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Cyber and Digital Literacy

Maristela, Hidee R.

Pasion, Randy R.

Wage, Ma. Fatima

TITLE: WHAT IS CYBER LITERACY AND WHY IT IS

IMPORTANT?

OBJECTIVES

To inform my fellow students-audience about cyber literacy and its importance; for them

to know what are the privileges that cyber literacy brings to us.

-To share the knowledge I have and broaden theirs perspective in cyber literacy.

-To acquire and develop student’s skills needed to know how cyber literacy works.

-To improve their ability on controlling techniques.

LITERACY STANDARD(SKILLS)

Cyber Literacy plays a big role in our daily lives. Being cyber literate and knowing its

importance have an advantage in different aspects such us;

-Communicating to other people using different media apps.

-Determining reliable source of news.

-Updated on what is happening in our country.

Advantage is always accompanied with disadvantage, we should also know the

disadvantages of cyber literacy. Specially nowadays cyber bullying is prevailing. We

should read and assimilate what we are seeing on internet before sharing it to others, if it

is legit and it doesn’t harm other person’s welfare.

Content a Standards
WHAT IS CYBER LITERACY?

Cyber Literacy means the ability to use computer technologies effectively and to

simultaneously understand the implications of those actions. It is also important to know

where to go to find reliable and accurate resources in cyberspace, otherwise known as

cyber intelligence.

The word “literacy” alone generally refers to reading and writing skills, when you add on

the word “cyber” before it, the term encompasses much, much more. By definition,

Cyber Literacy means the ability to use computer technologies effectively and to

simultaneously understand the implications of those actions. It is also important to know

where to go to find reliable and accurate resources in cyberspace, otherwise known as

cyber intelligence. The word understanding is key here, as it goes beyond knowing how

to use the technology but to have a consciousness of one’s actions.

So, what is so important about Cyber Literacy?

Actually, quite a lot. You see, just like we use money every single day and should

understand those Financial Literacy components, we need to understand the computers

we use daily and use that knowledge to protect your data, find information faster, avoid

phishing and much more. Recently, a Tenable survey showed that, although virtually all

respondents had heard about data breaches, many have failed to change their security

habits. This could stem from ignorance, denial or a misunderstanding of their role in

protecting data. knowledge and practices.

REFERENCES

https://www.cybintsolutions.com/what-is-cyber-literacy-why-important

STRATEGY TO BE USED

Our video presentation will serves as our platform or channel in informing our

audience regarding to our topic.

SYNOPSIS

Cyber Literacy plays a boig role in our daily lives. We can use it in different ways

and aspects like in business. Businessmen create advertisement to promote their products;

in education, students searching and fishing information through google app. But, “lahat

ng bagay na sobra ay masama.’’ It can affect our behavior, and the way we interact with

other people. Too much using media-cyber allows us to isolate ourself from socializing to

other people.

We should minizing the time we spend in using devices to keep our social life in life.

True social life is not on those gadgets and media applications we use, it is real life. It is

the way how we socialize and interact with other people. Don’t rely on things that we

think are cool because of today’s generation.

Knowing its importance and how it works make us wise; wise in term that we know what

will click-share from what is doesn’t. For not using our knowledge about it for making

fun of others.TITLE: HOW TO IMPROVE CYBER LITERACY WITHIN THE

ORGANIZATION?

OBJECTIVE/S

I would like to imply the “think before you click” policy to my students because the

teacher and the students must know what are their responsibilities in using social media

and/ or the internet properly. My aim as a future teacher is to help my students to grow

further, so that I will ponder the knowledge and wisdom which is necessary for them as

a 21st century learners, in a way to develop cyber literacy within them, to raise awareness

to the certain issues we are facing nowadays in the society through internet.

LITERACY STANDARDS (skills)

The particular skill which is incline in how to improve the cyber literacy within the

organization is the ability in speaking. Through this lesson a student may develop the

capability to be sensitive in everything he/she say and was able to recognize their morale

in using the internet.

CONTENT STANDARDS

WAYS ON HOW TO IMPROVE CYBER LITERACY WITHIN THE

ORGANIZATION

SUPPORT COMMUNITY-LEVEL DIGITAL AND MEDIA LITERACY INITIATIVES

Step 1: Map existing community resources and offer small grants.

 These grants will promote community partnerships that integrate digital and media

literacy competencies into existing programs.

Step 2: Support a national network of summer learning programs.

These programs will integrate digital and media literacy into public charter schools.

Universities can play an important role in supporting summer literacy programs, she said.

Step 3: Create a Digital and Media Literacy Youth Corps. This youth corps will bring

digital and media literacy to underserved communities and special populations through

public libraries, museums and other community centers.

DEVELOP PARTNERSHIPS FOR TEACHER EDUCATION

Step 4: Build interdisciplinary bridges in higher education

This bridge building will integrate core principles of digital and media literacy education

into teacher preparation programs. Educators now have the opportunity to take down

some of the disciplinary silos that interfere with effective collaboration between schools

of communication and information, library media science, and education, Hobbs said.

