than ever
before—technology that can truly transform
what is
possible in homes, businesses, and cities across
the globe.
That
means blurring the lines between the physical
and the virtual, bringing
raw computing power to
every aspect of our lives, and putting
comprehensive
solutions and services first. All while finding ways to
increase sustainability in our production.
Technology literacy
Definition:
It
is a means of teaching that attracts all the senses
of the learner
comfortably and attractively. They are
advanced teaching aids that
contribute to a great
extent in facilitating the process of learning
inside
the classrooms. It presents the lesson through
hearing, motion and visual means.
Educational
technology is the use of both physical
hardware and educational theoretic. It encompasses
several domains including learning theory, computer-
based training, online learning, and where
mobile
technologies are used, m-learning.
Accordingly, there are several discrete aspects to
describing the intellectual and technical development
of educational technology:
1-Educational technology as the theory and practice
of educational approaches to learning.
2-Educational
technology as technical tools and
media that assist in the communication of knowledge,
and its development and exchange.
3-Educational
technology for learning management
system (LMS), such as tools for
student and
curriculum management, and education
management information systems (EMIS).
4-Educational
technology itself as an educational
subject; such courses may be called
"Computer
Studies" or "Information and communication tech
Authentic
inclusion and accessibility strategies have the
power to change the lives of students. From assistive
technology and digital inclusion to representation and
diversity in the classroom and curriculum
Technological teaching resources:
1-Twitter. 2-Facebook. 3-YouTube.
4-Blogs.
5-Nings. 6-WhatsApp? 7-SoundHound.
8-Skype.
9-Viber. 10-Image 11-Imo.
12-Messenger
13-Teachingchannel.org 14-rewordify.com
15-phraseum.com
16-PowerPoint 17-Online images
18-Voanews.com
19-Bbclearningenglish.com
20-Breakingnewsenglish.com
21-Merriam-webster.com
22-Oxforddictionaries.com
23-Eslgamesplus.com 24-Eslgamesworld.com
25-Quizlet.com
26-Kahoot.com 27-Lextutor.ca
28-Vocabulary Profiler
29-English Profile 30-Vocabulary.com
31-Gamestolearnenglish.com
32-Lexipedia.com
33-Kids.national-geographic.com
34-Freerice.com
35-Wordle.net
36-Duolingo
37-Learning Chocolate
Learners use technology as
follows:
Traditional teaching aids
The machine shows and presents the lesson
smartly through:
1-TV.
2-Radio.
3-Data show.
4-Computer ( Word, Excel, PowerPoint and data-base
computer programs.)
5-Internet.
6-The overhead projector.
7-The virtual teaching.
8-The virtual teacher.
9- Electronic Chatting.
10-E- mailing.
11-Electronic Messages.
12-Online learning.
13-Online Distance learning.14- Cassette set.
15- Digital cameras.
16- CDs.
17- Video tapes.
18- Electronic dictionaries and maps.
19-Smart blackboard.
20- Satellite education channels programs.
21- Lap-top.
22- Classmate laptop.
23-Electronic full screen.
24- The iPad technology.
25-Interactive blackboard
26-Flash memory
27-Online Dictionaries.
28-Blogs
29-Wikis
30-Classroom network
31-Mobile phones.
32-Education Forums
33-The tablet computer.
34-Puppets.
35-The Robots.
35-Toys.
36-Robotic education.
37-Coding.
38-Data logging.
39-Digital systems.
40-Magnetic whiteboards and letters.
41-Listening posts.
42-Chemistry, physics and biology
Technology Resources
online:
1-Google docs. to do:
1- Research paper.
2- Collaborative reading.
3- Online student collaboration.
4- Planning and assessment.
5- Visual communication.
6- Writing.
Click here to see Google Docs
2-Wordpress to do :
1-Writing.
2- Blogging.
3- Blog posts.
4-Webcomposing.
I conduct students counseling, progress reports and
surveys. I find Google forms to be my optimum tool
for gathering information from the students regarding
my staff's performance, the student's satisfaction
with the courses, material, language center and
even customer service.
3-Google forms to do:
Google Form users can now:
1-Do planning and assessment through
surveys and quizzes
2-View responses as they are submitted
3-Insert videos and images into survey
questions.
4-Create multiple choice grids that
prevent respondents from selecting the
same column twice
5-Publish Forms with pre-filled responses
6-Insert useful add-ons.
