Digital Information-Module one

“From literacy to fluency to citizenship”

In this reading, it clearly states that “the internet affords new ways of working and learning, and in turn, new challenges are emerging and evolving for children and young people and those who support them” (Netsafe, 2018 p. 5).

It goes on to develop the new trend in schools, and daily life being technology. Due to the update in technology and all its advantages, schools, workplaces, and family/personal environments are all centered around technology. In relation to schooling and education, this reading talks about becoming a digital citizen, meaning one must be able to acquire skills and strategies unpinned by values and must have a good sense of understanding digital environments through knowledge. “Netsafe defines a digital citizen as someone who can fluently combine digital skills,knowledge and attitudes in order to participate in society as an active, connected, lifelong learner” (Netsafe, 2018 p. 6). After reading through this article, it made me think about many affordances and limitations to technology in education.

A limitation in terms of being a digital citizen in relation to education is that nothing on the internet is what i I call ‘sacred’. Even for school students of any age. Information and data can be leaked and therefore, breaching privacy and safety of these school students.”Technology as objectified capital means nothing on its own – it is only through embodied cultural capital or social capital that the technology can be appropriated and used in accordance with its specific purpose” (Czerniewicz & Brown, 2010 p. 864).

An affordance in relation to this reading in regards to digital citizenship and relating it back to education. Being in an era that is based around technology and social media, it is seen as crucial to gain the skills to know how to work computers and online. If these children are taught how to be safe and secure online from a young age, then there should be no reason as to why technology shouldn’t be allowed in schools. Being in the digital age means being raised thoruigh the era based around technology. Everyone in todays society knows how to work a laptop or a device of some description. It can create many different learning styles which can help children depending on what type of learner they are. “Today’s students not only have computers to help them with their schoolwork, they have easy access to research tools while teachers use technology to enhance the impact of their lessons” (McCoy, 2019).
 
 

References

Czerniewicz, L., & Brown, C. (2010, May). Born into the Digital Age in the south of Africa: the reconfiguration of the ‘digital citizen’. In Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Networked Learning (pp. 859-865).
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McCoy, W. (2019, February 5). Five Positive Effects of Technology on Education . Retrieved from Chron: https://smallbusiness.chron.com/five-positive-effects-technology-education-31222.html
 
Melhuish, N., Spencer, K., Webster, A., & Spence, P. (2018). From Literacy to Fluency to Citizenship: Digital Citizenship in Education. Netsafe.(2018). From Literacy to Fluency to Citizenship: Digital Citizenship in Education (2nd ed.). Wellington, NZ: Netsafe.