Share Paper: Professor Garfield’s 21st Century Digital Literacy Project: Supporting K-5 Teachers in their Digital Literacy Instructional Efforts

  1. Jennifer George-Palilonis, Ball State University, United States
  2. Tiffany Watt, Ball State University, United States
Wednesday, October 17 2:15-2:45 PM Las Vegas Ballroom 2

Abstract: To be digitally literate, an individual must be able to effectively make and share meaning in different modes and formats, effectively create, collaborate, and communicate in digital environments, and understand how and when technology can support these processes. However, K-5 teachers lack resources that adequately support their digital literacy instructional efforts. To overcome these challenges, we introduce novel digital literacy instructional website that leverages the popularity of one of the world’s most well-known and beloved cartoon characters to deliver an age-appropriate, standards-based, cross-curricular digital literacy curriculum. A remote user experience and content study found that teachers offered overwhelmingly positive feedback ...