Digital Fluency by Urusha Ali https://padlet.com/urusha_heeba/j5v307w4olvv Being Skilled, Being Literate, Being Fluent en-us 2019-05-01 12:21:33 UTC 2019-05-08 14:40:42 UTC hello@padlet.com https://imgglb.padletcdn.com/v13/image?t=g_auto&url=https%3A%2F%2Fpadlet.net%2Ficons%2Fpng%2F1f4bb.png urusha_heeba https://padlet.com/urusha_heeba/j5v307w4olvv/wish/355753136 Figure 3.1. Digital fluency]]> 2019-05-01 12:30:44 UTC https://padlet.com/urusha_heeba/j5v307w4olvv/wish/355753136 What is Digital fluency? urusha_heeba https://padlet.com/urusha_heeba/j5v307w4olvv/wish/355753621 Hendricks (n.d.) defines digital fluency as having the ability to appropriately choose and utilise digital tools and technologies to achieve a particular outcome. 

]]> 2019-05-01 12:32:15 UTC https://padlet.com/urusha_heeba/j5v307w4olvv/wish/355753621 Some of the attributes of a digitally fluent student are : urusha_heeba https://padlet.com/urusha_heeba/j5v307w4olvv/wish/355754167
  • Ability to find and access information quickly and accurately
  • Can distinguish the relevance and accuracy of information being accessed
  • Proficient producer of digital content
  • Can recognise and use the most effective methods of reaching their intended audience
  • Understands how to use digital technologies responsibly including – digital security (self-protection) and copyright ( Enabling e-Learning, n.d.).

Figure 3.2. Global digital citizen.

]]> 2019-05-01 12:34:10 UTC https://padlet.com/urusha_heeba/j5v307w4olvv/wish/355754167 Developing Digital Fluency urusha_heeba https://padlet.com/urusha_heeba/j5v307w4olvv/wish/355768286 Teachers and educators need to develop students’ critical, collaborative and creative skills. This involves:

  • Teach students how to select and use the appropriate digital technology for their task
  • Show them how to re-use other people's knowledge and ideas in respectful ways by citing
  • Demonstrate how to build on existing information to create their own new knowledge and ideas to share with others ( Enabling e-Learning, n.d.).
]]> 2019-05-01 13:12:20 UTC https://padlet.com/urusha_heeba/j5v307w4olvv/wish/355768286 Importance of digital fluency in early childhood education. urusha_heeba https://padlet.com/urusha_heeba/j5v307w4olvv/wish/355768361 Howell (2012, p. 113) notes that children are exposed to technology before they enter school and this exposure at a very young age facilitates a familiarity and confidence in these young students. It builds their fine motor skills, alphabet recognition, pre-mathematical skills, concept learning, cognition, self-esteem, social skills and school-readiness skills (Howell, 2012, p. 113). Howell (2012, p. 115) confirms that children who are exposed to technology during their early childhood education achieve better learning outcomes than those who do not.

]]> 2019-05-01 13:12:29 UTC https://padlet.com/urusha_heeba/j5v307w4olvv/wish/355768361 Digital fluency in primary/secondary classrooms. urusha_heeba https://padlet.com/urusha_heeba/j5v307w4olvv/wish/355768856 Students going through primary education will be building on the digital fluency that they have acquired in early education (Howell, 2012, p. 134). Howell (2012, p. 142) states that, for students to successfully consolidate and build on skills, their activities associated with a technology need to be creative, purposeful and experimental. It is important for teachers and educators to make sure they themselves are proficient with technology as they will only be able to pass the knowledge they themselves know (Howell, 2012 p142).

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