DEVELOPING BASIC DIGITAL SKILLS

Prepared by:
Golda Mae Asuncion
As teachers adjust their teachings to effectively match the new
digital world of information and communication technology
(ICT), they must be clear on basic knowledge, skills and values
(or literacies) need to be developed by digital learners.
These three basic literacies will not
replace the 3 Rs.
Reading Arithmetic

Writing
 Six Essential Skills to
Equip Students for
Success in the Millennial
World
 1. Solution Fluency
 This refers to the capacity and
creativity in problem solving.
Define the
problem because you need to know exactly what you
are doing before you start.
Discover a solution because planning prevents wasted efforts.

Dream up a process that is suitable.

Design up a process in an accurate and detailed action plan.

Deliver by
putting the plan into action in both production and
publishing the solution.
Debrief about process and results.
 2. Information Fluency

This involves 3 subset skills

 Ability to access information
 Ability to retrieve information
 Ability to reflect on, access and rewrite for
information packages
Information Fluency
Process
 Ask good
questions in
order to get
good
Asses the answers. Acquire
process and multiple
results which is sources and
both a teacher types of
and student information.
practice.

Apply Analyze,
knowledge to authenticate,
convert the and arrange
vision into 3 the
practice. information.
 3. Collaborative Fluency
 This refers to teamwork with virtual or real
partners in the online environment.
Collaboration Fluency
Process
Establish the
group,
Envision the
purpose
norms, roles and
and outcome.
responsibilities.

Execute byputting Engineer the

the plan into workable plan to
action. achieve the goal.

Examine the
process
and outcome.
What is MEDIA FLUENCY?
- is the ability to decipher
communication media and create
media (radio, internet, television,
magazine, advertising, graphic
arts) to effectively communicate a
message
THE COMPONENTS OF MEDIA FLUENCY
Creativity Fluency – This refers to the ability to creatively create stuffs.

Students mimicking weather forecasting

Digital Ethics – As a digital
citizen, the digital learner is
guided by principles that
would help him/her do right
decisions. Before he/she clicks,
he/she thinks.
A problem is not necessarily solved because the correct answer has
been made. A problem is not truly solved unless the learner
understands what he has done and knows why his actions were
appropriate.” — William A. Brownell, The Measurement of
Understanding (1946)
 The 4D’s of Problem Solving

Define the problem- How to

convert one unit to another unit
using short method.
What do you need to find out?
What do you know?
What would be a reasonable
estimation?
Do the work
Show your work.
Design the
solution-
Example:
King Henry Died
Until Drinking
Chocolate Milk
Defend you answer Explain why your
answer makes sense. Check for
reasonableness.
Do the Work-
After explaining the short method give
student an activity that can use if they
understand the short method.
Debrief on the outcome-
It is not hard to convert to
another unit because there is
another option which is the
short method.