FRIT 7234 Learning Goals

Source: From Literacy to Fluency

1.       Understand how information fluency has evolved in the 21^st Century classroom.

2.       Identify best practices for information processing and fluency.

3.       What role does social media plays in a students’ ability to process and understand digital information.

4.       How is accountability established among social media and information fluency?

Teaching as we once knew it was systematic way a presenting information in hopes that our students would understand. This is known as a script. Think about the script or the instructions an examiner reads for standardized tests. The examiner reads the script word for word and if a student has a questions, the examiner rereads the script word for word in hopes that the student will somehow hear the answer to their question. Standardized tests are type of summative assessment in which an individual is evaluated at the end of a unit, term or school year. Daily instruction cannot be presented as script for summative assessment. Daily instruction is made up of opportunities for both the teacher and students to exchange information relevant to accomplishing pre-established goals. For years, I’ve prepared lesson plans that noted various teaching and instructional strategies with step by step routine of how I plan to accomplish my instructional goals and I would be very disappointed if things didn’t play out according to the script. So, found myself making handwritten notations on my “perfect” lesson plan. What does this mean? Students have a different way of learning exactly what we want them to learn. This is the age of technology and social media. At the forefront of teaching is understanding digital information or digital information fluency. Digital information and fluency bypasses the lower order of thinking and processing information and goes directly to the level of application and synthesis. As referenced by Laufenberg, students have to be involved in the daily routine of learning. If students are not purposely included in the daily process of learning, students will stop attending brick and mortar schools and simply complete assignments from home using software platforms designed to manage instruction and communication between the school, parents and students. Karen Lirenman explained that digital fluency is like learning a new language. The better you are at the language, the more people you can reach and effectively communicate .