Freewrite-Digital Literacy

Digital literacy is the knowledge and ability to consume and understand information, and to compose in different digital environments and through different technologies.

Important concepts”

-access

-wade through various types/ streams of info

-evaluate the value of digital sources

-basic knowledge of how a system works or its conventions to compose effectively

Access is so important because without initial access, one can’t learn, and without continued access, one can’t practice/play to become accustomed to technology

Knowledge: You have to know about the conventions/ workings of different digital mediums in order to both fully understand them, to evaluate them, and to create in them