Digital Fluency

(Digital Fluency, 2018)

“Digital Fluency is the ability to use digital technologies in a confident manner”, and to be fluent, accurate, and flexible. ("Digital Fluency", 2018)

 For one to be digitally fluent, they must be able to determine when to utilise specific digital technologies in order to achieve their desired goal. Most students these days already have a decent level of proficiency in recreational technologies, for example PS4, Xbox One, but teachers must encourage students to develop their proficiency in learning technologies.

Why is Digital Fluency important?

Technology has been incorporated into schools and offices all around the globe. For one to be successful in the 21^st century world, they must be digitally fluent.

“In the years ahead, digital fluency will become a prerequisite for obtaining jobs, participating meaningfully in society, and learning throughout a lifetime." Resnick, 2002, p. 33 via White, 2013.

Digital fluency will be expected from everyone in the future, and that is why it is essential that digital fluency is encouraged and incorporated into school curriculums as well as the pedagogical practices of the teacher. ("Digital fluency / Teaching / enabling e-Learning - enabling eLearning", 2018)

This will enhance the digital fluency of the next generation and will prepare them for the higher expectations.

With the internet being the large phenomenon that it is, it contains many unsafe sites and information. Digital fluency can not only help one to fully utilise digital technologies but can also help to keep them safe online.

Ways to become digitally fluent

Students should develop the ability to proficiently use Microsoft software such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint. (Howell, 2012) This will help with administrative/school work.

Becoming experienced with a variety of digital technologies such as podcasts, blogging, visual presentation formats such as Prezi.

Teachers should incorporate collaborative learning in the classrooms, through digital technologies such as OneNote or Google Docs.

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