When we were kids, we sent text messages on parchment via carrier pigeons and the word tweet meant something very different. And now we're supposed to teach digital literacy?

[tugs at collar]

We got this.

Shmoop's digital literacy offerings run the gamut from luddite-friendly to inspiring for future coders. Here's what we've got.

Digital Literacy Course

Our two-week course on Digital Literacy covers Shmoop's Top Ten Things You Need to Know About the Digital World:

• Texting
• Browsers and Branding
• Email
• Social Media
• Online Safety and Privacy
• Cyberbullying
• Online Community and Citizenship
• Search Engines and Strategies
• Using and Citing Online Sources
• The Digital Future

The course includes intros, readings, and activities, so you can have your students take the course on their own or incorporate it into basically any class. We skip all the duh-moments and go straight for the meat, which means there's no eye-rolling necessary.

Digital Literacy Teaching Guides

Looking to introduce your students to Digital Literacy without having them interface directly with Shmoop? We'll shed one tear and then give you what you want. Our Digital Literacy Teaching Guides provide assignments and activities, plus links to outside resources, for a whole slew of dig lit topics, from Social Networks to Privacy and Security... and everything in between. Here's the full list:

• Browsers and Email
• Social Networks
• Privacy and Security
• Safety and Ethics
• Online Community, Culture, and Citizenship
• Research and Keywords
• How To Evaluate a Website
• Using and Citing Online Sources
• Copyright, Creative Commons, and Public Domain
• ELA Online
• Social Studies Online

Other Digital Literacy Courses

Digital Literacy covers lots of bases, which is why we have a whole slew of courses to make sure we dig deep into the stuff that matters. Here's a sampling of some of the other courses we have.

• Cyberbullying Course
• Social Media Course
• Media Literacy Course
• Cyberbullying Video Course

Interested in getting Shmoop into your school or district? Email sales@shmoop.com and let our Sales Shmooperstars know who you are and what you're looking for.

Just have a question about something in Shmoopland? Hit us up at support@shmoop.com. It's kind of gross how often we check our email, so we'll get back to you in the blink of a cursor.