Digital Literacies and My Identities
Hello, citizen of the net! It's nice to see you again. Today is my first English lesson on 11th grade so here I'll be talking about the first chapter of our book. Our teacher threw this trigger question: "What comes to your mind when you hear the phrase 'digital literacy'?" In my opinion, I see digital literacy as one's ability to find, use, create, and evaluate information using information and communication technology by reading, writing, and listening. It's a combination of other soft skills as well, like critical thinking, creativity, collaboration, and communication. This kind of ability has so many benefits, such as to gain wider knowledge, increase online safety, improves social skills. Digital literacies can influence our online identities, whether as an individual or as a group. The knowledge and skills about personal data can prevent us from being hacked, because we know what kind of passwords should we use for our account, how to keep our ...