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What is Digital Literacies?
What is Digital Literacies?
Digital media literacy is the ability to critically, effectively and responsibly access, use, understand and engage with media of all kinds.
Today's definition of literacy is more than reading and writing. In order to be functionally literate in our media-saturated world, children and young people—in fact, all of us—have to be able to read the messages that daily inform us, entertain us and sell to us. Media literacy education, therefore, must begin long before children become print literate to prepare them to critically engage with the media they consume.
Traditional definitions of literacy have focused on skills relating to reading, writing, numeracy, listening, speaking, and critical thinking, with the end goal being developing active thinkers and learners who are able to engage in society in effective and meaningful ways.
Media educators base their teaching on key concepts for digital media literacy, which provide an effective foundation for examining mass media and popular culture.
Digital Environment
Digital Environment
A digital environment is a virtual space where people can interact with each other and manage content and activities using digital devices. Digital environments can be accessed through a variety of devices, including computers, mobile phones, and consoles. They can also be accessed through virtual experiences using a headset or other accessories. Digital environments can be used for communication, play, project management, learning, and creating.
Digital Tools
Digital Tools
Digital tools are software and online resources that help people do many tasks easily. They include apps like word processors and spreadsheets, as well as software for graphic design, data analysis, and project management.
Digital tools also aid in decision-making. Data analysis software helps businesses understand trends and make informed choices. By analyzing data, companies can see what works well and what needs improvement. Digital tools are important because they make work faster and easier. In business, they improve how companies operate and make decisions.
These tools help businesses manage tasks, track progress, and organize information. For example, project management software helps teams plan and complete projects on time. Digital tools also allow better communication through email, chat apps, and video calls, making teamwork more effective.
Types of Digital Literacies
Types of Digital Literacies
Understanding the Relationship Between the Digital Literacies
Understanding the Relationship Between the Digital Literacies
Locating and Filtering
Locating and filtering is a natural starting point for digital literacies as it addresses the task of locating resources and sifting through extraneous content amidst today’s state of information overload. It begins as a cognitive disposition—a way of thinking—where a person does not simply default to performing a plain language Google search in order to find something online. Instead, it requires using carefully crafted queries in targeted search engines. Users might call upon a library’s webbased research database, a knowledge engine such as Wolfram|Alpha, or perhaps even a printed information resource that is not otherwise available online. Individuals who are skilled at locating and filtering know how to employ a high level of critical analysis in order to identify accurate, reliable resources and red flag those that are not. Webbased tagging and annotation tools are harnessed for their power to manage research, share it with others, and make future research easier for everyone. Locating and Filtering
Sharing and Collaborating
sharing and collaborating brings communication into play and stretches a person to begin exploring the role of a producer of content. Sharing and collaborating builds upon the idea of the collective intelligence, where the global knowledge base grows exponentially due to collaboration, cooperation, and competition. This may be both formal and informal in nature. It occurs both naturally and deliberately. Sharing and collaborating encompasses the vast realm of social networking but also involves more specific venues like web-based document platforms, e-portfolios, and multiuser virtual environments, just to name a few.Sharing and Collaborating
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Digital Literacies in the Context of Teaching and Learning
Digital Literacies in the Context of Teaching and Learning
Educators often teach with technology, which does little to equip students with the skills they need beyond the classroom.
Teaching with a piece of technology merely demonstrates a device or application, even with hands-on student participation. Teaching students how to use a technology tool loads them with skill sets that will likely be obsolete in a short time as technology changes rapidly. On the other hand, infusing digital literacies within the very fabric of content-area instruction will result in authentic learning experiences that not only teach the relevant subject-matter and incorporate 21st-century technology but also address the vital literacy skills
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