Developing Digital Literacies

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<p>Turn teachers—and students—into tech-savvy digital citizens!</p> <p>Digital literacies are essential for managing information and communication in our rapidly changing world—but the old scattered approaches to introducing technology have left many teachers playing catch-up with their students. With this authentic, job-embedded professional development program, you’ll help K–12 teachers incorporate digital literacies into their classrooms once and for all.</p> <p>Using a modular, highly adaptable framework that capitalizes on the personnel and resources you already have available, this comprehensive program includes:</p> Instructions on developing personal learning networks (PLN) for collaborative learning and applying digital literacies in the classroom Tips for maximizing teacher motivation and buy-in Technology-related supports to enable schoolwide curriculum integration A companion website with electronic planning and implementation materials, sample instructional tools, and links to supporting resources <p>When you empower teachers to harness existing technologies and digital resources, they’ll build upon their teaching expertise—and change the way students learn. <br/> <br/> <br/> </p> <p>"Summey presents a well-crafted, technology professional development model that is sound in practice, adaptable, and can be easily implemented at the local level. And, as an added bonus, he includes a new digital literacies framework that surrounds the professional development structure and is a stellar model for framing the teaching and learning of the important 21st century skill-set for both educators and students!"<br/> —Kathy Schrock, Educational Technologist</p>