Lesson 6

BASIC DIGITAL SKILLS

      Teachers nowadays must adjust their teaching to effectively match the new digital world of Information and Communication Technology.  They must know what basic knowledge and values they need to developed among the digital learners. These basic illiteracies will not replace the 3 R’S namely: Reading, Writing and Arithmetic, but they will be complemented by six essential skills for the students to become more competitive. They call them literacy skills referred to fluency skills these are:

1. Solution fluency – refer to capacity and creativity in problem solving .

2. Information fluency –involves 3 submits skills which is ability to access, retrieve and reflect information.

3. Collaboration fluency – refers to teamwork with virtual or real partners in online environment.

4. Media fluency – refers to channel of mass communication.

5. Creativity fluency - which is artistic proficiency adds meaning by way of design, art and storytelling to package a message.

6. Digital ethics – is guided by principles of leadership, global responsibility, environmental awareness, global citizenship and personal accountability.

HIGHER THINKING SKILLS

     Bloom’s Taxonomy serves as a general frameworks that requires information processing, idea creation and real-world problem-solving skills. The following taxonomy may be proposed:

1. Remembering - recall information

2. Understanding-explain ideas

3. Applying-use information in a new way

4. Analyzing-distinguish different parts

5. Evaluating-justify stand or position

6. Creating-new product/point of view

The structured problem solving-process known as 4D’s also exemplifies the instructional shift in digital learning:

      Define the problem        

    Design the solution      

 Do the work          

        Debrief on the outcome