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Let’s take Leo as our example here. He continues attending his Monday HTML classes and starts tinkering with HTML and CSS at home as well. After a few months he gains Web Competencies badges in <strong>HTML basics</strong>, <strong>CSS basics</strong> and <strong>Web design basics</strong>. When a friend asks for help with a website she’s designing, Leo decides start an after-school interest group with her. Soon, he’s creating ‘howto’ videos for the benefit of those in his nascent community, whilst she’s working towards <strong>Javascript basics</strong> to be able to teach others. Teaching something you’ve recently learned yourself forces self-reflection on your own knowledge, skills and understanding. | Let’s take Leo as our example here. He continues attending his Monday HTML classes and starts tinkering with HTML and CSS at home as well. After a few months he gains Web Competencies badges in <strong>HTML basics</strong>, <strong>CSS basics</strong> and <strong>Web design basics</strong>. When a friend asks for help with a website she’s designing, Leo decides start an after-school interest group with her. Soon, he’s creating ‘howto’ videos for the benefit of those in his nascent community, whilst she’s working towards <strong>Javascript basics</strong> to be able to teach others. Teaching something you’ve recently learned yourself forces self-reflection on your own knowledge, skills and understanding. | ||
< | <strong>Literacy is a condition to be obtained not a threshold to cross.</strong> We want people not only to self-identify as Webmakers but demonstrate the knowledge, skills and understanding required to be part of one or more | ||
web communities. We’re still in the process of defining the process by which individuals obtain Web Literacies badges, but they’ll contain both elements of peer assessment and self-reflection. | web communities. We’re still in the process of defining the process by which individuals obtain Web Literacies badges, but they’ll contain both elements of peer assessment and self-reflection. | ||
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Belshaw, D.A.J. (2011) ‘What is ‘digital literacy’? A Pragmatic investigation’, (unpublished doctoral thesis), Durham University, available at: [http://neverendingthesis.com http://neverendingthesis.com] (accessed 14 October 2012) | Belshaw, D.A.J. (2011) ‘What is ‘digital literacy’? A Pragmatic investigation’, (unpublished doctoral thesis), Durham University, available at: [http://neverendingthesis.com http://neverendingthesis.com] (accessed 14 October 2012) | ||
Davidson, C.N. (2011) <em> | Davidson, C.N. (2011) <em>Now You See It: How Technology and Brain Science Will Transform Schools and Business for the 21st Century</em>, London: Viking Books | ||
Davidson, C.N. (2012) ‘Why We Need a 4th R: Reading, wRiting, aRithmetic, algoRithms’, DMLcentral, available at: | Davidson, C.N. (2012) ‘Why We Need a 4th R: Reading, wRiting, aRithmetic, algoRithms’, DMLcentral, available at: | ||