Digital Literacy

Like Hazvineyi and I mentioned in our presentation, the way we learn, communicate and take in information today impacts the way we live and work, and is definitely different than a decade or two ago. The seven digital literacy skills that we studied are required to get around in the information world. Each of us has some of the skills intuitively, but some skills are still required in order for us to be more successful with the way we communicate in the digital world today. First, we need to understand what the seven skills are which we all explained well in our presentation, next, we need to recognize what area or skills we are weak in, lastly, we need to develop those skills. The need to learn the skills might sound overwhelming, but I am sure you all agree that there are aspects in each DL skill that are overlapping, one might compliment another. For e.g. Both Information and Socio-Emotional Literacy required one to be a critical thinker. To enhance our skills that we fall short on, the old adage “practice makes perfect” applies here. When we practice a skill, the skill gets strengthened. After using the digital literacy, we need to then evaluate if what we are doing works. E.g. If we open up an email where we do not know the sender and are hit with a virus, we will be much more reluctant or skeptical in opening up another email from an unknown sender.