If the US's 123,000 libraries and 17,500 museums adopt the 21st-century skills promoted in this report from the Institute for Museums and Libraries, they'll increasingly be pickup up where schools are leaving off – schools not adopting the 21st-century learning tools that engage young 21st-century media users! The IMLS report says "every individual requires these competencies to succeed in … [Read more...] about 21st-century vision statement for US libraries, museums: Study
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‘Digital literacy’ defined – by students
Cathy Davidson, a professor of English and interdisciplinary studies at Duke University, teaches a couple of undergraduate classes that are "peer-driven, peer-assessed, and peer-led": "This Is Your Brain on the Internet” and “Twenty-First Century Literacies.” In these classes, students have to master traditional media too ("whether regarding neural networks or novels," Davidson writes), but these … [Read more...] about ‘Digital literacy’ defined – by students
New media monsters II: From digital people to ‘digital wisdom’
I'm using "digital people" as shorthand for "digital natives" and "digital immigrants," which together have become one of the "new media monsters" I wrote about, gosh, last April. This long overdue post is Part 2, because I want to be sure you know that even the person who coined "digital natives," Marc Prensky, himself has moved on from this term that suggests children are alien life forms that … [Read more...] about New media monsters II: From digital people to ‘digital wisdom’