Digital Literacy - Course Outline

Practical digital skills, mindful technology use, and ethical online behavior.

Instructor: Peter van Gorder

CORE TOPICS

  • Orientation & Digital Citizenship Definition

  • Safety & Security

  • Core Skills – An Array of Software Introductions

  • Research & Online Searching

  • Fairness & Ethics

  • Theory – Queuing, Lists, & Lines, Data Structures

  • Theory – Intelligence vs. Consciousness

  • Data Visualization (Using Open Data Sets)

DAILY PRACTICES

  1. Typing Warm-Up (5–10 min)

  2. File/Folder Organization Check (1–2 min)

  3. Mindful Tech Moment (3–5 min)

  4. Lesson Hook => Activity => Discussion

WEEKLY PRACTICES

  1. Media Literacy Mini-Lesson

  2. Digital Citizenship Review

  3. Improving your other class projects exploring various digital tools, graphics and visual approaches