New Jersey District Introducing Digital Literacy Curriculum

The Medford (NJ) Central Record (9/20, Brownfor) reports that officials in Mount Laurel, New Jersey, have unveiled "a revised media and information literacy curriculum, addressing both technological skills and digital competency at every grade level," noting that its purpose "is to guide students to become independent, self-sufficient, and responsible users of all types of information. ... The new curriculum is written in Understanding By Design (UBD) format and includes enduring understandings, essential questions, performance assessments, alternate forms of assessment and a basic teaching plan at each grade level."