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Best-selling author and educator Jason Ohler addresses how today’s globally connected infosphere has broadened the definition of citizenship and its impact on educators, students, and parents.
Chapter 11: Agenda Item 4: Literacy in the Digital Age
Our ideal school board is wise enough to understand that effective citizenship within any community relies on the literacy of its citizens. In addition, board members understand that the nature of literacy has changed dramatically since their pen and paper days. This chapter addresses the issue of literacy in the Digital Age and how to best prepare students—as well as teachers, administrators, and the public—for the shifts in literacy that are upon us.
Some historians object to the use of the word literacy to denote anything other than literacy with one medium: letters. They have an historical basis for their objection. After all, the word literacy arose ...
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