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Digital Literacy and the
Education System
By Laura Ramsden
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Digital literacy is in the midst of becoming a critical component to
today’s education system
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Children are entering a world of adulthood where important life skills include Google footprints and fluency in the use of social networks…
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DIGITAL LITERACY IS ONLY ONE COMPONENT OF BEING A
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Someone who is responsible for how they utilize technology…
To interact with the world around them
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Many students are not aware of the fact that they are often subject to “invisible audiences”
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As well as the permanence and
persistence of things that they share online…
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Rather than throwing students “out into the wild,” would it not be better to prepare them in the safety of their own classroom?
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“We want them to understand that data is constantly being collected about them” - Karen Blumberg, Technology Innovator
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Once you give a social network
information, it holds value from
that moment on
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“We want to give them a protective bubble, so they can practice and experiment…
Without leaving a permanent trace on the web” - Karen Blumberg, Technology Innovator
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We can strive
to eliminate the digital divide
By improving the digital literacy of today’s youth…
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Can you believe that 1 in 5 Americans do not use the Internet?
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Why is this important?
Over 50% of today’s jobs require technology skills, and nearly 80% of jobs in the next decade are projected to require digital skills…
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One can only imagine what will happen if today’s youth are thrown into a world where digital literacy and internet fluency are almost crucial for success…
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If they are released without any knowledge or prior exposure
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It is our responsibility to prepare the next generation
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As the Internet conPnues to evolve, we must ensure that it preserves our rela%onships, our informa%on, our secrets…
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We have not created a privacy culture
on the Internet that is ideal to live with
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The next generation needs to be able to fight for their privacy rights
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But in order to fight for their privacy rights, youth need to
be given the key to this
knowledge
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We can improve their digital skills while they are still in the playground
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So that they are ready for a world where permanent evidence on the Web could haunt them for the rest of their lives…
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Sources
• hQp://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2011/10/13/how-‐to-‐teach-‐kids-‐digital-‐literacy-‐build-‐a-‐private-‐social-‐network-‐playground-‐for-‐them/
• hQp://www.nyPmes.com/2013/03/21/business/a-‐campaign-‐to-‐help-‐people-‐learn-‐internet-‐skills.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1&
• hQp://www.huffingtonpost.ca/hessie-‐jones/teens-‐oversharing-‐internet_b_2923694.html
• hQp://purposefultechnology.weebly.com/why-‐is-‐digital-‐literacy-‐important.html
• hQp://www.pewinternet.org/Topics/Demographics/Digital-‐Divide.aspx?typeFilter=5
