What is digital literacy?

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DIGITAL LITERACY

By Linda Buckmaster

It is sometimes called web literacy, information

literacy, internet literacy or media literacy. The term

‘digital literacy’ relates

• The functional skills of using digital technology effectively

• The ability to analyse and evaluate digital information

• Knowing how to act responsibly and appropriately online.

• Understanding how, when, why and with whom to use technology

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To understand that information accessed via the internet can be inaccurate and consider

the implications

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