Interdisciplinary partnerships between those schools can support the development of

pre-service teachers.

“A lot of times pre-service teachers tell me that they didn’t see their own faculty use

media and technology very much in their pre-service years," Hobbs said. "And of course

that’s a challenge, because these young teachers are coming out with lots of experience

with Facebook, and lots of experience uploading their photos to Flickr, and lots of

experience with e-mail, but not very much experience seeing how those tools are used for

teaching and learning.”

Step 5: Create district level initiatives

These initiatives would support digital and media literacy across K-12 education through

community and media partnerships.

Step 6: Partner with media and technology companies

These partnerships would bring local and national news media into education programs in

ways that promote civic engagement.

RESEARCH AND ASSESS

Step 7: Develop online measures of media and digital literacy

These measures would assess learning progression and develop online video

documentation of digital and media literacy instructional strategies. That in turn will

build expertise in teacher education.

We typically have contracted out to professional test services like ETS and College

Board to develop tests, she said. That's one answer to this step. And another answer is to

develop a collaborative that allows K-12 and university leaders, as well as test experts

who would work together.

ENGAGE PARENTS, STAKEHOLDERS

Step 8: Start an entertainment education initiative

Tap into the creativity of the entertainment industry to raise visibility and create shared

social norms of ethical behavior in social media.

Step 9: Host a statewide, youth-produced public service announcement competition

The competition would increase visibility for digital and media literacy education.

Step 10: Support an annual conference and educator showcase competition

TECHNOLOGY TOOLS

Inexpensive tools such as flip cams and social media are terrific for improving digital and

media literacy, she said. In science class, students can document science projects. In

English class, students can develop personal essays. In history class, students can make

documentaries of the French Revolution or the Civil War.And they can share what they

make through social media.

5 CHALLENGES TO OVERCOME

Though the steps outlined in the white paper ultimately would provide proper training to

tomorrow's knowledge workers, there are barriers to overcome — namely, these five:

Moving beyond a tool-oriented focus that conflates having access to media and

technology with the skillful use of it

Addressing risks associated with media and digital technology

Expanding the concept of literacy

Strengthening people's capacity to assess message credibility and quality

Using news and journalism in the context of K-12 education

A lot of school districts block social media tools, and many teachers don't feel they can

communicate with their IT specialists when they want to use the blocked tools. And in

general, people are suspicious that when kids are online, they're doing things they

shouldn't. A tension exists between people who are afraid of kids using technology and

people who see the potential of the tools to empower students. Right now, the fear-based

models are winning, Hobbs said. To overcome that second challenge, administrators need

to step in and open a dialogue in the district, especially one that includes the kids. The
most important challenge, however, is the first one, she said. Simply buying technology

cannot be equated with using it well. It's what we do with the technology that matters, not

the number of whiteboards in a school building. In the National Education Technology

plan, she sees a real emphasis on technology for online learning, personalizing learning

and connecting kids with rich content. But in her paper, she shows that technology is a

tool for communicative practice and for giving kids the opportunity to use their voices to

strengthen their literacy, critical thinking and problem-solving skills. “For that to happen,

school leaders need to value student voice and appreciate it," she said, "and recognize

that part of our obligation is to prepare students to be self advocates and to participate in

the business of democracy.”

RESOURCES:

https://securityintelligence.com/how-to-improve-cyber-literacy-within-your-organiz

ation/

STRATEGY TO BE USED

The approach that I’m going to use on how I will going to improve cyber literacy within

our organization by raising some questions which is suitable for the topic and for them as

well through essay type. I would also let them group themselves to brainstorm how much

they know about improving cyber literacy.

SUMMARY

The issue of cyber literacy as a way to improve defenses against future attacks has

received a lot of attention lately. This notion isn’t exactly new: An article from The

manila bulletin mentioned the need to promote cyber literacy, quoting then-Wired editor

spoked that “a different kind of literacy based on a mélange of digital information.” What
is new, however, is how government might implement the specifics of a literacy program

and determine who exactly will be on the receiving end of this effort. Tripwire noted that

educating executives about cyber literacy can help schools prepare for a potential security

breach. While that may be true, there is a bigger issue at stake namely, our end users’

cyber security knowledge and practices.

TITLE: CYBER LITERACY CURRICULUM

OBJECTIVE/S

Cyber/Digital Literacy is a crucial skill that we as educators must foster and encourage in

our classrooms (and administrators must support in the broader curriculum). I hope that

these examples have helped to demonstrate how 21st century skills do not require

additional class time or new course development. They often do require some tweaking

of our established curricula.

encourage administrators to provide robust professional development and learning time

for their staff and faculty. Your teachers can integrate digital literacy into everyday

learning, provided you share the resources and support they need to shift a traditional

curriculum to a more innovative one. If you do, our students will be better digital citizens

and curators of online content; a necessary skill for success in the 21st century and a

valuable contribution to civil society.Having the enough knowledge about the curriculum

is necessary to teach a 21st century learner the curriculum where he/she belongs to. As a

teacher it is our goal to push our learners forward for their own benefit.

