This blog post reviews digital literacy resources for planning lessons. The great news is that you don’t have to be a technology expert or start from scratch to develop lessons because digital literacy experts and educators have already developed and shared lessons that you can implement in your teaching.
The following table contains resources sharing developed lessons, curriculum, and online courses with detailed instructions. Hyperlinks for each resource can be accessed in the left hand column.
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Applied Digital Skills with Google
provides free, accessible lessons on varied topics that can be filtered by google
tool, topic, and type of learner (elementary/middle/high school students and
adult learners). Lessons range from 45 minutes to 9 hours. Each lesson is
taught through self-paced, step-by-step videos that reduce the pressure on
teachers to be technology experts. By the end of each video, learners will
have completed an engaging project that teaches important digital skills
through relatable content. This site intersects with Google.com and Google.
Classroom. The site provides certificates of completion that learners can add
to their résumé.
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The Digital Access and Resilience in Texas
(DART) curriculum integrates beginning English language
learning with foundational digital skills. The curriculum is intended to
supplement existing English language instruction in lower-level adult English
as a Second Language (ESL) classes. The DART curriculum contains 20 lessons
that provide the foundation that lower-level English language learners need
to recognize and type the wide variety of characters required for most online
passwords.
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Digital
Learn offers digital literacy resources and training modules designed to help
individuals acquire essential digital skills including computer use, internet
navigation, email etiquette, online safety, and using productivity software
like Microsoft Office programs. Aims to bridge the digital divide by
providing accessible and user-friendly learning materials that cater to
individuals with varying levels of digital proficiency.
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GCF Global offers
self-paced online courses organized by the following categories: Computers,
The Job Search, Creativity and Design, Microsoft Office, the Internet, Core
Skills, Google, and Skills for Today. Its lessons address more than 200 topics,
including more than 2,300 lessons, more than 2,000 videos, and more than 50
interactives and games.
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Learning.com provides educators with solutions to prepare
their students with critical digital skills. A web-based curriculum for
grades K-12 engages students as they learn keyboarding, online safety,
applied productivity tools, computational thinking, coding and more.
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Techboomers is a website that teaches older
adults and other inexperienced Internet users about websites that can help
improve their quality of life. Offers a large library of up-to-date
information regarding the most popular and useful internet-based products. Beyond
basic training, Techboomers works to empower older adults to become Internet
experts within their personal networks in such a way that builds both their
connections and their confidence with using technology.
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Typing.com supports students in
learning keyboarding skills necessary to achieve digital literacy. Also
provides limited lessons on digital literacy.
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Paid Resource
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Northstar Digital Literacy gives
subscribing organizations the ability to increase access to digital equity by
providing constituents with tools to master the digital skills needed to
work, learn, and participate fully in daily life.
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References
- Applied Digital Skills with Google. Available https://applieddigitalskills.withgoogle.com/en/learn
- The Digital Access and Resilience in Texas (DART).
Available https://tcall.tamu.edu/dart-DL-ESL-Curriculum.html
- DigitalLearn. Available https://training.digitallearn.org/
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GCFGlobal. Available
https://edu.gcfglobal.org/en/
- Learning.com. Available https://www.learning.com/
- Northstar Digital Literacy. Available https://www.digitalliteracyassessment.org/
- TechBoomers. Available https://techboomers.com/
- Typing. Available https://www.typing.com/
