Caskey Catalog

Online literacy is a large spectrum. From people feeling confident in their internet skills to not knowing how to open a browser. Originally, in 2001, this spectrum was split between digital natives and digital immigrants. Marc Prensky had originally proposed that digital natives had grown up with these digital tools and were inherently digitally fluent, while digital immigrants were essentially learning digital tools as a new language and would never be considered digitally accomplished. David White updated this concept with new categories for online literacy: visitors and residents. Anyone can shift between being a digital visitor and a digital resident, regardless of age. Digital visitors are not interacting socially online, or in simple terms, they aren’t leaving a trace of their time online. Visitors are not posting or liking anything. They’re using digital tools to check on something and end the interaction without responding to an email, sharing an article, posting a comment, ...

The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) evaluates topics and trends in classrooms. On their website you can compare year-to-year to see how the tools have changed over time. In order of popularity, the top 8 most common topics in 2024  were:           1. Artificial intelligence           2. Online tools, apps, and resources           3. Creativity and curation tools           4. Equity and inclusion           5. Innovative learning environments           6. Augmented reality, virtual reality, and extended reality           7. Computer science and computational thinking           8. Project-based learning                    I had not really thought about this before, ...

In the modern classroom technology incorporation is incredibly important. While we are giving instruction in math, science, writing and so on, we are also teaching technology literacy. It is important that we are integrating as much technology as we can and when it makes sense. This allows students the ability to practice things like typing skills, navigating and creating digital documents, slide shows, videos and more. It makes me wonder, how well am I integrating technology in my own lessons? What is SAMR?         Before I begin the evaluation, let's talk about the SAMR framework. SAMR stands for s ubstitution, a ugmentation, m odification and r edefinition. The SAMR framework can be described as a staircase, ladder or even a pool with a shallow and deep end, but many resources suggest thinking of it more as a spectrum. Substitution and augmentation are forms of enhancing the learning, while modification and redefinition are forms of transforming the lear...

Let’s get acquainted! Image source: author           My name is Abi Caskey and I currently wear many hats in my day to day life. I currently work at a public library in the Chicago suburbs as a youth services associate and I am also a paraprofessional for 5th grade at a public elementary school. On top of all of that I am also a graduate student at Dominican University working on my Master’s of Library and Information Science (MLIS) and I’m in the School Library Media Program (SLMP) to get my school librarian endorsement. So needless to say, I am exceptionally busy! I am an avid reader, coffee drinker, auntie to 14 nieces and nephews and I have a special love of darkroom photography. I also run and eat broccoli - but only because they’re good for me, not for joy. (Seriously, every running enthusiast insists that I’ll eventually LOVE running and quite frankly, I don’t believe any of you.) Technology: Personal Positives and Negatives Image source: tenor ...