I must see to it that students must know already, what are their responsibilities and

suctions in using social media and/ or the internet properly so that we will see the cyber

literacy within the student.

LITERACY STANDARDS (skills)

In cyber literacy curriculum topic, Listening will be the specific skill which may first

develop within the student. In this particular discussion, participating and/or listening

attentively is the key to unlock potency in cyber literacy across the curriculum, so that the

were able to apply it to their daily living as a student learners

CONTENT STANDARDS

Cyber Literacy is a hands-on curriculum that builds a strong cyber foundation for high

school students. The course introduces students to cyber by blending robotics,

programming, electricity, and elements of liberal arts. Students learn about the

opportunities, threats, responsibilities, and legal constraints associated with operating in

cyberspace. Throughout the course, students learn the basics of electricity, programming,

and networking as well as develop critical thinking skills. Cyber Literacy lays a

foundation for further exploration into STEM and cyber-related topics.

Cyber Literacy Units

Electricity shows the students the fundamentals of electricity from the very basic

movement of electrons to practical and engaging experiments that include chemistry,

circuitry, and magnetism concepts.

Robotics uses a Parallax® Boe-Bot® microcontroller as the platform for teaching

students robotics fundamentals. Students are introduced to basic coding essentials

through flowcharts and simple programming languages. Students then assemble their
robots to perform various functions through the implementation of sensors and

application of their programming knowledge.

Liberal Arts illustrates real world applications and implications of computers and the

internet in our society today. Students are challenged to intensely deliberate the historical

and societal context of cyber.

Cyber Literacy 2 is a project-driven curriculum that expands a student’s understanding of

cyberspace through two primary topics: systems engineering and liberal arts. The Cyber

Literacy 2 course builds upon fundamental cyber skills developed in Cyber Literacy and

challenges students to go deeper into the world of cyberspace. Students will utilize a

microcontroller to construct complex systems that bring together a variety of components

on each build and also will realize the significant real world connections as they discuss

the liberal arts/ humanities crossovers that exist with today’s technologies. Many aspects

of science, engineering, technology, and mathematics are discussed throughout each of

the projects. Similarly, students are challenged to create flow-charts with each build as

well as tossing out the wiring diagram in favor of reading schematics.

RESOURCES

https://www.cybintsolutions.com/what-is-cyber-literacy-why-important/

[1] Gilster, Paul (1997), Digital Literacy, Wiley: New York.

STRATEGY TO BE USED

Somehow defining the importance of being cyber literate, my strategy on how to provide

the importance of the said literacy is by recitation. A question that surely fits for them
as a 21st century learners. I would also allow them to gather an information for

themselves to share it inside the class.

SUMMARY

the word “literacy” alone generally refers to reading and writing skills, when you add on

the word “cyber” before it, the term encompasses much, much more. By definition,

Cyber Literacy means the ability to use computer technologies effectively and to

simultaneously understand the implications of those actions. It is also important to know

where to go to find reliable and accurate resources in cyberspace, otherwise known as

cyber intelligence. The word understanding is key here, as it goes beyond knowing how

to use the technology but to have a consciousness of one’s actions.

TITLE: DIGITAL LITERACY

OBJECTIVE/S:

I want to my student to learn a lot of digitally literate to able l to earn to become

independent, confident and discerning users of technology. Subsequently they acquire

and develop critical and analytical attitudes to appropriately choose the right digital tools

according to specific needs.

And what is the 5 categories of digital literacy digital competencies, namely: Information

Management, Communication and Collaboration, Digital Media, Using Digital Tools for

Learning, Management of the Internet. And to able them familiar of that digital literacy.
 The digital literacy competencies relating to Communication and Collaboration

empower learners to learn to communicate, And able them to collaborate and network

with others. Competencies in Digital Media enable learners to analyzed messages

mediated by digital media and to express themselves creatively across a range of digital

media.

LITERACY STANDARDS (Skills)

Digital literacy develops the viewing skills and speaking slain of students. It allows them

to communicate by means of technology and evaluate their idea .Engage in positive safe,

legal and ethical behavior when using technology, including social interacted on online or

when using networked devices.

They communicate/ socialize with the different land of people . They improved their

speaking skills because they are enable you interact and communicate by means a smart

phone using our modern technology . They also become a smart person to evaluate and

to analyzed what are the relevant to view.

CONTENT STANDARDS

DIGITAL LITERACY

Digital literacy involves any number of digital reading and writing techniques

across multiple media forms. These media include words, texts, visual displays, motion
graphics, audio, video, and multimodal forms. There are myriad cognitive processes at

play, along a continuum from consumption to production when a reader is immersed with

digital content as well as with print text.

Digital Literacy is about being able to make sense of digital media. This occurs

through meaningful and sustainable consumption and curation patterns that improve an

individuals potential to contribute to an authentic community. This includes the ability to

analyze, prioritize, and act upon the countless digital media 21st century citizens

encounter on a daily basis.

