{"id":7448,"date":"2022-02-06T11:49:22","date_gmt":"2022-02-06T11:49:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eltweekly.com\/?p=7448"},"modified":"2022-02-06T11:49:22","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T11:49:22","slug":"teaching-digital-literacy-whose-job-is-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eltweekly.humbeestudio.xyz\/?p=7448","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Digital Literacy \u2013 Whose Job Is It?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/oupeltglobalblog.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Oxford University Press ELT<\/a>\u00a0team has published this useful article in February 2022.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shaun Wilden says, &#8220;If you\u2019re still wondering whose job digital literacy is, consider the \u2018critical awareness\u2019 part of the definition. Few teachers would argue that instilling critical thinking is not part of our job. Most course materials address critical thinking in some way, as complementary to teaching language. I said I assumed it was all our job to teach digital literacy because I see it in the same way. Critical thinking is part of digital literacy. Take the topic of fake news, an area that has found its way into many classrooms. Teaching how to spot fake news, and critically evaluate it, is part of information literacy and I am sure something all English teachers address. When we get students to look at texts online and go beyond skim-reading and scanning, by asking the students what they think of the article or the webpage, we\u2019re addressing digital literacy.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oupeltglobalblog.com\/2022\/02\/04\/teaching-digital-literacy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Continue reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Oxford University Press ELT\u00a0team has published this useful article in February 2022. Shaun Wilden says, &#8220;If you\u2019re still wondering whose job digital literacy is, consider the \u2018critical awareness\u2019 part of the definition. Few teachers would argue that instilling critical thinking is not part of our job. 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