Digital Critical Thinking – Digital Literacies Toolkit

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Exploring AI Literacy with the AI Pedagogy Project (from Harvard Metalab)

Brief description of the activity and/or assessment Invite students develop their Artificial Intelligence Literacy with choices of what they would like to focus on. The …

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updated on October 30, 2023October 30, 2023In-class activity Webinar/Workshop recording Digital Making & Know How Writing Digital Critical Thinking Research Critical thinking

Generative AI Activities for the Writing & Language Classroom (Anna Mills)

This post includes the recording of a workshop by Anna Mills entitled Generative AI Activities for the Writing & Language Classroom. The slides are available …

updated on July 9, 2024March 7, 2022Virtual (asynchronous activity) Learning Activity Reading Writing Digital Critical Thinking Critical thinking

Playing Games to Understand Fake News

Students select 2 or 3 of the shared fake news games, play them, and write a reflection on what they learned about fake news by playing the games. Each game tackles fake news from a different angle.

updated on March 7, 2022March 7, 2022Oral Communication Digital Responsibility Reading Digital Interaction Digital Making & Know How Writing Digital Critical Thinking Presentation Research Critical thinking Creative thinking

Freshmen Year, Student E-Portfolios

These are E-portfolios that are assigned to students from the beginning of the course. Students write, reflect and make connections after each unit in learning journals and post them to their E-Portfolio.

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updated on March 7, 2022March 7, 2022Learning Activity Digital Responsibility Virtual (asynchronous activity) Digital Interaction Digital Safety & Privacy Digital Critical Thinking Research Creative thinking

Anthro Insta

Students post to our group Instagram account an image synthetizing their thoughts on the week. They think about what stood out for them in our discussions, readings, fieldwork. The focus is on how the image speaks for itself.

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updated on March 8, 2022March 7, 2022Learning Activity Assessment Oral Communication In-class activity Digital Responsibility Reading Virtual (asynchronous activity) Digital Interaction Digital Making & Know How Writing Presentation Digital Critical Thinking Research Critical thinking Creative thinking

Learning Academic Integrity Via Real Life Cases

Instead of lecturing on academic integrity, students research online celebrities who breached some form of integrity then create video PPTs, e-posters and reflect.

updated on March 7, 2022March 3, 2022Oral Communication Digital Responsibility Reading Virtual (asynchronous activity) Digital Interaction Digital Making & Know How Writing Presentation Digital Critical Thinking Research

Happiness Habit Log: Blogging/Vlogging Your Progress

Students pick at least one habit of happiness to practice for the semester. They vlog or blog and make connections to the readings, class lecture and discussions.

updated on March 6, 2022March 3, 2022Reading Virtual (asynchronous activity) Digital Interaction Digital Making & Know How Digital Safety & Privacy Writing Digital Critical Thinking Research Critical thinking Creative thinking

Creating Blogs

How to use Blogs as a digital portfolio to integrate all activities such as writing, video editing, audio editing, planning and creatively organizing content in a user friendly way.

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updated on March 3, 2022November 2, 2021Oral Communication Reading Digital Interaction Digital Making & Know How Digital Literacies Categories Writing Digital Critical Thinking

Presenting Research through Multimedia

Part 2 will be representing this research in an infographic or an animated video (students will choose one of these methods). Students learn a lot from doing them.