The Digitally Literate Teacher
Digital Literacy
I was reading my Twitter list of “Key Educators” and came across a question, “what does it take for a teacher to be digitally literate?” I thought about this for a bit and came up with a list of competencies which would make a teacher digitally literate in my opinion. This list is not intended to be complete, merely a start for teachers interested in enhancing their digital literacy.
Being literate in SEARCH skills is something in which all teachers need to be accomplished. Searching involves not only knowing a few of the major search engines, but being able to use their advanced features and understanding their limitations. Being able to effectively evaluate the various sources which are found is also a necessary part of a competent search.
Having a SOCIAL MEDIA presence is something which digitally literate teachers need to develop. This presence could include various social media such as Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Tumblr, and Flickr, blogs and web pages. While these are given only as representatives of the many social