FLUENCY

Our schools need to help our students learn how to use computing devices WELL and WITH GOOD JUDGEMENT. They need to be DIGITALLY FLUENT because computing devices are so pervasive, and our students are growing up in a digital age. For our district to help all of our students become fluent, they all need to be able to access them.

Many of our students are already having personal digital experiences that would benefit from a contextualization by caring and competent educators. Many are awash in information, but without proper tools to analyze and synthesize what they encounter. __In our classrooms we need to help all students make sense of a tool set and the digital world it’s helping weave.__

Our students’ lives are impacted by this tool and what it represents (think of social media, think of cyber bullying, think of not being able to distinguish fact from fiction on websites, etc.) and it comes down to our young people needing and deserving support as they navigate this new world. Our educational community can coach them in responsibly and safely producing, creating, and collaborating, as well as consuming. These devices will continue to evolve. Familiarity with their basic tenets allows an easier adaptation to what shows next. We can explore together with these tools and in the process develop such skills as critical analysis and the awareness of an interdependent world.


 * Bottom line -- with all of our students having access, we can then help all develop fluency, sophistication and good judgment in the digital realm. **

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