Dive Brief:

• The concepts agency, empathy, and fluency are key to helping students become great communicators, author Sharon "Sam" Sakai-Miller writes in eSchoolNews, and communication is a concept more important than ever in today's digitally-connected world.
• Words, graphics, and data are all ways in which students can learn communication strategies.
• Sakai-Miller argues that good communication is essential due to information overload; and encompasses the ability to cut through the noise. 

Dive Insight:

Digital citizenship is an important skill in today's blended-learning classrooms, and outside the classroom as well. Learning.com previously launched a digital citizenship app to help satisfy demand for instruction in digital ethics and online safety.

The average American spends 23 hours per week online. That means lessons in digital etiquette are important. Digital literacy for students needs to include learning how to interact and communicate properly on the web.