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It's not enough for a teacher to be an expert in math or science. Instructors need to offer project-based experiences that help students understand how technical disciplines can be applied in creative ways to solve real social challenges.
There is increasing interest in how young people can develop the critical practices of digital literacy that enable the creation, sharing and understanding of meaning and that support participation in social, cultural, civic, economic and political life in an increasingly digital age.
Digital Participation: Young People’s Research Group
Digital Participation’ describes the ways in which people participate in learning, work, civic life, and leisure in a context where digital technologies and media are more prevalent. From this perspective, in order to fully participate in our society and economy, people need the relevant digital literacy skills, competences and knowledge. Digital literacy is about far more than functional ICT skills, it is the way people make, understand and share meaning in a digital context. Teaching digital literacy means enabling children to access, create and communicate through ICT, as well as to be evaluative and critical about the influences and impacts of new media.
The aim of the Young People’s Research Group was to undertake research that they felt would inform others of the sorts issues young people might need support with in order to develop their digital literacy.
it is young people themselves however who can best understand their experiences of digital participation. These understandings are important in considering the sorts of support young people might want and need in order to develop the knowledge and understanding needed to be critical, creative and discerning users of digital technologies. ICT
Students need to participate in workshops in which they discussed the nature of research, learn about different research methods and worked with Futurelab researchers to:
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