Plan to develop strategies to support digital literacy

Strategies for developing digital literacy

Explore strategies to help students develop key digital literacy skills, including content curation, and how they can be supported by the school library. Learn about copyright and Creative Commons as they apply to New Zealand schools.

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Digital content — finding, evaluating, using and creating it

Digital literacy is about finding, evaluating, using, and creating digital content in meaningful and responsible ways. It requires thinking skills and technical abilities. You can use a range of strategies to develop digital literacy in your school.
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Curating content

Curation is a way of adding value to content so it's effective for teaching and learning in your school. Use this guidance to help you select, sort, and present digital content so it can be used effectively by the students and teachers in your school.
Creative Commons and Copyright word cloud.

Copyright and Creative Commons

Whether you use, reuse, share, or create content, it is subject to copyright. Librarians, teachers, and students need to know how to get permission to use copyright materials and acknowledge other people's work.