Digital Literacy Skills

In the 21st century, everyone’s level of information literacy and fluency will need to rise. Whether at work, in school, at home, or in the community, there will be increasing demands on our ability to:

• Access information efficiently and effectively

• Determine the extent of the information needed

• Evaluate information critically and competently

  
  

• Use information accurately and creatively, considering the legal and ethical issues involved

Media Literacy is the ability to ___, ___, ___ and ___ media in a variety of forms.

___ is a collective term for media printed on paper.

• Broadcast media

• Print Media

• New Media

• Media Literacy

___ describes the traditional forms of mediathat include television and radio. It involves the distribution of audio or video content to a dispersed audience via any electronic mass communications medium, but typically one using the electromagnetic spectrum, in a one-to-many model.

• Media Literacy

• Print Media

• Broadcast media

• New Media

___ refer to those digital media that are interactive, incorporate two-way communication, and involve some form of sharing.

• Media Literacy

• Print Media

• Broadcast media

• New Media

___ is the ability to use tools of information and communication technology to access information efficiently and  evaluate the reliability, authority, and bias of sources.

Technology is of increasing ___ in people’s everyday lives and its presence has increased through the years and will most certainly increase in the coming years.

Information and ___ technologies have become increasingly common in community settings, at school, and at home.

Access is knowing about and knowing how to collect and/or retrieve ___.

What are the three digital literacy skills?

• Technology Literacy

• Information Literacy

• Media Literacy

• ICT Literacy