Digital Literacy in the primary classroom

Image courtesy of Doug Belshaw 

I've been following the work on Digital Literacy by Doug Belshaw for just over 2 years and I'm still getting my head round what it means to be digitally literate. Two years ago Doug published a post which really grabbed my interest in which he outlined his 8 elements of Digital Literacy as part of his thesis. I am reproducing these below (all rights belong to Doug).

• Cultural [Cu]
• Cognitive [Cg]
• Constructive [Cn]
• Communication [Co]
• Confidence [Cf]
• Creative [Cr]
• Critical [Ct]
• Civic [Ci]

Personalising Learning does more than get results

At the start of January of this year I embarked on a different approach to teaching and learning in my classroom, I personalised the learning of each and every learner in my class focusing on their learning not my teaching. I had read, researched and discussed this approach but I was still unsure whether it would be as effective as I hoped it would be in raising the level of attainment in my class. It not only did so but it surpassed any aspirations I had and it has made me even more determined to pursue this approach through the remainder of this academic year.