Brian Bennett's List: DGL Vocabulary

• a fundamental understanding of computers
• essential skills to begin computing with confidence

• The ability to use digital technology, communication tools or networks to locate, evaluate, use and create information.
• The ability to understand and use information in multiple formats from a wide range of sources when it is presented via computers.
• A person’s ability to perform tasks effectively in a digital environment... Literacy includes the ability to read and interpret media, to reproduce data and images through digital manipulation, and to evaluate and apply new knowledge gained from digital environments.

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• having the knowledge and ability to use a range of technology tools for varied purposes
• use technology strategically to find and evaluate information

• a person’s ability to perform tasks effectively in a digital environment
• Literacy includes the ability to read and interpret media (text, sound, images), to reproduce data and images through digital manipulation, and to evaluate and apply new knowledge gained from digital environments
• “digital” meaning information represented in numeric form and primarily for use by a computer.

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• a concept which helps teachers, technology leaders and parents to understand what students/children/technology users should know to use technology appropriately
• norms of appropriate, responsible technology use

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      Digital Rights and Responsibilities the privileges and freedoms extended to all digital technology users, and the behavioral expectations that come with them      

  

      Digital Communication
    the electronic exchange of information       

  

      Digital Access
    full electronic participation in society      

  

      Digital Etiquette
    the standards of conduct expected by other digital technology users       

  

      Digital Security
    the precautions that all technology users must take to guarantee their personal safety and the security of their network           

  

   

  

      Digital Literacy
    the capability to use digital technology and knowing when and how to use it       

  

      Digital Law
    the legal rights and restrictions governing technology use           

  

   

  

      Digital Health and Wellness
    the elements of physical and psychological well-being related to digital technology use       

  

      Digital Commerce
    the buying and selling of goods online

• Digital Citizenship is a concept that equip technology users with knowledge and skills that enable them to use technology appropriately
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• The quality of habits, actions, and consumption patterns that impact the ecology of digital content and communities.
• the self-monitored habits that sustain and improve the digital communities you enjoy or depend on.
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• "the sum of all digitally available information about an individual."

• an online or networked identity adopted or claimed in cyberspace by an individual, organization or electronic device.

• comprised of characteristics, or data attributes, such as the following:

   
   
  • Username and password
   
  • Online search activities, like electronic transactions
   
  • Date of birth
   
  • Social security number
   
  • Medical history
   
  • Purchasing history or behavior

• the sum of all digitally available information about an individual

• Electronic responsibility for actions and deeds
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• Digital Law relates to crimes of stealing or causing damage to other people’s work, identity, or digital property.

• Digital law is identified as the responsibility of being safe online and following online rules.
• Digital Law: electronic responsibility for actions and deeds which is either ethical or unethical.

• digital natives as those born into an innate "new culture"

• “Digital Natives” – children who were born into and raised in the digital world

• digital immigrant

  Syllabification: (dig·it·al im·mi·grant)

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  noun

  • a person born or brought up before the widespread use of digital technology:

• “digital immigrants”, or, folks who didn’t grow up with the internet
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• A wiki is a web site that lets any visitor become a participant:

• A wiki allows a group of people to enter and communally edit bits of text.