Digital Literacy 

This is a concept that is interesting to me.  It seems like all through my schooling experience, the means in which we used digital literacy were always banned.  We could not have our phones out during class, be playing on laptops or anything similar to these.  They were confiscated by my teachers.  Although I do not support texting or checking Facebook during classes I do believe that many good things come from digital forms of literacy.

As educators, we are always striving to relate and connect with our students.  How do we do this? There are many ways, but one way is to use technology.  Our students are spending more time in front of a screen than not.  They have easy access to the internet and are frequently connected.  Why not incorporate my Family and Consumer Sciences curriculum into their daily and frequent use of technology?!

I plan to incorporate digital literacy through many ways.  Some of which are apps on the Droid and Apple devices.  There are apps for every discipline inside of the broad FACS area. I know they will be a great asset for my teaching.

I also think that a good teaching method would be to establish a class website, blog, or other site that students can access easily from home or on their devices.  I want to incorporate this so that my students can be connected to my class whenever they have time.  I plan to post assignment rubrics, test reviews, and other great resources that will expand their FACS knowledge.

Initially, it may be a lot of work to incorporate the forms of digital literacy into the classroom, but it will be well worth it to see how it has an effect on my student's success. I am excited to follow the evolving and ever changing world of Digital Literacy.