Lesson 6: Developing Basic Digital Skills

Content – As time goes by, the improvements in technology is on a fast pace. Thus, teachers should adjust their teaching to effectively match into the new digital world of ICT. In order to cope up with this advancement, they must be clear on what basic knowledge and skills they should be able to master or that they could fluently impart to the digital learners. This basic literacy will not replace the 3R’s (Reading, writing and arithmetic) instead, they will be complemented by these six digital skills to equip students for success in the millennial world. These skills are better referred to as fluency skills. These are solution fluency - which is the capacity and creativity in solving problems, information fluency – the ability to access information, retrieve information to reflect on, assess and rewrite for instructive information packages., collaboration fluency – which test teamwork and cooperation among virtual or real partners, media fluency – the ability to evaluate the message in a chosen media; a channels of mass communication that uses televisions, computers and etc., creativity fluency – artistic proficiency adds meaning by way of design, art, story-telling to package a message and digital ethics – guided by principles of leadership, global responsibility, environmental awareness, global citizenship and personal accountability.

Experience – I had a computer subject when I was in my elementary years.  I was introduced to technology in a very young age which I could say that I am in advantage than those who didn’t know technology at all. Thus, as time goes by and as technology improves and being able to go with the change, I could then say that I was able to develop those digital skills and am fluent enough.

Reflection – The said digital skills are very important for us teacher to posses since we will be teaching the 21^st century learners who are very well literate to use such technology. In order to impart these skills to the students, teachers must be able to adjust and adapt with the change. Skills that should be developed must be used appropriately. Developing these basic digital skills allow us how to use different capabilities of using technology properly and to apply and impart these skills to our students someday.

Application – As a future teacher, we will be able to teach them how to gather useful and reliable information from the internet and to be able to use these information properly in finding solutions on the problems they’ll be encountering at the classroom setting, school and even in the outside world.