DIG IT A L

R A C Y SK IL L S
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DIGITAL SKILLS
• Using tablets, iPads ,cellphones, and laptops

DIGITAL LITERACY
• Refers to the ability to think critically about how to use
digital tools , acquire information, and demonstrate ways
of working in environments that are globally competitive
as well as possess 21st century life skills.
 WHAT ARE THE DIGITAL
LITERACIES?
• are individual’s capabilities to be able to effectively and responsibly
function and perform in a digital society.

• in the teaching and learning context, digital literacy is an important

competence. In school , it has become a buzzword which refers to
the ability to access, process, utilize, create media using information
technologies and the internet.
 DIGITAL LITERACIES
• MEDIA LITERACY - is one’s ability to critically read information
or content and utilize multimedia in creatively producing
communications.

• INFORMATION LITERACY - is locating information from the

web and interpreting while evaluating its validity in order that it can
be shared.

• ICT LITERACY - is knowing how to select and use digital devices,

applications or services to accomplish tasks requiring the use of the
internet.
 • COMMUNICATION AND COLLABORATION LITERACY - are one’s
capabilities in being able to participate in the digital networks
in the teaching and learning context.

• IDENTITY MANAGEMENT - is being able to understand how to

ensure safety and security in managing online identity and foster a positive digital
reputation.

• LEARNING SKILLS - are ways of knowing how to study and learn

in atechnology enriched environment; this is knowing how to utilize
technology in addressing the need to learn effectively.

• DIGITAL SCHOLARSHIP - is being able to link and participate in

professional and research practices.
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 CREATIVITY
• requires students to think
out of the box and to
take pride in what
uniquely theirs.

• it encourages students to
think beyond the
expectations of
conventions
 COMMUNICATION
• makes students to express their ideas
in the clearest and organized manner.
Through varied modes face to face
technologically mediated or blended
medium, they need to know how to
efficiently and clearly convey ideas.
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 CITIZENSHIP
(NETIZENSHIP) AND
CHARACTER
 8 DIGITAL LITERACY
SKILLS NEED TO
BECOME DIGITALLY
LITERATE ACCORDING
TO LYNCH (2017)
 • Coding - is a universal language and one that is useful whether
a technical career is pursued or not.

• Collaboration - in the online environment requires deliberate

students should be taught basic project management and group
work essentials to navigate between multiple platforms.

• Cloud Software - is an essential part of document management. The cloud

is used to store everything from photos to research projects to term papers
and music.

• Word Processing Software - is often used in conjunction with

collaboration and cloud software and available for storage
and management solution.
 • Screen casting - makes it easy for the novice video creator to
make simple yet effective videos. This is a useful skill for explaining
a topic as well as articulating what you are thinking.

• Personal Archiving - students should be taught concepts such as

metadata, tagging, keywords, and categories succinctly and directly
to help them start thinking about how they are represented online.

• Information Evaluation - critical thinking to weed out fake news is a

crucial 21st century skills. The use of tools and skills needed
to process information are very much needed.

• Use of Social Media - serves different purposes depending on the

user, the technology, and the identified need.
Th a n k
y o u !