Josh Clark's List: digital literacy

• • four resources with explanations of their function in improving literacy
• PictureThat Dictionary is a talking picture dictionary that is designed to meet the needs of people with dyslexia who are learning to read.
• Translate is a translating application that could help someone who is literate in another language get the meaning of words
• TheAdult Learning Activities (California Distant Learning Project) is an online resource to help adults develop their reading skills

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• • can also be applied to companies and objects, not just people
• The term is usually taken to mean the online equivalent of an individual human being, which participates in electronic transactions on behalf of the person in question.
• also assigns digital identities to organizations, companies and even individual electronic devices.

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• The ability to locate, organize, understand, evaluate, and analyze information using digital technology. It involves a working knowledge of current high-technology, and an understanding of how it can be used. Digitally literate people can communicate and work more efficiently, especially with those who possess the same knowledge and skills.

• • i like the idea of an experiment
• We had found six definitions of digital literacy
• every definition had several strong advocates
• • many different definitions that all apply

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• Digital Literacy Task Force developed a definition
• emphasizes both technical and cognitive skills

• • books might help

• • another term with multiple definitions
• • The ability to use digital technology, communication tools or networks to locate, evaluate, use and create information.  ¹ 
   
  •  The ability to understand and use information in multiple formats from a wide range of sources when it is presented via computers.  ² 
   
  •  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.  ³