4 Principles Of Digital Literacy

1. Comprehension

The first principle of digital literacy is simply comprehension–the ability to extract

implicit and explicit ideas from a media.

2. Interdependence

The second principle of digital literacy is interdependence–how one media form connects

with another, whether potentially, metaphorically, ideally, or literally. Little media is

created with the purpose of isolation, and publishing is easier than ever before. Due to the

sheer abundance of media, it is necessary that media forms not simply co-exist, but

supplement one another.

3. Social Factors

Sharing is no longer just a method of personal identity or distribution, but rather can

create messages of its own. Who shares what to whom through what channels can not
only determine the long-term success of the media, but can create organic ecosystems of

sourcing, sharing, storing, and ultimately repackaging media.

4. Curation

Speaking of storing, overt storage of favored content through platforms such as pinterest,

pearltrees, pocket and others is one method of “save to read later.” But more subtly, when

a video is collected in a YouTube channel, a poem ends up in a blog post, or an

infographic is pinned to pinterest or stored on a learnist board, that is also a kind of

literacy as well–the ability to understand the value of information, and keep it in a way

that makes it accessible and useful long-term.

7 Tips To Promote Digital Literacy In eLearning

1. Encourage Self-Exploration

Digital literacy cannot be taught through traditional means. Online learners should be

able to explore the digital resources on their own, which emphasizes the real-world

applications of this vital skill. For example, an online learner must use online tools to

solve a common problem. Therefore, they discover the benefits of online training

tutorials, articles, and other informative online training resources firsthand, instead of

reading about the advantages of honing their IT skills.

2. Create An Online Resource Guide

Formal online training in digital literacy can help online learners differentiate between

fact and fiction, especially in regards to online resources that may contain inaccurate

information or opinion-based content. This also encourages them to carefully evaluate

information by checking numerous online sources before they commit the ideas to

memory. It's a good idea to develop an online resource guide that features trustworthy
online tools, such as eLearning videos or virtual guides that you've already reviewed.

You can also invite online learners to submit their own links for the benefit of their peers.

3. Set Some Ground Rules

Online learners need to be aware of how to use the online tools effectively. This also

involves Internet netiquette. For example, they use social media to broaden their

understanding and interact with peers. Thus, they must respect the opinions of others and

follow the same rules as face-to-face communications, such as honoring different

viewpoints and staying on topic.

4. Evaluate Your Current eLearning Strategy

Review the eLearning strategies that are already in place and determine how you can

interject learning technologies. For example, inviting online learners to your Learning

forum to continue the online discussion after an in-class lecture. You can use LMS

metrics, online surveys, and Learning assessments to find the best fit for IT in your

eLearning curriculum. This allows you to bridge knowledge and skill gaps with the help

of online resources. In the process, online learners build their digital literacy and tech

skills in a real-world context.

5. Include Digital Literacy Simulations

Learning simulations facilitate real-world experience in a risk-free setting. Online

learners are able to test out new technologies and familiarize themselves with the LMS

platform. You can also assign each online learner with a problem they must solve using

online tools. For example, they need to create a timeline about a historical trend. Online

learners must use online articles, eLearning videos, and other Internet resources to find
the information they require and then summarize the key points. This also helps to

improve knowledge retention and active recall.

6. Encourage Learner-Generated eLearning Content

Digital literacy can enhance online learners' performance, support and motivation,

especially when they are encouraged to showcase their work. Ask online learners to

create their own eLearning blogs or virtual presentations based on the subject matter.

They must use their pre-existing knowledge and newfound tech skills to develop

learner-generated eLearning content. This offers a secondary benefit, since using

multimedia also enforces the need to respect the use of images. For example, they may

need to pay royalties or find royalty-free options. As such, they become familiar with

intellectual rights and copyright laws that govern online resources.

7. Host A Live Event

Live events give online learners the opportunity to use a variety of online tools, such as

web browsers, video conferencing software, and social media sites. They are also able to

interact with their peers and online instructors remotely. Send participants a webinar

agenda in advance so that they can prepare questions and comments, as well as study up

on the subject beforehand. Create a hashtag for the event to take care of the social media

component and include links to supplemental online resources that online learners may

find helpful. For example, online video tutorials or guides that explore the compliance

topics you'll cover during the event.

Certain online learners may know more about technology than their online instructors,

while others are new to the world of IT. Pre-assess your online learners to discover how
much they already know and their tech comfort level. This allows you to create

personalized eLearning experiences that meet their needs and build digital literacy.

DIGITAL LITERACY IS THE MOST IMPORTANT LIFELONG LEARNING

TOOL

With the increased importance of technology in society, digital literacy is gaining

recognition as the most valuable tool for lifelong learning. What does this mean?

Essentially, as citizens of a global society, the influence of social media, technology, and

online resources is massive. For children, the access to a home computer with internet

increases their likelihood of college attendance exponentially. For adults, the ever

evolving tech world can either help them succeed or hold them back.

