Digital+Literacy

Pretend a time traveler from 1952 just landed in our classroom. How are you going to get this person started on a computer? You'll need to get started on his basic Digital Literacy education. What will you teach him? What does he need to know to get started in our digital world?
 * INTRODUCTION

Write some lessons here. Include what skills he'll need to learn. Show us some pictures to demonstrate.

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__Digital literacy__ is defined as: The ability to use digital technology, communication tools or networks to locate, evaluate, use and create information. The ability to understand and use information in multiple formats from a wide range of sources when it is presented via computers. 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. http://www.library.illinois.edu/diglit/definition.html

The Digital Literacy Portal is the "public face" of an international movement focused on promoting Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Literacy and Digital Literacy.

http://www.ictliteracy.info/

The basics of digital literacy include the major parts of the computer and integrated programs. Primary examples are:
 * Keyboard- data input device having keys, each representative of a certain letter/number, similar to that of a typewriter.
 * Monitor- the part of a computer that displays words, images, etc. (a.k.a. computer screen)
 * CPU/Processor- part of a computer that contains the memory, disk drive, and other important pieces of software/hardware necessary for the computer to work.
 * Internet- network used on electronic computing devices to communicate with other electronic computing devices around the world. Popular Internet servers include Microsoft Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox.

Other key terms: - WWW is the world wide web. - WiFi is a wireless Internet connection. - URL is the address of a world wide web page. - Website is a computer connection to the Internet That maintains a series of web pages on the world wide web.

THE INTERNET Some of the common uses of the Internet are explained here:
 * email- messages sent and received electronically (as between computers on a network)
 * website-

What is a web browser?

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