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Welcome to the CCHS Library!: Digital Literacy

We are Flipping Out with Digital Literacy

Welcome to a new way of learning! We are flipping the library!

We know you like to plug in and work at your own pace. Here's a chance to learn your way!  The following activities give you access to information when and where it is most convenient for you.

So, follow us as we pursue truth because pictures and words together do not equal facts.

Digital Literacy

What is Digital Literacy?

According to the American Library Association: "Digital Literacy is the ability to use information and communication technologies to find, evaluate, create, and communicate information, requiring both cognitive and technical skills." 

What Skills are associated with Digital Literacy? ​

  • "Critical Thinking

  • Ethical Decision Making 

  • Seeking Diverse Perspectives

  • Evaluating Information

  • Using Technology Appropriately

  • Applying Information Literacy Skills

  • Creating via Multiple Formats" (AASL)

So, what’s the point?  ​

How does Digital Literacy relate to the roles and responsibilities you assume as journalists? With a small group, look at the “Journalist’s Creed” and discuss how Digital Literacy connects to you as a Journalist. 

Something to THINK about!