Important Top 5

Features Digital

Literate Learners Should

Be Aware Of.

.

By: Setareh Gerashi 9B

1.Honestly, how many of you ever forgot your passwords for your online IDs?

Don’t reveal your password to anyone other than your parents. Friends can at some point use it against you, unlike parent who will

Forgetting an ID can be very frustrating; it also wastes a lot of valuable time as you go through a lot of unnecessary steps of recovering it.

One must have a personal and memorable password that consists of letters, symbols and numbers.

2. Now…how many times have you used Wikipedia for your research?

Wikipedia isn’t the most reliable and accurate source to get information from.

Why? Because anyone can go and edit the information. People can give misleading and inaccurate which can mean the information are not accurate enough.

You must check for validity. How? Look at who the writer/author is.

When was the information published? Recently? Is it up-to-date?

Is the website a trusted one?

3.How often are you encountered with computer issues?

More than you can

remember? Thought so.

Experts suggest many solutions to problems you and millions of other people face everyday.

How do you get help? One-way could be going on the official pc website.

Or… Contact the experts. Go on the website of the program you have issue with and inform them. They will surely send you a reply back with instructions of what to do.

4.How many of your installed programs have valid certification?

Stay safe! Check out the certification before you download! Having a valid certificate ensures you it is safe to download.

Programs that cannot be trusted may be dangerous!

They may contain viruses that corrupt your pc system, steal information and track what you do.

5. You must keep updated with new programs, and the use of each. Programs such as Microsoft Office are very important in both education and work outside.

1.Know the use of popular or new programs and software’s

3.Teach and educate others

2.Develop skills to start using it

Try to keep updated with essential every day use programs. This includes Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Office, Windows Movie Maker, Window Media Player etc.

Thank you for watching this slideshow about ways of being digitally literate.

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