Society has changed over the last 15 years. It has become increasingly important to

continue education after entering the workforce. The influence of technology on business

is the main reason for this new mandate. In early learning through adulthood, digital

literacy is showing the most promise for success. The edtech industry has long-focused

on the value of digital competency for children. It’s time digital literacy was incorporated

into adult education in the same way, but with a few adjustments.

Principal Ideas

The foundation of digital literacy has four factors. Technological skills and access,

authorship rules, representation rules, and online social responsibility. For students and

employees to interact responsibly in a digital society, it’s imperative to understand all

four parts of the puzzle.

The core competencies of using computers, navigating the internet, and having access to

broadband internet are essential to success. In today’s schools, students who utilize online

research and display computer skills are more likely to graduate. Additionally,

organizations like DigitalLiteracy.gov emphasize the importance of harnessing

technology to find work and advance in your career.

Authorship understanding is becoming increasingly essential every day. Individuals can

create and share content seamlessly in the digital age. This ability allows global citizens

to interact and bond together for common goals. It also means that discerning authentic

content is becoming harder to do. Those with good digital literacy skills will have the

advantage of sharing ideas efficiently and knowledgeably filtering content.

Related to authorship is the issue of digital representation. Knowing how to decide what

content is authentic and what isn’t is essential for every citizen. Understanding how to

use resources like Politifact and Snopes will help individuals navigate representation

issues more soundly.

To use technology and the internet in your life, it’s imperative to understand all the

tenants of digital literacy. Lastly, and possibly most important, is digital ethics or online

social responsibility. Digital ethics is the discernment of what is appropriate to say, do

and share. It also includes observance of copyright laws and privacy.

Digital Citizenship

To fully embrace digital literacy, individuals must also learn digital citizenship. The

tenants of this idea are much more sophisticated than those of literacy. However, they

guide behavior online, safety practices and research rules. Comprehension of the nine
elements of digital citizenship will make technology safer and more helpful for children

and adults, alike.

Understanding the Stats

In a 2013 report by the New York City Comptroller’s Office, the educational

achievement of homes without broadband access was disproportionately poor. 42% of

disconnected households attained less than high school graduation, and only 5% earned a

Bachelor’s degree. Similar educational deficiencies were noted in a 2011 Microsoft

infographic. The infographic suggested that 77% of jobs will require digital competency

by 2020. Additionally, it recorded a 6% greater high school graduation rate for students

with home access to technology.

Does the research suggest that mere access to internet and technology will improve

educational and career performance? Not exactly. There are other important factors to

success. Students need to be digitally literate which includes an understanding of digital

citizenship rules.

The ability to use technology isn’t enough to advance individuals. Technology use comes

with many possible hurdles which can present themselves to halt progress. Things like

improper research practices can hurt student performance. Additionally, unsafe internet

practices and inappropriate online activity can harm employees. To avoid these common

missteps, people need proper education on digital citizenship and literacy.

Lifelong Learning

From pre-k through adult life, technology is ingratiated in daily living. According to

the International Guidelines on Information Literacy, technological education should start

early. However, the report also states that teaching and improvement should continue
throughout life to support personal and career growth. The European Commission Joint

Research Center agrees. The commission suggests that digital literacy is essential to

school success and later lifelong improvement.

Embracing technology and digital literacy is a key factor to encourage learning from

infancy through adulthood. The impact of technology on learning has roots in the science

of how we learn. As such, it has long been important to encourage academic

advancement. However, the development of a global society has made involvement

mandatory for successful individuals from all walks of life.

TEXT OR RESOURCES

https://securityintelligence.com/how-to-improve-cyber-literacy-within-your-organization/

https://www.cybintsolutions.com/what-is-cyber-literacy-why-important/

[1]Gilster,Paul(1997), DigitalLiteracy,Wiley:NewYork.

DigitalandMediaLiteracy:APlanofAction

STRATEGY TO BE USED

The strategy to be used is will give them a ice breaker to be an active before in our

discussion. That I will make sure that they will be enjoyed. The strategy that I will used

to improve my students is I will ask some question to them and give some example or

some idea what is cyber literacy and To express their self of what they know about in our

topic and by that they can enjoy and they can follow in our discussion.

SYNOPSIS OF THE LESSON

Digital literacy has become a required set of skills and abilities for contemporary cultures.

The use of technology tools has become an important part of our daily lives and has

created an impeding need for constant development in the use of various digital tools.

This course provides insights into what it means to be a digital citizen and the importance

of this type of literacy for digital participation. Through this course you will learn how to

use various social networking tools, rules of online etiquette (netiquette), functionalities

of applications and tools like email, MS Office, etc. Interactive activities, video

demonstrations and illustrations are utilized to serve a powerful learning experience

throughout this course.

TITLE: WHAT IS DIGITAL LITERACY AND WHY DOES IT MATTER.

