Developing Basic Digital Skills

As teachers adjust their teaching to effectively match the new digital world of information technology(ICT), they must be clear on what basic knowledge, skills and values need to be developed by digital learners.

Basic Digital Skills

Basic Digital Skills

• Solution Fluency
• Information Fluency
• Collaboration Fluency
• Media Fluency
• Creativity Fluency

Solution Fluency

This refers to the capacity and creativity in problem solving.

It requires whole brain thinking executed when students define a problem, design the appropriate solution, apply the solution, and assess the process and result.

Information Fluency

An ability to ACCESS information. Access may involve not only of the internet, but either sources like CD-ROM software.

An ability to RETRIEVE information .May includes not only texts but images, sound and video.

An ability to reflect on, assess and rewrite for instructive information packages.

Collaboration Fluency

To teamwork with virtual or real partners in the online environment, there is a virtual interaction in social networking and online gaming domains.

Media Fluency

Refers to channels of mass communication (radio, television, magazine, advertising, graphic arts) or Digital sources.

There is a need for analytic mind to evaluate the message in a chosen media, as well as creative ability to publish digital messages.

Creativity Fluency

Adds meaning by way of design, art, and the story –telling to package a message.

Templates for ppt. and blogs are available for free access in the internet

Font, color, patterns are elements to creative fluency

thanks !!!

Educational Technology 2
Summer 2015
Marvin O. Gabatin,LT
mogabatin21@gmail.com