Digital+Literacy

**Digital Literacy** Digital literacy is the chance to locate, organize, understand, evaluate, and make information using = technology. Digital Literacy is crucial for our high civilized society. = = = =** How to Use Digital Literacy. **= = To use digital literacy, you are using different reasons to use communication,information, and the effect it has on people online. Digital Literacy may not seem so big, but surprisingly it has been having a dramatical change on society. To teach about basic concept skills, on the computer is digital literacy. We use it, to teach people from young to old to use the computer, so they can use it, in everyday life,and to recognize when info is needed and where to locate it. = = Sources: = = http://digiteen.wikispaces.com/Digital+Literacy =

= http://www.slideshare.net/verzosaf/information-literacy-and-digital-literacy-l-life-long-learning-initiatives/ = = = = = =** What do we Use Digital Literacy For? **= = Technology has taken a big leap in the 21st century. Now we can use technology for education = = and technology for a wide range of subjects. We can use it for research, Math, English and many others. We can also use digital literacy to go to college get a job and to look at the stocks etc. = = Digital Literacy is highly essential for many purposes. = = Sources: = = http://www.commonsensemedia.org/advice-for-parents/internet-safety-tips-middle-school-kids = = "Focusing on 21st century digital literacy.(Celebrating 25 Years)(Advertisement)." Technology = = & Learning. 26. 2 (Sept 2005): 53(1). Student Resource Center - Junior. Gale. Dwight = = School. 20 Oct. 2011 . = = http://blogs.ec.europa.eu/neelie-kroes/files/digital_literacy.jpg = = = =** What is Digital Literacy? **= = Digital Literacy is basically the public face of the Internet. We live in a digital world. Digital = = literacy has no limit, it’s what you read, write, see and analyze online. The difference between a = = person who has digital literacy and one that doesn’t is the equivalence to 1.5 years of school. Kids are = = substituting traditional methods of reading and writing into online methods, like I am doing right now. = = You can understand and communicate on a computer using Digital Literacy. = = Sources used: = =  = = =

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= . = = How has digital literacy helped us? = Digital literacy has helped us because now instead of having to look in books for information we ca search on the internet that is much faster. Dgital literacy has also helped us by informing people about new ideas! One last way Digital literacy has helped us is that it has helped people think out of the box with revolutionary ideas.


 * FUN FACTS by: Jorge **


 * ** an average of 100% of students go on wikipedia to find information.  **
 * ** wiki= hawaiian word that means quick  **
 * ** A class in 2011 had the lowest SAT grade in history because of internet.  **
 * ** Most kindergartens are learning from information on an Ipad and NOT chalkboards  **
 * ** Digital literacy has been used for good and bad things  **
 * ** We can take advantage of digital literacy and make the world better or we can chose to make the world worse by using irt the wrong way and making peoples lives worse day by day.  **

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