What is Digital Literacy?

Digital Literacy

My definition: To understand how to use technology and use it to its advantage.

What is Digital Literacy?

• 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

http://www.library.illinois.edu/diglit/definition.html



Videos explaining what digital literacy is.

https://youtu.be/ytWuiGXJxhE

https://youtu.be/xHPcPCq72f4

Here are a view website suggestions that are kid friendly to use:

Kid friendly search engine websites:

http://us.search.kol.com/

http://www.lures.info/childrens_search/gogooligans.html

http://www.kids.net.au/

http://www.kidrex.org/