7. Creating assessments for students
9. Building easy-to-use rubrics that can
be shared with students
Click here to see Google forms.
4-Logomaker to do :
Visual communication. You can
communicate with the technology
resource through using your eyes to
see and respond.
Click here to see a
logomaker
5-Internet readings to do :
Authenticity.
New forms of literacy and reading
approaches are emerging as a result
of the
Internet's increasing
dominance as a major source of
information. To foreign
language
learners, the Internet is a tool
through which they can access
authentic
target language content.
Anything can be used as authentic
material but for developing reading
one of the
most useful.
resources is the Internet, with large
amounts of varied material being
easily accessible.
Click here to see internet readings
6-Kahoot
Kahoot
is a free student-response
tool for administering quizzes,
facilitating
discussions, or collecting
survey data. It is a game-based
classroom response system played by
the whole class in real time. Questions
are projected on a shared screen,
while an unlimited number of
players
answer the questions with their
smartphone, tablet or computer;
creating a social, fun and game-like
environment. Kahoot allows for the
design of multiple-choice quizzes as
well as polls and surveys that populate
on-the-spot data; the quiz questions
and polls stimulate quick
instructional
decisions as well as whole-class
discussion..
Click here to go to Kahoot
7-The Web Resources:
A web resource is anything that can
be obtained from the World Wide
Web. Some examples are web-pages,
e-mail information from databases,
and web-services
Web resources
have changed since the internet was
first created.
The
early concept was of static (non
moving) files or documents. The
meaning
of the term now has a wider
use to include nearly everything that
can
be obtained via the Internet.
Uniform resource locators or URLs,
are used to identify a resource on
the web.
Click here to know about
Web Resources.
8-Voice of America Learning
English:
Learn American English with English
language lessons from Voice of America.
VOA Learning English helps you learn
English with vocabulary, listening and
comprehension lessons through daily
news and interactive English learning
activities.
Click here to see VOA,
learning English.
9-Grammarly:
Your writing, at its best. Grammarly
makes sure everything you type is clear,
effective, and mistake-free. Grammarly's
free online grammar checker finds and
instantly corrects grammar,
spelling,
and other writing errors in your text.
With our free desktop app, you can
drag and
drop documents on the
Grammarly icon to instantly improve
your writing. Grammarly adapts to your
needs and writing style, giving you the
confidence of mistake-free
communication every time you write.
Click here to see Grammarly
10-TED Talks
TED
is, to put it simply, amazing. They’re
known for sharing short,
brilliant journeys full
of insights from thousands of great people
around the world.
Click here to see TED Talks
11-YouGlish:
Use YouTube to improve your English pronunciation.
With more than 30 M
tracks, YouGlish gives you
fast, unbiased answers about how English is spoken
by real people and in context.
Click here to see YouGlish
12-Corpus of Contemporary
American English:
The Corpus of Contemporary American
English (COCA) is the largest freely-
available corpus of English, and the
only Large and balanced
corpus of
American English.
COCA is
probably the corpus of
English, and it is related to many
other corpora
of English that we have
created, which offer unparalleled
insight into variation in English.
The corpus contains more than 560
million
words of text
(20 million words
each year 1990-2017) and it is equally
divided among
spoken, fiction, popular
magazines,
newspapers, and
academic texts.
Click here to see corpus of
contemporary American
English
13-Edmodo:
Edmodo is an easy way to get your students
connected so they can safely
collaborate, get and
stay organized, and access assignments, grades,
and
school messages. Edmodo is dedicated to
connecting all
learners with the people and
resources
they need to reach their full potentia.
Edmodo is an educational technology company
offering a communication,
collaboration, and
coaching platform to K-12 schools and teachers.
The Edmodo
network enables teachers to share
content, distribute quizzes, assignments, and
manage communication with students, colleagues,
and parents.
Click here to go to Emodo
14-Socrative:
Socrative is your classroom app for fun, effective
classroom engagement. No
matter where or how
you teach, Socrative allows you to instantly connect
with students as learning happens.
Quickly assess students with prepared activities or
on-the-fly questions to get immediate insight into
student understanding.
Socrative empowers you to engage and assess
your students as learning
happens. Through the
use of real-time questioning, result aggregation,
and
visualization, you have instant insight into levels
of understanding so you can use
class time to better
collaborate and grow as a community of learners.
