tania's blogNew from Atwater Library - a tutorial for seniors on how to navigate the Quebec health services websiteWhile the Atwater library does have information sessions, I wanted to create a permanent instructional tutorial available on the website that library users could keep coming back to if they needed help. Enjoy and have fun navigating! Atwater Library: Accessing Health Information from your home computer W.O.R.D. Montreal and Say it Loud! Say it Proud!Check out this awesome project done by youth involved in W.O.R.D. (Writing Our Rhymes Down) and Say it Loud! Say it Proud! They produced a music video inspired by research on the borough of Little Burgundy. These youth are amazing, intelligent and talented! This is how youth can learn digital literacy while speaking about their community and their experiences! Way to go Say it Loud! Say it Proud! and W.O.R.D! Burgundy Dreams by Say It Loud! Say It Proud!
Burgundy Dreams from Say It Loud Say It Proud on Vimeo. Digital Literacy in Canada? The DLP is On It!Check out this paper put out by the Media Awareness Network promoting a national literacy strategy and CHECK OUT PAGE 26 TO READ ABOUT THE DLP! read the full report or parts of it here: Digital Literacy in Canada: From Inclusion to Transformation by the Media Awareness Network the importance of information literacyThe Internet is like a library without a classification scheme, unless you know how to search. Which is why having libraries with digital literacy workshops and instruction is even more relevant and important. the spread of digital literacy workshopsIt's great to see digital literacy workshops being integrated into classrooms. Here is an article from the ABQLA (Quebec Librarians' Association) about digital education in Alberta's grades 4-8 classrooms. 
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