Digital Literacy: Innovation, Inclusion and Opportunity

Josie Fraserhttp://twitter.com/josiefraser

Digital divides

• “…as ICT use becomes woven into the fabric of everyday life the divisions of ICT use are strengthened rather than diminishing” (futurelab 2007)

• Digital divide isn’t just about access/social deprivation, it’s about how technology is used

Why is digital literacy important?

• Fundamental social and economic changes: the reconfiguration of employment, education, health, welfare, politics, leisure and entertainment

• Functions and processes increasingly organised around networks rather than physical spaces (Manuel Castells 1996)

http://www.ofcom.org.uk/advice/media_literacy/medlitpub/medlitpubrss/uk_childrens_ml/full_report.pdf

Digital Literacy =

digital tool knowledge +critical thinking +social awareness

Tabatha Newman

Digital Literacy =

digital tool knowledge +critical thinking +social engagement

Josie Fraser

equipping our learners - whatever age they may be - with the skills to not only take advantage of the information and opportunities offered by technology, but to take an active role in shaping and creating those opportunities - social, educational, political, civic, and economic.

Obrigada!

Josie Fraserhttp://twitter.com/josiefraser

“why what book is it that the wench has got hold of?” he burst out at last

“the history of the Devil by Daniel Defoe. Not Quite the right book for a little girl. How came it among your books Tulliver?” said MR Riley, “How came it amongst your books Tulliver?”

“Why it’s one of the books I brought at Partridges sale. They was all bound alike. It’s a good binding you see, and I thought they’d be all good books… and there's a lot more of ‘em, sermons mostly, and they’ve all got the same covers. I thought they were all of one sample you might say. But it seems you mustn’t judge by the outside. This is a puzzling world.”

• George Elliot, Mill on the Floss 1860