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Moral literacy involves a complex set of skills and habits that can be cultivated and enriched through education. Like other forms of literacy, it is best developed in the home and the community as well as in the schools. Still, the best way to ensure that we are part of a moral nation is to commit educational resources to this crucial ability.

Digital Literacy is...

Digital literacy is

the ability to find, evaluate, utilize, share, and create content using information technologies and the Internet.

to identify specific skills and strategies in the formation of moral literacy, such as a sense of moral purpose, self-knowledge and self-regulation, flexibility, vision and a high tolerance for ambiguity.

Digital literacy is more than knowing how to send a text or watch a music video. It means having the knowledge and ability to use a range of technology tools for varied purposes.

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possess the skills to simply recognize and accept the differences without making value judgments.

Technology is changing literacy, claim Web 2.0 advocates, university researchers, edgy librarians, pundits of the blogosphere, and the media. The visual is ascendant, text is secondary—and linearity? Forget about it. Web surfers flip from one information wave to another, gathering and synthesizing. Beginning, middle, and end are up for grabs.

Moral literacy is defined as the ability to contend with complex moral problems. It involves the ability to recognize a problem as a moral one. The morally literate individual must acknowledge the multiple perspectives of individuals involved in the problems. The ability to assess both disagreements on and proposed responses to the problems is another skill of the morally literate individual. The development of these abilities involves learning and practicing a set of skills. These skills must be taught and then practiced until they become habits. The skills include sensitivity, listening, reflecting, critical thinking and moral reasoning. A moral literacy resource for educators, therefore, should provide information to assist in developing both an understanding and application of these skills and abilities.

unication technologies to find, evaluate, create, and communicate information, requiring both cognitive and technical skills.

Digital Literacy is the ability to use information and comm

Independent learning is a method or learning process where learners have ownership and control of their learning

collaborative Web site comprises the perpetual collective work of many authors.

A digital native is an individual who was born after the widespread adoption of digital technology.

Disinformation is information provided to security or intelligence sources that is intentionally false or intended to deceive.

Geotechnology is the branch of civil engeneering studying the hidraulic and mechanical properties of all material coming from the earth. Geologists investigate soil and rocks beneath the earth’s surface to determine its properties and to define proper cimentations for heavy structures like tall buildings, bridges, hidroelectric powerplants, etc….

Internet Privacy is the ability of individuals to control the flow of information and have reasonable access to data generated during a browsing session.

Collaboration is a joint effort of multiple individuals or work groups to accomplish a task or project.

A database is a data structure that stores organized information.