This webinar discusses digital literacy and provides guidance on how to develop a digital literacy program in schools. Some key points discussed include: 1) Digital literacy involves information literacy, ICT literacy, and critical thinking skills across both digital and non-digital sources. 2) It is important to start by focusing on an existing framework that is familiar, like information literacy, and then expand the approach. 3) Developing school-based continua for each element and considering how digital literacy supports curriculum outcomes are recommended ways to get started.

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A POINT OF VIEW ON ...
DIGITAL LITERACY
Host: Karen Bonanno, Director, KB Enterprises (Aust) Pty Ltd
Guest : June Wall, Head of Digital Learning & Information
Services, Saint Ignatius College, Riverview

2. WEBINAR HOUSEKEEPING
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Welcome guest presenter
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3. BACKGROUND
I am the Head of Digital
Learning at a boys high
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school in Sydney. I have
worked in ICT and
curriculum consultancy
and in school libraries
for many years! My
passion for learning,
digital tools and ... A search for something
more + serendipity +
continual reading = my
perspective on digital
literacy! 3

4. PROOF OF SUCCESS
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Developed the ICT
component of the
The series is based on the development
learning matrix
of a holistic approach to digital literacy
and the
“Resourcing for curriculum innovation”
professional
includes digital literacy as a core
learning focus for
resource or strategy
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Check out http://www.asla.org.au/pubs/

5. WHAT IS SO GOOD ABOUT DIGITAL LITERACY
For teacher librarians: For all educators:
Provides another path It is flavour of the year
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KB Enterprises (Aust) Pty Ltd
to enabling student and is embedded in the
learning national curriculum
Allows TLs to embed within the capabilities
what a good TL does in statements
the wider community Maps skills to
Articulates components curriculum need
that make sense for A framework that
everyone – no library integrates a range of
jargon! skills
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6. 3 TOP THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW
Information literacy process – which model will you
use?
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KB Enterprises (Aust) Pty Ltd
ICT skills – which model or what skills have been
determined for your school community?
Critical thinking process – which model will you use?
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7. 3 THINGS THAT CAN GO WRONG
Trying to cover too much – too many skills or tools
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Lack of access to hardware / software or web tools or
learning experiences for teachers
Lack of a clear and shared understanding of what
digital literacy means to your school staff
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8. HOW TO GET STARTED
Start from the known or familiar – information
literacy? ICT literacy?
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Develop school based continua for each element
Consider specific curriculum or learning areas
content and how outcomes can be achieved through
use of a digital literacy lens
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9. WHO SHOULD BE INVOLVED
Anyone with a passion for digital learning – teacher
librarians, teachers, ICT integrators
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A member of the executive – preferably curriculum
coordinator or teaching and learning position
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10. COMMON PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED
Unpacking ICT skills from curriculum statements
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KB Enterprises (Aust) Pty Ltd
Unpacking information skills and identifying inquiry
learning opportunities
Unpacking critical thinking from curriculum
statements
Finding time to document!!!
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11. ONE HOT TIP
Look at assignment products in your school:
What do they ask of the students in a digital environment?
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What do the students need to know about?
What do they need to know how to do?
Can you “chunk down” each response from above to
specific steps?
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12. RECAP
Digital literacy includes information from non digital
sources as well as the digital environment.
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KB Enterprises (Aust) Pty Ltd
Digital citizenship is a part of the process
Digital literacy incorporates:
Information Literacy
ICT Literacy including digital citizenship
Critical Literacies
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13. QUESTIONS FROM SURVEY
Where do we start? Think about what makes best
teaching and learning practice and then start from a
framework you are familiar with and broaden the
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approach
How can we ensure we use the best digital tools
for our students? The Web is about collaboration,
create a personal learning network and share
discoveries and learning with others
Skilling teachers? – Use online courses such as the
23 things blog e.g. http://plcmcl2-
things.blogspot.com/
Transliteracy vs digital literacy?? To be digitally
literate you must also be transliterate. 13

14. IN CLOSING
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