This week was a bit more energetic. In our group, we have started to know each other, and we have found some interesting reading material around digital literacy. Although, up to this point, it has been a bit unclear just what to produce and how. However, today was the last day to work on it, and so decisions had to be made and presentations created.

One point that has come to my mind whilst talking about the digital literacy in teaching is how to overcome the challenge two different “types” or “generations” of students. On the one hand, you may have the younger (digital native) crowd who might feel they know (or ought to know) technology, meaning they don’t have to spend too much time to learn the different tools. Whilst on the other hand, you have the older who may be “afraid” to engage with this new medium due to lack of prior exposure to ICT. These two, very different, groups would thus need two completely different instructions and perhaps even motivations as to why and how to use the tools. Yet, I for one usually don’t think in these terms and take much for granted, e.g., providing a link to Zoom in the schedule and assume the student will show up on time.

But the same challenge could arguably also be said to be with teachers themselves. Do we know how and why to use Zoom? How can I find relevant information on the Internet? What else do I need to keep in mind or know about before I can use or alter information or pictures I have found?

Therefore, for this weeks assignment, we focused on the six steps of digital literacy and tried to provide tips and ideas for how each and every one of these steps could be improved and included a self-evaluation on digital literacy table by the very end of the presentation.

It will be interesting to see what the other groups ended up presenting.