The Digital Literacy working group is pleased to present the Yukon Education Digital Literacy Framework. Yukon Education's Strategic Plan - 2014-2019 highlights the following key message with regards to technology....
"Students today need to know how, where, and when to locate information from a variety of media, and they must possess skills to access, evaluate, synthesize, create and present new knowledge in a variety of forms. New technologies are changing the way we think, learn, work and communicate. The 21st century learners in the Yukon have access to a multitude of technologies and resources that will help prepare them with the skills to thrive in their chosen fields and to continue to ‘learn how to learn’ throughout their lifetimes."
Yukon Education Strategic Plan
To support this vision, technology leaders from multiple schools as well as consultants from Yukon Education collectively worked on developing the Yukon Education Digital Literacy Framework, which serves to guide the instruction and infusion of technology in K-12 classrooms. It is not a curriculum; rather, it is intended as a set of guidelines to help teachers address digital literacy with their students in the context of other content areas and the core competencies.
The group explored several examples of practice from organizations such as Common Sense Media, Media Smarts, ISTE (International Society for Technology Education) and jurisdictions (BC Education, Manitoba Education). All of these materials in addition to input from Yukon technology leaders contributed to the creation of the Yukon Education Digital Literacy Framework. This is a working document. We would value your feedback and input as you use this reference to guide your practice. Please forward any comments or suggestions to Jane Downing.
"Students today need to know how, where, and when to locate information from a variety of media, and they must possess skills to access, evaluate, synthesize, create and present new knowledge in a variety of forms. New technologies are changing the way we think, learn, work and communicate. The 21st century learners in the Yukon have access to a multitude of technologies and resources that will help prepare them with the skills to thrive in their chosen fields and to continue to ‘learn how to learn’ throughout their lifetimes."
Yukon Education Strategic Plan
To support this vision, technology leaders from multiple schools as well as consultants from Yukon Education collectively worked on developing the Yukon Education Digital Literacy Framework, which serves to guide the instruction and infusion of technology in K-12 classrooms. It is not a curriculum; rather, it is intended as a set of guidelines to help teachers address digital literacy with their students in the context of other content areas and the core competencies.
The group explored several examples of practice from organizations such as Common Sense Media, Media Smarts, ISTE (International Society for Technology Education) and jurisdictions (BC Education, Manitoba Education). All of these materials in addition to input from Yukon technology leaders contributed to the creation of the Yukon Education Digital Literacy Framework. This is a working document. We would value your feedback and input as you use this reference to guide your practice. Please forward any comments or suggestions to Jane Downing.