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Developing Digital Literacy: Preparing Next-Generation Elementary Education Literacy Teachers

Developing Digital Literacy: Preparing Next-Generation Elementary Education Literacy Teachers
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Author(s): Carolyn Haviland Obel-Omia (Rhode Island College, USA)
Copyright: 2018
Pages: 16
Source title: Information and Technology Literacy: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Information Resources Management Association (USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-3417-4.ch036

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Abstract

Teacher education programs are increasingly responsible for preparing teachers who use technology fluently across curricula. Future teachers must define literacy more broadly than they have in the past to include digital modes of reading and writing. Experience with digital tools in literacy methodology courses provides opportunities for teacher candidates to reflect critically on these tools, preparing teachers to use technology to its advantage in elementary school classrooms. This chapter describes four digital practices designed to engage teacher candidates in participating in and reflecting on authentic reading and writing to develop next-generation literacy teachers. These practices include examples of activities that can be adapted to both teacher preparation and elementary education classrooms.

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