Elijah Smith Elementary

The digital classroom recognizes that people all over the world are interacting, communicating and collaborating in manners that are fundamentally changing the nature of both information and learning. In the last two to three years, we have witnessed an explosion of new information and knowledge available to anyone with an Internet connection. As educators, we cannot ignore the fact that our students are consumers, distributors, remixers, and creators of content from and to the Internet. They need models and guidance from trusted adults as they interact with others and with information.

Our digital classroom will use web 2.0 tools and environments (i.e. blogs, wikis, networks, podcasts) as part of daily classroom practices to deliver established curriculum outcomes. It will provide its students with relevance to real world practices, access to authentic audiences, opportunities to learn and practice appropriate online conduct, global citizenship skills, information literacy skills of evaluation and authentication, skills in filtering information, and opportunities to collaborate with a world wide audience. These environments afford our students the opportunity to stretch their 21st century literacy skills.