LESSON 6DEVELOPING BASIC DIGITAL SKILLSPrepared By:

Marchelyn Shayne Olor, BEED III-BHoneylou Momo, BEED III-BCharmaine Montejo, BEED III-B

PHILIPPINE ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYButuan City

The teacher adjust their teaching to effectively match the new

digital world of information and communication technology, they

must be clear on what basic knowledge, skills, and values need to developed by digital

learners.

INTRODUCTION

These basic literacies will not replace the 3Rs:

Reading Writing

Arithmetic

Basic Digital Skills• Solution Fluency• Information Fluency• Collaboration Fluency•Media Fluency• Creativity Fluency•Digital Ethics

SOLUTION FLUENCYThis refers to the capacity and creativity in problem solving.

Requires whole brain thinking executed when students define a problem, design the appropriate solution, apply the solution, and assess the process and result

INFORMATION FLUENCYInvolves 3 subset of skills:

1. Ability to access information, not only in internet but other sources like CD-ROM software.2. Ability to retrieve information. It may not include only text but images, sound and video.3. Ability to reflect on, assess and rewrite for instructive information packages.

COLLABORATION FLUENCY• It refers to teamwork with

virtual or real partners in the online environment.

• There is virtual interaction in social networking and online gaming domains. Distance has been abridged, such that learning comes to an exciting potential for partnership in discovery learning.

MEDIA FLUENCY• It refers to channels of mass

communication (radio, television, magazine, advertising, graphic arts) or digital sources.

• There is a need for an analytical mind to evaluate the message in a chosen media, as well as a creative ability to publish digital messages.

CREATIVITY FLUENCY• It adds meaning by way of

design, art, and story-telling to package a message.

• The elements of creativity fluency are font, color, patterns, and layout.

• Templates for PowerPoint presentation and blogs are available for free access in the internet.

DIGITAL ETHICS• Guided by principles of leadership,

global responsibility, environmental awareness, global citizenship, and personal accountability.

Higher Thinking Skills• Entering the new world of

information and communication technology opens the way for complex and higher cognitive skills.

Bloom’s Taxonomy of Thinking Skills

6. Creating – new product/point of view

5. Evaluating – justify stand or position

4. Analyzing – distinguish different parts

3. Applying – use information in a new way

2. Understanding – explain ideas

1. Remembering – recall information

This taxonomy is patterned after the new scientific knowledge on how human brain works.

Right hemisphere of the Brain• Works sequentially through a series of

events like talking, reading and writing.

Left hemisphere of the brain• Individual analysis of images, events,

and ideas is what the left brain is good.

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