LESSON 6: DEVELOPING BASIC DIGITAL SKILLS

Lesson 6: Developing Basic Digital Skills

CONTENT

            This lesson talks about developing digital skills for digital learners. There are three basic literacy’s the reading, writing and arithmetic, these basic skills cannot be replaced. There are six basic digital skills that every student nowadays must acquire. These are solution fluency, information fluency, collaboration fluency, media fluency, creative fluency and digital ethics.  Solution Fluency 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 involves 3 subjects of skills: a.) An ability to access information. Access may involve not only of the internet, but either sources like CD-ROM software. b.)An ability to retrieve information .May includes not only texts but images, sound and video. c.) An ability to reflect on, assess and rewrite for instructive information packages.  Collaboration Fluency refers 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 an analytical 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 Digital Ethics refers to guided by principles of leadership, global responsibility, environmental awareness, global citizens and personal accountability. In this chapter also we review the higher thinking skills that were proposed by Bloom that can serve as a general framework of skills, a new era of creativity in this new digital world.

EXPERIENCE

            I acquire some of these basic digital skills since I start to study the computer when I was in grade four. When I was also in high school this basic digital skill was taught to us. We learn how to solve problems, we also learn to use technologies and in that way we learn to interact to our classmates, we also learn to be artistic in our own little ways and even good ways to handle things. Eventhough this skills were taught to us we still need to develop this things in order to become fluent in using some new technology in teaching and learning process.

REFLECTION

            Learning the basic digital skills is very important for us especially to the new generations. We are living in this dynamic world, everything is changing. Sooner in teaching and learning process instructional materials will be change to high technologies which we need higher mastery of skills. In order that we can teach our students effectively we need to develop such skills. These students has different learning styles thus we teachers must change also the way we teach , in a way that they will be more motivated and they will find interest in studying or listening to your lessons.

APPLICATION

            Basic Digital Skills will help us sooner in our degrees. It is only a stepping stone to achieve and learn new things. We can use these skills in our daily lives, we can also share this to our future students so that they will develop and use such skills.