Exactly... what is digital literacy? I know.. we have digital camera, digital video, digital watch.. and now digital literacy?? Does DL have to do with technology and digital revolution? Must a digitally literate person be IT literate as well? How IT literate can a person be in order to be digitally literate?? Confused.
I suppose digital literacy refers to the ability to read, understand, interpret, infer and produce something that has to do with technology... or may be there's more to it? Being a digital imigrant, I shouldn't be comfortable with the skills that I have at present. The younger ones or rather.. the digital natives are keeping up with the advancing technology. They are born in the age of technology and immersed in a period which exposes them to a spectrum of media. The fear of just being receptive to whatever that is shown before them is lurking in the air. They need to learn to be more critical and be cautious of messages that are hidden in the heads of the media authors.. that's where our role as educators should enter. We, ourselves, have to be IT literate or digitally literate in order to play an effective role!
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