Part one of core 1

When I think about being digitally literate the first key thing that comes to my mind is being fluent with computers. If you can thoroughly understand how to work computers and get them to do the things you want them to do to complete tasks then I would think you would be very technologically literate. I am by no means completely literate when it comes to computers. I know and understand the basic tasks that can be done on computers but nothing advanced. For instance I know well how to search for something using a search engine such as google, and how to determine which of the results that pull up are true or not. I know how to do a scholarly search and find journal articles for English projects. For other classes I know how to use Microsoft Excel, power point, word, and pretty much everything else in Microsoft Office.

There are also many aspects about computers that I do not fully understand. For example if I had a system failure on my computer, chances are I would have no idea how to fix it if hitting it and restarting it didn't work. Also downloading and transferring files and all the things like that just throw me for a loop. i usually have to ask a friend for help. I really would like to become completely literate with computers though because I believe I would be a lot more effective in my school work and other technological areas of my life because i wouldn't have to sit down and think to myself about how to begin.

Digital Literacy article

Digital Literacy: A Conceptual Framework for Survival Skills in the Digital Era.

This article talks about what it takes to actually become digitally literate. As quoted in the article : "digital literacy involves alot ore the just having the ability to use software or operate a digital device. It includes a large variety of complex cognitive, motor, sociological, and emotional skills, which users need in order to function effectively in the digital world. The point of this article is to inform the public of the difference between being digitally literate and being digitally ignorant by possessing the bare minimum of digital skills. As times goes by though, more and more people in the world will realize that they have to become digitally literate in order to make money and compete in the job markets with those who are literate.