OBJECTIVE/S:

I want that for my student is the digital Literacy is the awareness, attitude and ability of

individuals to appropriately use digital tools and facilities to identify, access, manage,

integrate, evaluate, analyze and synthesize digital resources, construct new knowledge,

create media expressions, and communicate with others, in the context of specific life

situations, in order to enable constructive social action; to able them to know that and be

familiar .

LITERACY STANDARDS (Skills)

It help to develops learners viewing skills and speaking skills . For those 21st century

learners, we do have an advance technology people are become smarter and

inquisitive .They their viewing skills through building knowledge by actively exploring

real-word issues and problem developing ideas and worries persuing answers and

solution and speaking skills by means of communicating with others.

CONTENT STANDARDS

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What is digital literacy and why does it matter?

What does the term “digital literacy” mean to you?

Ask a few educator colleagues what digital literacy means to them. You’ll likely hear a

myriad of answers that differ from your own.

Although the meaning of digital literacy can vary greatly by source, even to the point of

confusion, digital literacy encompasses 21st-century skills related to the effective and

appropriate use of technology.

To keep things simple, let’s narrow the field to one definition. The American Library

Association (ALA) defines digital literacy as “the ability to use information and

communication technologies to find, evaluate, create, and communicate information,

requiring both cognitive and technical skills.”

With this ALA digital literacy definition as a guiding light, it’s important to understand

that even digital natives who know how to send a text and post to social media are not

considered “digitally literate” by any means.

Digital literacy in education encompasses so much more. For example, students must

have specific skills when reading online text that may contain embedded resources such

as hyperlinks, audio clips, graphs, or charts that require students to make choices.
Students today are also being asked to create, collaborate, and share digital content and to

do so responsibly. For these reasons, principals, school librarians, and teachers

understand the importance of digital literacy skills for students and teaching digital

literacy in the classroom.

Why reading online is not “digital literacy”

Students who use both cognitive and technical skills to find, evaluate, create, and

communicate information are certainly on their way to becoming digitally literate, savvy

consumers of digital content.

However, it’s important to note that simply reading online or subscribing to an eBook

service does not a digitally literate student make.

Yes, students can gain reading growth from online reading because reading

practice—time spent reading—is key to achievement for students at every level. However,

reading a book online, in most cases, is not much different than reading a print book. It

simply replaces words on a page with text on a screen. It may only require that students

know how to turn pages online. Essential digital literacy skills, as you can imagine, go so

much further.

Why is digital literacy so important?

School leaders, media specialists, and educators are focusing more and more on the

benefits of digital literacy skills in schools because today’s students are looking to the
Internet as a key source of information. Students who are digitally literate know how to

find and consume digital content. They know how to create, communicate, and share

digital content.

Students who are building digital literacy skills understand the basics of Internet safety

such as creating strong passwords, understanding and using privacy settings, and

knowing what to share or not on social media. They understand the perils of cyber

bullying and seek to stop current bullies and prevent others from cyberbullying.

In today’s digital world, nearly every career requires digital communication at some point,

so equipping students with the skills to effectively and responsibly find, evaluate,

communicate, and share online content is key to their futures. But the benefits of teaching

your students digital literacy skills begin in the classroom right now.

You’re likely already teaching digital literacy skills

As a school leader or educator in today’s digital world, chances are you’ve been teaching

your students digital literacy basics and enhancing their skills all along, perhaps without

even realizing it.

For example, do you talk to students about online safety, caution them to communicate

responsibly? Do you teach them how to discern trustworthy sources and stress the

importance of recognizing fake news versus real news? Do you discuss the consequences

of what students share online, teach them to recognize and help stop cyberbullying?
If you answered “yes” to any of the above, you’re teaching digital literacy skills. All

these lessons and tips teachers share represent digital literacy examples and stress the

importance of digital literacy in the classroom.

Helping students build digital literacy skills encompasses so much that it’s often easier to

break it down a bit. Hiller Spires, a professor of literacy and technology at North Carolina

State University, breaks down digital literacy into three main buckets: Finding and

consuming digital content; creating digital content; and communicating or sharing digital

content.

Finding and consuming digital content

Students who are well on their way to becoming digitally literate ask important questions

about the online content they encounter. Who created the message and why? Where is the

message being distributed and which techniques are being used to attract attention? They

learn to identify dubious claims and slanted viewpoints and to assess the accuracy of

charts, graphics, and other data sources.

They also question the points of view, lifestyles, and values that may be represented, or

missing, from the content. Part of effectively finding and consuming digital content

focuses on how well students can discern facts from misinformation and determine

trustworthy sources.
Creating digital content

Students who are gaining digital literacy skills learn to become responsible content

creators in addition to content consumers. They move beyond finding, evaluating, and

consuming digital content to creating it, including both writing in digital formats and

creating other forms of media such as tweets, podcasts, videos, emails, and blogs.

Teachers today look for in-text tools that empower students to become effective creators

of content, and as students learn to create, they also learn to question what others have

created and shared.

Communicating or sharing digital content

Since digital writing is often meant to be shared, learning how to effectively collaborate

and communicate ideas with others is a pillar of digital literacy.

