This is a common complaint in my grad school classes. Yes, teachers know students don’t have all of the skills they need for the technology required in education, but who has time to teach it? Newsweek has an interesting article addressing exactly that:
How Schools Can Find the Time To Teach Digital Literacy Skills
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, computer science jobs are projected to grow 13% between 2020 and 2030. Still, less than half of all K-12 schools in the U.S. teach computer science as part of the curriculum.
More about tech skills in the classroom
- Digital Literacy–Too Important to Skip
- How to Assess Digital Literacy
- Digital Literacy–What is it?
- Beyond Digital Literacy: How EdTech Fosters Children’s Social-Emotional Development
- 5 Strategies to Assess Student Knowledge
Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum, K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum. She is an adjunct professor in tech ed, Master Teacher, webmaster for four blogs, an Amazon Vine Voice, CSTA presentation reviewer, freelance journalist on tech ed topics, contributor to NEA Today, and author of the tech thrillers, To Hunt a Sub and Twenty-four Days. You can find her resources at Structured Learning.
Digital literacy matters so much in education, especially as students and teachers alike find technology becoming more and more integrated in their studies and lessons, respectively.
For most teachers I know, life long learning is critical. That means not being constricted by the walls of a school house.