technological literacy

"[This book] is about how early childhood educators and professionals can prepare children for their digital future. Detailed descriptions of media literacy competencies, along with dozens of activities, strategies, and tips designed for children ages 2-7, demonstrate how to integrate foundational skills, knowledge, and dispositions into existing routines as well as experiment with new lessons"--Adapted from back cover.

"...takes the creativity and inventiveness of the maker movement and applies that energy in a new way to help children learn across all subject areas as well as broaden their world view"--Provided by publisher.

Schools must prepare 21st century students to compete in a global society a world where cultures, economies, and people are constantly connected. It is the job of the 21st century educator to equip students to meet this challenge head-on. In the Contemporary Perspectives on Literacy series, editor Heidi Hayes Jacobs and a team of authors from around the globe explore the three new literacies global literacy, media literacy, and digital literacy. The five goals of the series are to: 1. Clarify the three new literacies so that educators have a basis for designing curriculum and instruction 2. Explore the relationship between traditional literacy and the new literacies 3. Support educators in cultivating the new literacies among students 4. Teach educators how to lead the integration of new literacies 5. Inform policymakers and other decision makers about the impact of the transition from traditional to modern learning environments Leading the New Literacies explores ways for administrators and teacher leaders to support the shift to teaching practices and student learning that integrate traditional curriculum with digital, media, and global (DMG) project-based learning. -- Provided by publisher.

Presents a practical resources for effectively using technology in the literary classroom; and provides instruction on using the Internet and helping to develop reading and communication skills in the kindergarten through sixth-grade classroom.

Surveys some of the important technologies that will impact the lives of people living at the dawn of the twenty-first century, discussing developments in genetics, cybernetics, medicine, telecommunications, environmental cleanup, robotics, micromachines, and other areas; and offers explanations of how such technologies work.