Digital Literacy
Being proficient in using technology and navigating easily with a clear understanding on the different types of technological tools.
Digital literacy is the ability to find, evaluate, utilize, share, and create content using information technologies and the Internet.
Digital Literacy is “the interest, attitude and ability of individuals to appropriately use digital technology and communication tools to access, manage, integrate, analyze and evaluate information, construct new knowledge, create and communicate with others in order to participate effectively in society”.
Basic elements of this definition include:
Digital Citizenship
Knowing the proper way to maneuver throughout the internet in a responsible manner.
A digital citizen:
Digital Identity
This is personal information of an individual that is posted on the internet.
Like its human counterpart, a digital identity is comprised of characteristics, or data attributes, such as the following:
Digital Law
Individuals who corrupt the internet with crime and and damage important artifacts of another individual.
Digital Native
Someone who was born into the digital world and are very proficient with the technology today.
Digital Immigrant
A person who lived through the pre-digital era and will either adapt to the new digital world or refuse to be apart of it.
Wiki
An online encyclopedia where everyone is able to modify content.
The simplest online database that could possibly work.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)
This is a way of learning from a distance and having the tools and proper education with out being physically present in a classroom.