1. Digital Literacies in Practice:Making Change Happen Josie FraserICT Strategy Lead (Childrens Capital), Leicester City Council6 April 2013

2. Leicester! 3. Building Schools for the Future Approximately 340 million capital buildprogramme 25 secondary school sites - includingSecondary Behavioural Support Service,SEN, Hospital school 20,000 learner places all building workscompleted by 2015 4. Digital Competence can be broadly defined as theconfident, critical and creative use of ICT toachieve goals related to work, employability,learning, leisure, inclusion and/or participation insociety. DC is a transversal key competencewhich, as such, enables acquiring other keycompetences (e.g. language, maths, learning tolearn, creativity). It is amongst the so-called 21stCentury skills which should be acquired by allcitizens, to ensure their active socio-economicparticipation in society and the economyEuropean Commission,Directorate General for Education and Culture 5. digital literacy =digital tool knowledge +critical thinking +social engagement 6. three models of literacyFunctionalSocio-culturalTransformationalBlisle, C. (2006) Literacy & the Digital Knowledge Revolution in Martin &Madigan, 2006: 51-67Martin & Grudziecki, DigEuLit: Concepts & Tools for Digital Literacy Development(PDF) 7. digital literacy framework2 year Knowledge Exchange Partnership:Schools & school communities acrossLeicester CityLucy Atkins Digital Literacy ResearchAssociateJosie Fraser Leicester City CouncilRichard Hall De Montfort University 8. digital literacy survey What does digital literacy look like inpractice? What are the current strengths and gapsacross city schools? How can we best support staff indeveloping digital literacy skills andconfidence? 9. finding, evaluating & organisingcreating & sharing 10. assessment & feedbackcommunication, collaboration & participation 11. e-safety & online identitytechnology supportedprofessional development 12. entry coredeveloper pioneer 13. developing skills, competences & confidence: For individuals, departments, schools &city-wide Supporting innovation & expertpractitioners Building capacity & sharing resource Equipping staff & learners to engage with& create learning appropriate networks Raising the baseline across the city 14. (very) next stepsApril 2013:Survey open for all staffMarch 2013:Framework & survey information releasedas an Open Educational ResourceSeptember 2013:First data analysis report 15. thank you!@josiefraser