Resources for Digital Literacy
	Information for NH Schools Supporting the integration of technology into teaching and learning for next generation college and career ready students .

Office of Educational Technology

New Hampshire Educational Technology at the NH Department of Education is available to help schools and districts meet the ICT Literacy Program requirements in the Minimum Standards for Public School Approval. There are a variety of online resources which can help schools and districts develop strong and integrated ICT Literacy Programs that meet the NH Miniumun Standards. NHEdTech supports districts by providing guidance and direction on request. Contact New Hampshire Educational Technology for more information.

Deerfield Community School Technology Curriculum
This resource is intended to support existing curriculum and the New Hampshire State Standards, while at the same time: Improving higher-order thinking skills, such as problem solving, critical thinking, and creativity; Preparing students for their future in a competitive global job market; Designing student-centered, project-based, and online learning environments; Guiding systemic change in our schools to create digital places of learning; and Inspiring digital age professional models for working, collaborating, and decision making. Along with documents and videos, the site contains quick tips and thoughtful connections.

Chart Your Path: Personalized Competency-Based Learning
The State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) is pleased to share its latest resource, Chart Your Path: Personalized Competency-Based Learning, a website (blendedpcbl.org) with free tools to help assist school and district leaders design and implement digital learning environments through blended learning strategies. Building on SETDA’s legacy of state leaders promoting and supporting equitable, sustainable, innovative technology-empowered education systems, now is the time to focus on what comes next—personalized, competency-based learning. In 2021, SETDA and Dell Technologies collaborated to develop and identify resources that support the comprehensive implementation of blended learning as a mechanism to personalize instruction and meet the individual learning needs of students.

Building Democracy for All Media Literacy Learning Pathway
This online book features 18 student-centered, technology-rich, higher-order thinking media literacy activities aligned with Civics and Government curriculum objectives that can be integrated into in-person, online, remote, and/or blended learning environments. Building Democracy for All is an interactive, multimodal, multicultural, open access eBook for teaching and learning key topics in United States Government and Civic Life. The materials are digital, online, and free of charge to anyone with an internet connection. The eBook can also be viewed and printed as a PDF file.

Battelle for Kids: P21 Frameworks and Resources
The Batelle for Kids offers P21’s Frameworks for 21st Century Learning. The frameworks were developed with input from teachers, education experts, and business leaders to define and illustrate the skills and knowledge students need to succeed in work and life, as well as the support systems necessary for 21st century learning outcomes. They have been used by thousands of educators and hundreds of schools in the U.S. and abroad to put 21st century skills at the center of learning.

New Media Literacies (www.NewMediaLiteracies.org)
Project New Media Literacies from the Annenberg School of Communication & Jounalism identifies the kinds of participatory practices youth are engaged in today, and draws up a provisionary list of the skills these practices demonstrate. New media literacies which engage and excite our K-12 students are: Play, Performance, Simulation, Appropriation, Multitasking, Distributed Cognition, Collective Intelligence, Judgment, Transmedia Navigation, Networking, and Negotiation.

Common Sense Media (www.CommonSenseMedia.org)
The Education section of Common Sense Media contains free tools and curricula to teach your students about becoming responsible digital citizens. Along with resources for digital citizenship, 1:1 Essentials, and professional development, the site offers a section that addresses parental concerns.

Media Power Youth (www.MediaPowerYouth.org)
Based in Manchester, New Hampshire, Media Power Youth works locally throughout the northeast in collaboation with health and prevention programs, school districts, communities, research institutions, businesses, and foundations to provide a continuum of evidence based, health-focused media literacy education for youth, parents, and professionals.

National Academy of Engineering (www.NAE.edu)
The National Academy of Engineering offers Making the Case, which promotes Technological Literacy, helps to define what it is, why it's important, and what's being done to improve it. The site offers resources for assessing technological literacy and the ITEA Technological Literacy Standards.

Resources for Professional Development

International Society for Technology in Education (www.ISTE.org)
ISTE offers a wealth of resources on their website. They spearheaded the creation of the ISTE Standards, originally developed as the National Educational Technology Standards (NETS). The organization offers a membership and an annual conference that is the world's most comprehensive educational technology event.

New Hampshire Society for Technology in Education (www.NHSTE.org)
Our own NH ISTE Affiliate, NHSTE offers professional development opportunities throughout the year. They offer both free basic membership and a premium annual membership which is convenient for our educators. NHSTE hosts the Christa McAuliffe Technology Conference, which is the largest educational Technology conference in New England. The multi-day Conference offers professional development strands that meet the needs of any NH educator. our state’s affiliate organization of ISTE.

American Association of School Librarians (www.ALA.org/AASL)
American Association of School Librarians, a division of the American Library Association, has offers learning standards and program guides for the development of effective and tecnology rich library programs.

International Technology and Engineering Educators Association (www.ITEEA.org)
The organization offer two publications on Technological Literacy.

New Hampshire School Library Media Association (www.NHSLMA.org)
NHSLMA is a professional organization representing school library media professionals and paraprofessionals. THey are an affiliate of the Ameican Association of School Librarians and the New England School Library Association. Their mission is to ensure that members become effective users of ideas and information and that library media programs are in integral part of teaching and learning in New Hampshire.