DIGITAL

LITERACY
AND WHY IT MATTERS

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WHAT IS DIGITAL LITERACY?

The ability to find, evaluate,

utilize, share, and create
content using information
technologies and the
Internet.

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WHY DOES IT MATTER?

It helps teaching students

how to find, evaluate, use
and create digital content
in meaningful ways.

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WHAT DOES IT REQUIRE?
Digital literacy requires a variety of
strategies and skills, including:

•  critical thinking — questioning how

authentic, valid and useful digital
information is
•  communicating and collaborating with
others in the digital space
•  using digital tools to design and create
compelling original content
•  using digital tools to access, use and share
information.
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WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS?
Digital literacy skills enable the
students to:

•  find and access digital content

that is fit for purpose
•  analyze and combine information
to develop their own
understandings
•  create and share digital content in
purposeful ways.
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WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS?
Digital literacy skills help the students
engage in digital citizenship by teaching
them these values and behaviors:

•  honesty, responsibility, and having

ethical approaches in accessing and
using digital content
•  social understanding to act in ways that
respect others and protect individual
well-being.

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