SocialTech: Computer Science is not Digital Literacy - 0 views
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digital literacy - which she defines as "those capabilities that equip an individual for living, learning and working in a digital society"
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While it was still around, Becta defined digital literacy as “…the skills, knowledge and understanding learners need to participate fully and safely in our increasingly digital world.
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For me, the main characteristics of the many of the available definitions of digital literacy are that: it supports and helps develop traditional literacies – it isn’t about the use of technology for it’s own sake or ICT as an isolated practice it's a life long practice – developing and continuing to maintain skills in the context of continual development of technologies and practices it's about skills and competencies, and critical reflection on how these skills and competencies are applied it's about social engagement – collaboration, communication, and creation within social contexts
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Not being able to code doesn't make you digitally illiterate. Not being able to participate in social, economic, cultural and political life because you lack the confidence, skills and opportunity to do so is what makes you digitally illiterate.