Adolescent Literacy - EDUC 376 Resource Guide

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Today's students may be digitally native online communicators, but many lack the knowledge and skills necessary to navigate, find, and integrate online information into coherent understanding. Students who are able to plan their learning, enact effective strategies, and monitor and control their learning (i.e., self-regulated learning knowledge and skills) are more likely to successfully manage the wealth of information online.

The evolution of technology is one of the characteristic features of the modern era in human culture. Social media, wireless connectivity, and an increasingly global network of communication and interaction are defining features of the twenty-first century. The benefits of global connectivity are widely acknowledged but are not equally shared, and the issue of how to integrate technology into education and thus extend the benefits of technology to a greater portion of society has become one of the most pressing facing American schools.