Developing basic digital skills

Reflect on:

How does the six basic digital skills affects the learners in using technology?

Starting 21^st century, we are all engaged in using digital gadgets, it makes our work fast and easier, that’s why many people prefer to use it than the traditional. It helps us a lot especially in education, it contributed in the teaching-learning process to be better and effective. But, how can we observe that the learners are really learning?

    

       We all know that learning starts from the very basic, and then the teacher must be ready to cope with these digital gadgets in order for them to integrate technology in the instruction process, and then teach the learners the basic digital skills that comprises the fluency skills: solution fluency, information fluency, collaboration fluency, media fluency, creativity skills and digital ethics. First the solution fluency wherein the learners can enhance their capability and creativity in solving problem, 2^nd information fluency, the learners will learn how to access, retrieve, and reflect on an information, then collaboration fluency, learners cooperation and unity will be developed to have a successful work, next media fluency, learners will enhance their ability to evaluate messages from the different media as well as it will molded their thinking skills, then  creativity fluency, it will made the learners become more creative and artistic in doing such word project, PowerPoint Presentation, Publisher and even Blogs. Lastly, digital ethics, the learners understanding and awareness about the digital gadget will be developed; they will be guided in those dos and don’ts in using technology.

All of these fluency skills will help the learners build up their understanding and capability in handling technology and by these the learning process will be observed whether it is effective or not, and it has high percentage that the learner will learn effectively because all of the skills will be develop that will improve their higher thinking skills.

These basic digital skills play a significant role in learners learning, it will lead to the empowerment knowledge of the learners in which they will become more interactive, skilled, and technology efficient.

Prepared by:

GIRLIE P. DEL VALLE

BSE - 3D

Reflection no. 7