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   Who needs to learn digital literacy ?

It is becoming increasing difficult to live in the western world and not be digitally literate. There is hardly a profession which is not touched by digital literacy. Whether we like it or not access and an understanding about how to use, apply, and create using technology is becoming the norm. “This is a process that affects us all, as individuals and as members of a collective. Not only formal education systems are responsible for making efforts at spreading digital literacy, but also informal systems and families, civil institutions and society in general. This is true because we are undergoing a cultural change of enormous consequences. **<span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 16pt; color: black; font-family: Calibri; msoasciithemefont: major-bidi; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; msohansithemefont: major-bidi; msobidithemefont: major-bidi; msoasciifontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msohansifontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msobidifontfamily: 'Times New Roman';">(Pérez Tornero, **2004). There is an expectation that we will be digital citizens.

 What does it mean to be a digital citizen? Ribble, Bailey and Ross 2004 identified that there were “nine general areas of behaviour that make up digital citizenship. 1. Etiquette: electronic standards of conduct or procedure 2. Communication: electronic exchange of information 3. Education: the process of teaching and learning about technology and the use of technology 4. Access: full electronic participation in society 5. Commerce: electronic buying and selling of goods 6. Responsibility: electronic responsibility for actions and deeds 7. Rights: those freedoms extended to everyone in a digital world 8. Safety: physical well-being in a digital technology world 9. Security (self-protection): electronic precautions to guarantee safety” (Ribble, Bailey and Ross, 2004) As citizens we need to aware of our role in this society and there is an expectation that we are active no matter our age. Learning will be lifelong to remain fully engaged in this society.

media type="youtube" key="pzyLzV55j9A" height="344" width="425"  Ribble, M., Bailey, G. and. Ross, T.(2004) Addressing Appropriate Technology Behavior Digital Citizenship. //Learning & Leading with Technology.// Vol.32 No. 1, Accessed 11/06/09 www.digitalcitizenship.net/uploads/1stLL.pdf
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