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what are Digital fluency and digital literacy? Digital fluency is when they can decide to use specific digital technologies to achieve their desired outcome. A digital literate person knows how to use digital technologies and what to do with them (Ministry of Education).

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Digital competencies be recognised as essential foundation skills for success in our 21st century society (Spencer, 2015).

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Digital fluency is essential to achieving individuals who wish to be life long learners (Howell, 2013, p140).

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Digital fluency in school has a direct impact on students abilities to cope with and work in the secondary phase of schooling (Howell, 2013, p139).

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Howell, J. 2013. Teaching with ICT: digital Pedagogies for collaboration and creativity. Oxford University Press, 2013.

Spencer, K. 2015. What id Digital Fluency? Retrieved From http://blog.core-ed.org/blog/2015/10/what-is-digital-fluency.html

Ministry of Education. Digital Fluency. Retrieved From http://elearning.tki.org.nz/Teaching/Digital-fluency

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As students progress through school they should gain digital fluency in a wide range of technology and programs, such as word, powerpoint, excel, be able to search the web and have developed an understanding of digital literacy (Howell, 2013, p139).

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Away from school students gain an understanding of recreational technologies such as gaming consoles (Howell, 2013, p139).

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In the Digital fluency stage of a child's development they have a sound understanding of the basics of technology, however the level of digital fluency students start with is basic (Howell, 2013, p139)

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The aim of using technology during a students primary and early secondary phases of learning, is to develop content creators, technology innovators and digitally fluent learners (Howell, 2013, p135).

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Digital Fluency is acquiring experience in particular technologies, programs and understanding (Howell, 2013, p135).