Meghan Bednarek

EDCI 270
Digital Literacy
Dear Julie,
There are an important et o! 2"
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century kill that are important !or the teacher o!
today to ha#e at hand$ Being digitally literate i a kill that teacher hould %e uing to their
ad#antage in the claroom$ It can enhance teaching techni&ue and learning procee %ecaue
it keep up 'ith the modern 'orld, in contrat to your teacher 'ho doe not take any tep
!or'ard$
By %ecoming a'are, kno'ledgea%le, and kill!ul o! the in!ormation and tool that the
teacher o! the 2"
t
century can ue digitally, chool leon can %e updated in a #ariety o! 'ay$
(or e)ample, a teacher can contruct an interacti#e learning module !or tudent to go through to
learn a concept$ Thi 'ould %e an e!!ecti#e alternati#e to your teacher* 'orkheet$
+l'ay remem%er that teacher can learn ,ut a much a tudent do$ -tay up to date
'ith the modern 'orld and ue thoe kill to %etter the claroom e)perience$ Today i more
than ,ut pencil and paper. it i technology and impro#ement/
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In thi #ideo, the teacher undertand that utili8ing technology can help her tudent ad#ance$
There are di!!erent, interacti#e acti#itie that keep the tudent engaged$ The teacher point out
many ad#antage throughout the #ideo$
2"
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Century -kill
Critical Thinking
Colla%oration
Creati#ity
Connection
-eeking 9pportunitie
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It i crucial !or teacher o! the 2"
t
century to %e a%le to undertand technology and
per!orm tak 'ith that technology$ The 'orld i changing !ater than e#er %ecaue o!
technological ad#ancement$ Teacher ha#e no room to !all %ehind %ecaue the children o! today
are gro'ing up in thi !at6paced 'orld. it 'ould %e e!!ecti#e to %ring that into the claroom$ +
!e' kill that I !ind to %e important are critical thinking, colla%oration, creati#ity, connection,
and eeking opportunitie$
Critical thinking, 'hen it come to technology in the 2"
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century, mean that one i a%le
to undertand in!ormation$ In other 'ord, critical thinking i more than ,ut =going through the
motion,> it i %eing a%le to analy8e and e#aluate the in!ormation in order to come to an
undertood an'er$ (or e)ample, i! a teacher i entering in!ormation onto an E)cel preadheet,
then the teacher hould undertand the !ormula %ehind it and the concluion that the preadheet
preent$ <ithout thi kill, it 'ould %e di!!icult !or a teacher to get anything out o! the ue!ul
tool technology ha to o!!er$
Colla%oration ha %een made eaier in thi century$ There are multiple 'ay to come
together and 'ork #ia technology$ It i important to ha#e thi kill %ecaue it 'ill call !or a more
meaning!ul contri%ution to 'ork and progre 'ill %ecome more ad#anced$ Teacher, and many
other people o! the 'orld are a%le to communicate 'ith any amount o! people !rom any location
'ith thi kill$ Thee communication can %e made 'ith other teacher, adminitrator, parent,
and many more$ Teacher 'ill !all %ehind on communication and team'ork kill i! they do not
kno' ho' to colla%orate digitally$
The kill o! creati#ity ha e)panded ince the 2"
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century %egan$ There are o many
reource to ue to park creati#ity, uch a ?intret and 4ouTu%e$ 9ne can o%tain idea and e#en
tutorial #ia technology$ Becaue o! thi, the 'orld i %ecoming more creati#e a each day
pae$ Teacher can ue thee reource to create claroom, leon plan, acti#itie, etc$ to
make chool an e#en more intereting place to %e$ + teacher 'ithout creati#ity 'ill !ind that
tudent lack attention$
@a#ing the a%ility to make connection 'ith technology i a ue!ul tool$ Aeearch i an
e)ample o! thi kill$ Making connection allo' !or kno'ledge outide o! te)t%ook. there i a
plethora o! in!ormation a#aila%le 'aiting to %e !ound a%out any topic$ Teacher are made a%le to
e)pand hori8on and hare e#en more$ Limiting kno'ledge trictly to 'hat the te)t%ook hold i
a #ery narro' 'ay to o%tain in!ormation$ It i likely that tudent make connection thank to
the internet, o it i important that teacher can match that kill$
<ithout all o! thee kill, teacher 'ould ha#e a hard time maneu#ering their claroom,
communicating 'ith the 'orld, and parking interet in their claroom$ The 'orld that tudent
are gro'ing up in today are ad#ancing, and it i crucial that educator ad#ance too$ There i o
much emphai put on technology %ecaue it open the door !or kno'ledge, creati#ity,
inpiration, and more$ It allo' our 'orld to %e more ad#anced and e!!icient, 'hich tranlate to
allo'ing education to %e more ad#anced and e!!icient$