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How important is it to teach digital literacy to students? //"The new communications technology world is characterized by such attributes as interactivity, mobility, convertibility, interconnectivity, globalization and velocity. Within the new digital society, different competences and capacities for abstract thought of each individual constitute the main resource of nations and will determine the value of each and what they can add to global economy. This structural shift results from the transition from the industrial era to the information era."// [|Brasilina Passarelli] 

The ability to communicate in this digital age will be imperative.

This site will explore the following questions and how digital literacy is and will continue to impact on teaching and learning. What is digital literacy? Why is there a need for digital literacy? Who needs to learn digital literacy? Is this literacy different to the literacy of the Twentieth Century? What are some of the skills needed to be literate in the Twenty First Century?


 * Reference **

Passarelli, B. (2008) Students' collective knowledge construction in the virtual learning environment "TôLigado - your school interactive newspaper" //IR Information Research// Vol. 13 No. 1.