Click here to go to Socratine.
15- LessonCast:
LessonCast
is a website where experienced
teachers submit—via PowerPoint,
document,
pictures, or web cam—a "lesson idea or
management strategy in 2
minutes 30 seconds or
less." Each submission is reviewed and vetted by
other accomplished teachers, and then shared online.
New teachers, or
those just looking for new ideas,
can then search for the perfect idea
for their
classroom. Note: This site is still growing,
so there are a
few holes.
16-Glogster EDU:
Create Glogs: "interactive visual platform in
which users create a poster or web page containing
multimedia elements including: text, audio, video,
images,
graphics, drawings, and data." Students
can use these Glogs for book
reports, digital posters,
homework, etc.;
You can use Glogs for lesson
preparation,
presentations, distance teaching, and more. Note:
This website is still in Beta (testing stage).
17-SchoolTube:
You've heard of YouTube and Teacher-tube, now
check out school tuvw, endorsed by leading
education associations. It's a safe, moderated
environment where students can post self-produced
videos for classroom
use: from the educational (a
civics presentation or algebra class) and
practical
(morning announcements) to the fun (last night's
girls' soccer
game).
Although you might not find video content that will
help you
teach (because it is all very specific to
classes and schools), this is a
great tool for giving
your students a safe platform to share their
creations.
18-Storybird:
They are "short, art-inspired stories you make to
share, read, and print."
Using the images provided
by artists and illustrators, students can
write and
design their own online books working alone or
collaboratively
with classmates—or they can spend
time enjoying the published "library"
of Storybirds.
The Teacher functionality allows you to create a
private
group, manage students' assignments,
and grade work
19-Free Rice 2.0:
Though you may remember the original incarnation
of Free Rice—with
its addicting vocabulary
game that donates rice via the World Food
Program
for every right answer—version 2.0 features 15
different
topics for testing, including multiplication
tables, Spanish language
learning, and flags of the
world.
Registration is optional, but
necessary if you want
to keep track of scores. Keep in mind this site
is for
all ages, so there will be plenty of ads.
20-Flashcard Machine:
Teachers and students alike can create on-screen
flash cards to test vocabulary,
math equations,
foreign languages, and more. Test
your students'
knowledge in class, or encourage them to use the
flashcards for homework. There are scores of
flashcards in their
database that are ready-to-use,
but beware of user-generated content. There is an
app available for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch.
21-Bitstrips for Schools:
Design your own cartoon characters, write dialogue,
and create online comic strips to teach
students
any number of subjects and topics. There are plenty
of
activities already on Bitstrips for schools to get
you and your students started.
22-Kidblog:
Interested in starting classroom
blogs to improve
student writing skills but not sure how to keep your
class in a safe environment? Kidblog is a simple
blogging platform with advanced privacy features
appropriate for elementary and middle school
students; teachers have
administrative control over
what gets published—and what doesn't.
23-DK Instant Expert:
Check out Teacher Vision's DK Instant Expert ,
our
teaching guides for the interactive whiteboard. Read
the DK
reference books entirely online, then share
what you've learned with
your students using
motivational mini-lessons featuring colorful
PowerPoint slideshows and extension activities
that engage students'
creativity.
24-TED-ED:
TED-Ed’s commitment to creating lessons worth
sharing is an extension of TED’s mission of spreading
great ideas. This application belongs to YOU-TUBE.
It is used to teach listening and speaking skills in
English
language. It creates real communication in
pairs and groups. It helps
to correct pronunciation,
accent, intonation and stress and it helps to
create
accuracy and fuenmcy in speaking skill.
25-Videonot es to do :
Scaffolding and provide feedback.
Videonot es is a tool that allows you to take
synchronized notes while watching a
video. It is a
web-based tool that works well for multiple video
sites, such as YouTube, Vimeo, Khan Academy, edX,
Udacity, and Coursera.
VideoNot.es is synchronized
with Google Drive, which means all notes are
automatically saved as Google Docs in your Drive.
Since the notes are
saved in Google Drive, users
need a Google account to use VideoNot.es.
Students
can use this tool to record their thoughts and ideas
about a particular video to share with their peers and
teachers. Teacher can use
VideoNot.es as an
summative or formative assessment tool to review
students thoughts about specific content.
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