Students don’t always think about the implications or potential consequences of what

they share online. In your digital literacy lessons, discuss the consequences of what

students share online. Help them understand that a digital footprint encompasses all the

information that students either passively leave or actively share about themselves online,

most notably social media sites.

The importance of diverse reading content

As teachers focus on teaching digital literacy skills in the classroom, access to diverse

reading content is key to helping students gain these skills while also providing

opportunities for personalization that lead to reading growth for students at all levels.

One way to boost access, personalization, and reading growth is through a

student-centered digital library.

What makes a student-centered digital library different?

Today, as technology transforms what, how, and where students read, school leaders and

educators are embracing the idea of giving students access to digital books. As noted,

there’s so much more to consider than subscribing to an eBook service.

When looking to build students’ digital literacy skills, many educators focus on providing

safe, age-appropriate online content that accelerates literacy growth while:

Providing all students greater access, equity, and ownership of their learning

Delivering real-time data on digital read

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STRATEGY TO BE USED

As as teacher I will make a strategy to listen or stimulate the attention of my students . I

will give them some activities or games first so that they will ne active in listening of our

discussions and by asking some idea form them about in our topic .

SYNOPSIS OF THE LESSON

Digital literacy, also known as digital literacies, refers to the shared cultural practices

of encoding and decoding meaning on the world through multiple modalities produced or

transferred using information digitally recorded and stored . Digital literacies encompass

a bricolage of skills, attitudes, and dispositions as participants negotiate meaning and

identity in a networked society and may include, but is not limited to, an individual's

grammar, composition, writings, images, audio, video, podcasting, remixing and designs

using technology.

Digital literacy, first coined in 1997 by Paul Gilster built on the expanding role of

anthropological research in the field of literacy as well on concepts of visual literacy,

computer literacy, and information literacy,

Overall digital literacy shares many defining principles with other fields that use

modifiers in front of literacy to define ways of being and domain specific knowledge.

The term has grown in popularity in education and higher education settings and can be

found used in International and national standards. Similar to other expanding definitions

of literacy that recognize cultural and historical ways of making meaning digital literacy

does not replace traditional forms of literacy, instead building upon the skills that form

the foundation of traditional forms of literacy

TITLE: WHAT IS DIGITAL LITERACY AND WHY DOES IT MATTER.

OBJECTIVE/S:

I want that for my student is the digital Literacy is the awareness, attitude and ability of

individuals to appropriately use digital tools and facilities to identify, access, manage,

integrate, evaluate, analyze and synthesize digital resources, construct new knowledge,

create media expressions, and communicate with others, in the context of specific life

situations, in order to enable constructive social action; to able them to know that and be

familiar .

LITERACY STANDARDS (Skills)

It help to develops learners viewing skills and speaking skills . For those 21st century

learners, we do have an advance technology people are become smarter and

inquisitive .They their viewing skills through building knowledge by actively exploring

real-word issues and problem developing ideas and worries persuing answers and

solution and speaking skills by means of communicating with others.

CONTENT AREA STANDARDS

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What is digital literacy and why does it matter?

What does the term “digital literacy” mean to you?

Ask a few educator colleagues what digital literacy means to them. You’ll likely hear a

myriad of answers that differ from your own.

Although the meaning of digital literacy can vary greatly by source, even to the point of

confusion, digital literacy encompasses 21st-century skills related to the effective and

appropriate use of technology.

To keep things simple, let’s narrow the field to one definition. The American Library

Association (ALA) defines digital literacy as “the ability to use information and

communication technologies to find, evaluate, create, and communicate information,

requiring both cognitive and technical skills.”

With this ALA digital literacy definition as a guiding light, it’s important to understand

that even digital natives who know how to send a text and post to social media are not

considered “digitally literate” by any means. Digital literacy in education encompasses so

much more. For example, students must have specific skills when reading online text that

may contain embedded resources such as hyperlinks, audio clips, graphs, or charts that

require students to make choices. Students today are also being asked to create,

collaborate, and share digital content and to do so responsibly. For these reasons,

principals, school librarians, and teachers understand the importance of digital literacy

skills for students and teaching digital literacy in the classroom.

Why reading online is not “digital literacy”

Students who use both cognitive and technical skills to find, evaluate, create, and

communicate information are certainly on their way to becoming digitally literate, savvy

consumers of digital content. However, it’s important to note that simply reading online
or subscribing to an eBook service does not a digitally literate student make. Yes,

students can gain reading growth from online reading because reading practice—time

spent reading—is key to achievement for students at every level. However, reading a

book online, in most cases, is not much different than reading a print book. It simply

replaces words on a page with text on a screen. It may only require that students know

how to turn pages online. Essential digital literacy skills, as you can imagine, go so much

further.

Why is digital literacy so important?

