Digital Literacy Introduction

Digital Literacy

Info Management

Creating Materials

Effective Communication

Identity

Digital Literacy is the way people use digital technology, to achieve any objective.

Can be broken down into 4 parts as shown.

• Many people have perceptions of how they use technology, or how “tech-savvy” they might be. We are interested to hear your perceptions, and why you might think that way.

• So please can you navigate to: http://bit.ly/20CTctP and complete the survey.

• At the end you will be given a grade on your Digital Literacy

Digital Health-Check

Information ManagementHow you use and manage the information online, or through other digital media. Rather than explain what makes a reliable website, we decided to share tools to increase how much you can get out of these websites.

Evernote perfect for note

taking at Uni

Totally Free

RefMe The easiest

service for basic reference taking

Totally Free

Creating MaterialsBeing able to create your own resources is an invaluable tool and there are many services online that have far greater functionality than Microsoft Office. We have some examples of such services here:

Canva fully online graphic

design service, allowing you to

create professional looking images,

simply by dragging and dropping Mostly Free!

Prezi A much nicer

alternative to the conventional PowerPoint

Totally Free

Effective CommunicationEffective Communication links closely to identity, through showing how important it is to embrace the opportunities for communication presented by Digital Media.

Word Press The worlds most popular

blogging service. If you want to blog, interact with other blogs, or

discover the wealth of content, this is the way to

do it. Free through Southampton’s “E-folio”

service.

Social Media Can be a powerful tool for communication, beyond

just sharing drunk pictures. LinkedIn is a

business oriented social media, which is useful for

connecting to other people in your field

Online Identity

Arguably the most important part of Digital Literacy, so here we’re going to do something a bit different.

We’re going to show you how information might be gathered about you online.

Video!

Nothing to do with me…

It is easy to think that this doesn’t matter to you, for a number of reasons: • Since all privacy settings are set to “Only friends” or equivalent.

But, many don’t know that every time Facebook updates its terms and conditions (even just changing one word), and you accept, everything changes back to public• Many people believe that Facebook and others don’t know that

much about them…

Find Out What They Know About YouFacebook Google (Only really works if you use lots of Google

services)1. Log onto Facebook on a computer2. Go to Facebook Settings. 3. Click at the bottom of the first page; “Download a

Copy”

4. Wait for the email to arrive

This file contains a number of things, including access to private messages, every advert you have ever clicked on, and locations of everywhere you have ever used Facebook. And this is all they want to share with you…

You can use a combination of Websites to explore Google’s data.1. www.aboutme.google.com – to see Google+

information, or if you don’t use this, other information you have given Google

2. www.google.com/settings/dashboard - to see everything about your Google account, including “Location History” which tracks your phone!

3. www.google.com/settings/ads - to see what information Google thinks it knows about you, from your browsing habits – fun to see what they have guessed at

Online Identity

It should therefore be very clear that it is best to be careful about what you post online for:• Security – there is a wealth of information that can fall into the wrong

hands. • Image – employers are now more and more and more (we’re sure

you’ve heard this as many times as us) checking up on prospects on Facebook. This is most important us, as we are both the group who needs jobs, and who are also most likely to be photographed on the floor of Jesters drenched in last nights Jesticle…

What Lack of an Online Identity Is Doing

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2bniFJigI0

Positive Online Identity

While this is obviously satire, the point is valid, and creating a positive online presence is of the utmost importance:• Write a blog (or even blog post)…more on this in a second• Use LinkedIn to create a professional identity and network• Use Twitter (maybe on a seperate account!) to follow and interact

with people specific to your interests• Every now and then, check your privacy settings...!• And a thousand more things I’m sure you know that we don’t

To Finish….

University of Southampton Business Management School Blog! (If these words don’t fill you with joy then what will?!)

Blog is at: blog.soton.ac.uk/bscbusinessmanagement

For students, by students, so please read and interact!

They are also looking for guest writers, if you are interested! Great way to practise writing, work on reflection for your assignments, and to build up a digital identity.