LHS DIGITAL LITERACY

Presented by Malinda Pires, Instructional Technologist
Questions? Contact [email protected]

What is Digital Literacy?

Let’s face it, the world has gone digital, making digital literacy a necessity.   The American Library Association (ALA) defines digital literacy as “the ability to use information and communication technologies to find, evaluate, create, and communicate information - requiring both cognitive and technical skills.”
No matter what you plan to do with your life, you need to be proficient with certain technological skills. To help you with learning these skills, the Lowell school district is moving to a one-to-one program, in which each student will receive a Chromebook. Technology skills are more important than ever to allow you to reach your educational goals.

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​GCFLearnFree.org:
A FREE Resource!

There is a free resource, GCFLearnFree.org, that will not only allow you to strengthen your digital literacy knowledge, but will also help you to start building your literacy skills and resume! 

• GCFLearning.org provides hundreds of self-paced courses on a variety of topics. 
  
  
• You can use this resource with or without an account, but I highly recommend creating an account so that you can track your progress and print certificates. 

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Practice for Success

Practice for SuccessRecommended Lessons
Internet Safety Tutorial lessons 1-5, 7-8
Email Etiquette and Safety Lesson
How Formal Should an Email Be? Lesson
Gmail Tutorial lessons 1, 3-6
Google Drive Tutorial lessons 1-8
Google Docs Tutorial lessons 8-16
Google Drawings Lesson
Google Slides Tutorial lessons 8-14
Google Sheets Tutorial lessons 8-18
Typing Tutorial
Digital Media Literacy Tutorial lessons 1-4, but the rest are also important
Chromebook Basics Tutorial lessons 1-3
Additional Info. to Include in a Resume Lesson

Learning Technology Skills

Choose to set some time aside to specifically brush up on the technology skills you need to be a successful student at Lowell High School.  I recommend that you invest a minimum of 1 hour a week, which can be split up to fit into your schedule.  The tutorials specific to skills expected at LHS are linked below in the box labeled "Practice for Success".
You can choose to do the entire tutorial, or pick and choose lessons to complete. Each lesson has well organized content, and a practice challenge at the end. I highly recommend using the challenges to identify items you may need to review within that lesson.  Also, feel free to browse the hundreds of other topics available, and complete any course that interests you.

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