School leaders, media specialists, and educators are focusing more and more on the

benefits of digital literacy skills in schools because today’s students are looking to the

Internet as a key source of information. Students who are digitally literate know how to

find and consume digital content. They know how to create, communicate, and share

digital content. Students who are building digital literacy skills understand the basics of

Internet safety such as creating strong passwords, understanding and using privacy

settings, and knowing what to share or not on social media. They understand the perils of

cyber bullying and seek to stop current bullies and prevent others from cyberbullying.

In today’s digital world, nearly every career requires digital communication at some point,

so equipping students with the skills to effectively and responsibly find, evaluate,

communicate, and share online content is key to their futures. But the benefits of teaching

your students digital literacy skills begin in the classroom right now. You’re likely

already teaching digital literacy skills As a school leader or educator in today’s digital
world, chances are you’ve been teaching your students digital literacy basics and

enhancing their skills all along, perhaps without even realizing it. For example, do you

talk to students about online safety, caution them to communicate responsibly? Do you

teach them how to discern trustworthy sources and stress the importance of recognizing

fake news versus real news? Do you discuss the consequences of what students share

online, teach them to recognize and help stop cyberbullying? If you answered “yes” to

any of the above, you’re teaching digital literacy skills. All these lessons and tips teachers

share represent digital literacy examples and stress the importance of digital literacy in

the classroom. Helping students build digital literacy skills encompasses so much that it’s

often easier to break it down a bit. Hiller Spires, a professor of literacy and technology at

North Carolina State University, breaks down digital literacy into three main buckets:

Finding and consuming digital content; creating digital content; and communicating or

sharing digital content. Finding and consuming digital content Students who are well on

their way to becoming digitally literate ask important questions about the online content

they encounter. Who created the message and why? Where is the message being

distributed and which techniques are being used to attract attention? They learn to

identify dubious claims and slanted viewpoints and to assess the accuracy of charts,

graphics, and other data sources.

They also question the points of view, lifestyles, and values that may be represented, or

missing, from the content. Part of effectively finding and consuming digital content

focuses on how well students can discern facts from misinformation and determine

trustworthy sources. Creating digital content Students who are gaining digital literacy
skills learn to become responsible content creators in addition to content consumers.

They move beyond finding, evaluating, and consuming digital content to creating it,

including both writing in digital formats and creating other forms of media such as tweets,

podcasts, videos, emails, and blogs. Teachers today look for in-text tools that empower

students to become effective creators of content, and as students learn to create, they also

learn to question what others have created and shared. Communicating or sharing digital

content

Since digital writing is often meant to be shared, learning how to effectively collaborate

and communicate ideas with others is a pillar of digital literacy. Students don’t always

think about the implications or potential consequences of what they share online. In your

digital literacy lessons, discuss the consequences of what students share online. Help

them understand that a digital footprint encompasses all the information that students

either passively leave or actively share about themselves online, most notably social

media sites. The importance of diverse reading content

As teachers focus on teaching digital literacy skills in the classroom, access to diverse

reading content is key to helping students gain these skills while also providing

opportunities for personalization that lead to reading growth for students at all levels.

One way to boost access, personalization, and reading growth is through a

student-centered digital library. What makes a student-centered digital library different?

Today, as technology transforms what, how, and where students read, school leaders and

educators are embracing the idea of giving students access to digital books. As noted,

there’s so much more to consider than subscribing to an eBook service.

When looking to build students’ digital literacy skills, many educators focus on providing

safe, age-appropriate online content that accelerates literacy growth while:Providing all

students greater access, equity, and ownership of their learning.

TEXT OR RESOURCES

https://securityintelligence.com/how-to-improve-cyber-literacy-within-your-organization/

https://www.cybintsolutions.com/what-is-cyber-literacy-why-important/

[1]Gilster,Paul(1997),DigitalLiteracy,Wiley:NewYork.

DigitalandMediaLiteracy:A

STRATEGY TO BE USED

As as teacher I will make a strategy to listen or stimulate the attention of my students . I

will give them some activities or games first so that they will ne active in listening of our

discussions and by asking some idea form them about in our topic .

SYNOPSIS OF THE LESSON

Digital literacy, also known as digital literacies, refers to the shared cultural practices of

encoding and decoding meaning on the world through multiple modalities produced or

transferred using information digitally recorded and stored . Digital literacies encompass

a bricolage of skills, attitudes, and dispositions as participants negotiate meaning and

identity in a networked society and may include, but is not limited to, an individual's

grammar, composition, writings, images, audio, video, podcasting, remixing and designs

using technology.
Digital literacy, first coined in 1997 by Paul Gilster built on the expanding role of

anthropological research in the field of literacy as well on concepts of visual literacy,

computer literacy, and information literacy, Overall digital literacy shares many defining

principles with other fields that use modifiers in front of literacy to define ways of being

and domain specific knowledge. The term has grown in popularity in education and

higher education settings and can be found used in International and national standards.

Similar to other expanding definitions of literacy that recognize cultural and historical

ways of making meaning digital literacy does not replace traditional forms of literacy,

instead building upon the skills that form the foundation of traditional forms of literacy