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 beyond this term that suggests children are alien life forms that … [Read more...] about New media monsters II: From digital people to ‘digital wisdom’