Digital Literacy And Me

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Digital Literacy And Me
By Jamie Everett For Mr. Everett Calgary
Schools/Galileo Educational Network
Note you can listen to this song as long as you
want, but if you change pages, it will stop.
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What is Digital Literacy?
This is a picture of Socrates. He is an old
philosopher. You will notice he is reading from a
scroll. This is one of the first examples of
digital literacy.
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What is Digital Literacy?
Digital literacy is about how we see things, and
in today's world it has a lot to do with how
technology has affected how we see things.
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What is Digital Literacy?
My dad says there are a lot of things on screens,
like computers and TVs that we dont actually
see. They are there to make out brains see them,
but not our minds.
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What is Digital Literacy?
We all need to learn to see what our brains see!
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This is what my Dad says . . .
d-literacy Is a process of interpretation. It
is the ability to empower a person to see beyond
the surface, to learn to enrich through
visualization, metaphors, colour, sound, motion
and emotion. d-literacy is the essence of
comprehension and wisdom. Everett - 2000
Nancy Kaplan Fabre Burren Desmond Morris Betty
Edwards
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This is what my Dad says . . .
d-literacy This probably does not mean much to
most of us. You know how dads are! I am going to
give you the real goods.
Nancy Kaplan Fabre Burren Desmond Morris Betty
Edwards
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What we Dont See

• If you look at this page you will see a
  background of circles. My dad says this is a
  metaphor. That means it means something else. He
  says the circles are a hidden message to let us
  know that there are lots of ideas which are
  connected in this electronic story. Our brains
  see this, but our minds see the story you are
  reading.

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What we Dont See

• He also says the background colour is important.
  Did you know that blue colours make us be quiet
  and that red colours make us excited. I guess he
  does not want us to jump out of our seats. He
  says that it affects how fast our hearts beat!
• Boy is learning complicated!

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What we Dont See

• He also says that different colours affect how
  well we see. Did you know that yellow type on a
  blue background makes us see better? My dad says
  so and so does a guy named Fabre Burren. He says
  that Mr. Burren knows everything about colour. He
  is a researcher.

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This is one of may dads pictures. He says every
picture tells a story. He says that how we see
the picture changes the story. What kind of
stories could you write about this picture?
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He says the story can be different, if we take
the same picture and change how we see it. Could
you write a different story about this one.
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What about this one? Do you see any difference in
the pictures. My dad says black and white
pictures make us sad, afraid or serious. He says
that is why horror movies are usually dark.
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My Dads Example

• On the next page, my dad did an example of
  digital literacy with four other pictures. Look
  at each of the different pictures and see how the
  same picture shown in four different ways can
  tell four different stories.
• Look at each one and think of a story before you
  go to the next.

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D-Literacy
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D-Literacy
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D-Literacy
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D-Literacy
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What else matters

• My Dad says that stories in digital literacy are
  done in the same way we write stories. He says we
  start a story with an ourtline or shape of the
  story, with a beginning, a body and an end. He
  says we then develop a plot which moves us
  through the story. If we use great words, he says
  we create a mood.

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My Dad says that every story, picture, movie or
TV programs has Shape Movement and Mood Mood
Mood
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There is lots more to learn
My dad says that what I just told you is the tip
of the iceberg that means there is lots more
and we dont know much. He has a full
presentation on this at this web
site. www.ictcyberbase.com You have to search
for digital literacy.
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Here are some other good web sites to learn more
about Digital literacy
http//www.kodak.com/US/en/nav/takingPics.shtml Th
is is a site by Kodak and shows you how to take
good pictures. http//www.actden.com/pp/ This is
a site from Microsoft and shows you how to make
good presentations like this one.
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Credits

• Thanks to my dad for all of his work on Digital
  Literacy and for his pictures
• Microsoft for their tutorial on PowerPoint
• Kodak for their tutorial on Pictures
• Pink Floyd The Wall CD

This Picture is here to brighten your day.