MS Digital Literacy
The following is a map of a 10-week middle school Digital Literacy curriculum for non-core course offerings (humanities / electives / specials). Click on each images to go to the cover pages for each section. The underlined terms refer to Massachusetts Digital Literacy strands.
Computing Devices:
Intro to Digital Literacy &
The Smartphone Revolution
Interpersonal & Societal Impact of Tech & Safety & Security:
Dangers of Social Media
Online Research & Digital Tools:
Disinformation in
News Media and Social Media
Collaboration & Communication:
Final Project
Context
Computer Science standards are covered in elementary schools in Springfield (through a CS for All collaboration with UMass/Amherst). Middle school implementations are not standardized. In some Springfield schools, students return for high school students who choose Coding for their Science track, training for either the AP Computer Science A (Java) or the AP Computer Science Principles exam.
The Digital Literacy "Humanities" course takes place in a "quarter" (10 weeks) and covers some of the Digital Literacy standards from the Massachusetts Digital Literacy and Computer Science Framework for grades 6-8.