Digital fluency

1. www.socialens.com/blog/2011/02/05/the-difference-between-digital-literacy-and-digital-fluency/

3. Gathering information from any format
and making sense of that information.
Using the information that is gathered and
being able to communicate it to others.

5. http://www.loc.gov/teachers/tps/quarterly/inquiry_learning/article.html

6. http://ctdblog.northwestern.edu/2012/04/10/gifted-kids-may-be-tech-savvy-but-are-they-fluent/

7. We need to have a deeper understanding
of technologies
Images Ethical Considerations
Absence of Gatekeepers
Inappropriate content
Increase in the skills needed to be fluent

8. Issues are not limited to those mentioned.
The internet and digital technology is an
ever changing place and therefore the
issues involved are always changing.

9. Anti – Literacy
Rejects the possibility that there could be
any use for technology
Pre – Literacy
Recognises that there is something to be
gained if they improve their skills

10. Literacy
Has acquired basic abilities that allow for
the full use of technologies
Fluency
They are able to know when and why to
use different forms of technology.

11. First hand experiences are the most ideal
Introduce and expose students to many
different forms of technologies
Teach skills that encourage the
responsible use of these
Technologies.
http://smartblogs.com/education/2012/09/25/solution-fluency/

12. How can we incorporate technologies
into our everyday teaching to enhance
digital fluency?
Will the issues involved change overtime?
Does digital fluency fit in with the current
trend of 21
st
century learner?

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