This document discusses the importance of digital literacy and provides tips for students on internet searching, personal profiles, cyberbullying, and references. Digital literacy is defined as the ability to navigate, evaluate, and create information using digital technologies. It is important because technology is constantly evolving and requires lifelong learning of skills. The goal is for students to gain digital literacy skills through education. Tips are provided on improving internet searches, using Boolean operators, managing personal profiles and digital reputation, consequences of inappropriate social media posts, defining and addressing cyberbullying, and citing references.

1. Digital LiteracyDigital Literacy
“Digital literacy is the ability to
effectively and critically
navigate, evaluate and
create information using a
range of digital technologies.”
-Wikipedia

2. Why is Digital LiteracyWhy is Digital Literacy
Important?Important?
• ‘Under the digital literacy umbrella are numerous
interrelated skills that range from basic awareness
and training to foster informed citizens and to build
consumer and user confidence, to highly
sophisticated and more complex creative and
critical literacies and outcomes. Given the
constantly evolving nature of technology,
acquisition of digital literacy skills represents a
process of life long learning.’ (MNet, 2010)

3.
Goal – We want our students to:
Gain digital literacy skills
Education is Paramount!Education is Paramount!

4. Internet SearchingInternet Searching

5. Improving Your SearchImproving Your Search
SuccessSuccess
• Use the simplest form of
the word
• Use common
capitalization
• Be as specific as possible
• Try partial words

6. Use Boolean OperatorsUse Boolean Operators
• And
o Find only those pages that contain
both of the words
• Or
o Find all pages that contain either of the
words
• Not
o Find all pages that contain the word
before not, then remove any that also
contain the word after not

7. Personal ProfilePersonal Profile

8. What About Your Profile?What About Your Profile?
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9. Personal ProfilePersonal Profile
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• Just like a tattoo, your
digital reputation is an
expression of yourself
Highly visible, hardto
remove

10. Think Before You PostThink Before You Post
• Students must realize that they
are responsible for the content
that they post.

11. Consequences of PostingConsequences of Posting
• Greek Olympian Voula
Papachristou was
booted from her
country’s Olympic
team after posting a
racial joke to Twitter —
and now says the
punishment has left her
“very bitter and upset.”
http://www.catchabody.com/index.php?
do=/pages/665

12. CyberbullyingCyberbullying
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http://www.dosomething.org/tipsandtools/11-facts-about-cyber-bullying

13. What is Cyberbullying?What is Cyberbullying?
• "Cyber-bullying" is when a child,
preteen or teen is tormented,
threatened, harassed, humiliated,
embarrassed or otherwise targeted by
another child, preteen or teen using
the Internet, interactive and digital
technologies or mobile phones.

14. Cyberbullying andCyberbullying and
HarassmentHarassment
• Text Messages
• Web Postings
• Stalking
• Unauthorized Photos
• Online Deception and
Violence
• Cyber-ostracism
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http://www.smlinks.com/sotw/why/

15. What to DoWhat to Do
Students should not:
•Post information that could be used against them
•Respond back to the cyberbully
Students should:
•Keep a copy of the message, email, or webpage
until they get help
•Block the offender
•Tell parents and school authorities
•Change phone numbers, e-mail and screen
names if necessary

16. ReferencesReferences
• "Media Awareness Network." Digital Literacy in
Canada: FromInclusion to Transformation. N.p., 7
July 2010. Web. 20 Sept. 2013.