{"id":457,"date":"2019-05-31T11:39:59","date_gmt":"2019-05-31T16:39:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paulainslie.com\/blog\/?p=457"},"modified":"2019-05-31T11:39:59","modified_gmt":"2019-05-31T16:39:59","slug":"digital-literacy-week-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paulainslie.com\/blog\/2019\/05\/31\/digital-literacy-week-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Literacy Week 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dear Ward 24 Residents<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This week, May 27 to June 1, the City of Toronto celebrated\nDigital Literacy (DL) Week. Digital Literacy Week celebrates the way technology\nhas changed the way we work, play, learn and teach. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The week kicked-off at the North York Central library where I was able to speak alongside City Librarian, Vickery Bowles, Chief Information Officer-ETEE at BMO, Claudette McGowan, TCDSB Superintendent, Lori DiMarco and TDSB Executive Officer, Peter Singh. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/paulainslie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-458\" width=\"424\" height=\"306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paulainslie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/image.png 394w, https:\/\/paulainslie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/image-300x216.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 424px) 100vw, 424px\" \/><figcaption>Happy to kick off DL week with (From Left-Right) Vickery Bowles, City Librarian, Claudette McGowan, Chief Information Officer-ETEE at BMO, Lori DiMarco, TCDSB Superintendent, and Peter Singh, TDSC Executive Officer.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The City of Toronto offered more than 250 free events and\nworkshops for all ages created to showcase the digital and technology programs\nand services across Toronto. Digital Literacy Week collaborated with City of\nToronto, Toronto Public Library, TCDSB, TDSB, CIBC, Royal Ontario Museum (ROM)\nand more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Digital Literacy Week is built on the success of the\n&#8220;Digital Literacy Day,&#8221; that was celebrated in May 2018. Digital\nliteracy can be defined as a new literacy that creates lifelong opportunities\nand challenges for people of all ages, backgrounds and skill levels. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nowadays, to be digitally literate is fundamental to succeed in\neveryday life and that is what Digital Literacy Week is promoting and helping\npeople understand what digital literacy means and how it impacts our lives and\nhow to succeed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I hope you&#8217;ve had the opportunity to participate in any DL week\nevents and share your support towards the advancement and impact that\ntechnology has on your everyday life. Find more details <a href=\"https:\/\/www.toronto.ca\/explore-enjoy\/festivals-events\/digital-literacy-week\/\">here.<\/a>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All my best<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Paul<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Ward 24 Residents This week, May 27 to June 1, the City of Toronto celebrated Digital Literacy (DL) Week. Digital Literacy Week celebrates the way technology has changed the way we work, play, learn and teach. The week kicked-off at the North York Central library where I was able to speak alongside City Librarian, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/paulainslie.com\/blog\/2019\/05\/31\/digital-literacy-week-2019\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Digital Literacy Week 2019&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulainslie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulainslie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulainslie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulainslie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulainslie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=457"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/paulainslie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":459,"href":"https:\/\/paulainslie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457\/revisions\/459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulainslie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulainslie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulainslie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}