Hi dear professor, how are you? there are 10 benefits for digital literacy: https://www.slideshare.net/webpercent/top-10-benefits-of-digital-literacy

There is no advantage to knowing Sumerian unless you can use it.

There is no advantage to digital literacy unless you can use it.

Sumerian is a language. So what is this digital literacy you bring up?

It would be more helpful if you formulate a hypothesis who I can agree with or contradict.

As a "post scriptum" I should like to recommend to explain what is meant with "digital literacy". Some decades before I learned FORTRAN IV programming and you know there are some other languages of programming. Would you prefer such language apply? Are you keen in them? For instance to learn COBOL for economic needs? Please give a clear description and goal of your question

Top 10 Benefits of Digital Literacy

Since rolling out the WebPercent Digital Literacy Assessment a few months ago, I often get asked, “What is digital literacy?” If you do a quick search on Bing or Google you will get a smattering of results that tend to focus on basic computer skills, technology in the classroom or the digital divide, which is more about bringing Internet access to everyone. These definitions are not sexy, so the crusade to define and push digital literacy is often left to educators, librarians and other evangelists that already understand the repercussions of being digitally illiterate.

Digital literacy in its simplest form is learning to leverage a vast array of resources in the virtual world to enhance and accomplish things in the real world. This requires that you do have online access and do know how to use a computer; but that’s just the basics. With more connected devices coming online each day, and more services offered via “Internet only” the digital literacy body of knowledge is growing. So rather than debate what the official definition should be of digital literacy, it’s more important that we start getting people to care and engage. Here is why everyone should care about digital literacy (or as I like to call it – digilit):

1 – It Saves Time: Being digitally literate can save minutes and hours per week for tasks that could only be done offline in the past. I still have memories waiting in line at the DMV (Department of Motor Vehicles). If you wanted to drive or renew your license you had to go through the right of passage and wait in line for an hour. Today you can renew by mail. From banks, to grocery stores to the US Post Office (an American institution), you no longer have to wait in line if you choose – or at least less often.

2 – You Learn Faster: When I was in middle school my teacher used to encourage us to read our books with a dictionary right next to us. If there was a word we did not know, we could then easily look up the definition. I haven’t opened a dictionary in years; today I simply go to Bing and type “define [word]” and I have the definition with an audio clip on how to pronounce it correctly. This is so much better than opening a 10-pound dictionary.

3 – You Save Money: This benefit should be the most obvious – between coupon codes, daily deal sites, comparison shopping sites and mobile apps, today’s consumer is more informed than ever to not only get the best product, but also get the best price. Throw in free shipping and this one benefit alone is enough to get more digitally literate. Amazon Prime – I Love You!

4 – It Makes You Safer: For all the talk about the Internet being a dangerous place, it actually does a great deal of everyday good that often goes unnoticed. Whether you need tips on staying safe in a foreign country on vacation, ways to make your house more secure or getting the fastest route to the nearest hospital, you can find it all in the digital world. While some home tasks should be left to professionals, I have used video sites like YouTube a number of times to verify the steps on a quick fix job. If you don’t change electrical outlets or lay tile often, you can pick up some handy tips and stay out of trouble by watching a quick refresher on the Internet.

5 – It Keeps You Informed: Ignorance is bliss. Once you have knowledge it is hard not to crave more. In the “old” days adults would rush home to watch their favorite TV anchor on the 6 o’clock news. Today, everyone has their favorite news site they check daily. From the Huffington Post to the New York Times, we not only crave information, but we require it. From world changing events like 9/11 to much simpler conveniences like knowing the weather or traffic, information makes the world move. It is why the printing press was such a monumental achievement and why the Internet will continue to grow.

6 – It Keeps You Connected: When social media took off, many people started to debate the effects it was having on “real” relationships. While some of the concern is certainly valid, people have always had certain levels of relationships way before the Web was popular. There are people you love who you could call on the phone every day. There are people you love who you only call once per year. Some people you HAVE to see when you visit a particular city; others you MAY see if you have time. In the beauty of life there are complex human interactions. Social media is just one more option for us to stay connected on our own terms.

7 – You’ll Make Better Decisions: When you have limited ways to get information, your choices are also limited. Digital literacy allows you to search, study, analyze and compare the vast resources available to you. It adds to your body of knowledge which can allow you to make better decisions – which college, what car, when to visit Peru, even the type of mate you want. These decisions are now a mouse-click away.

8 – It Can Keep You Employed: The world runs on computers. If you have ever witnessed the cash machine go down at a grocery store, gas station or restaurant you’ll realize how dependent we are on computers. It falls right below electricity and even above water. Everything you eat or drink from a bottle or tap at some point came through a system controlled by computers, unless you live on a farm. This is why computer skills are so important. While many of us may spend hours virtually shuffling papers in Microsoft Word and PowerPoint, there are thousands of jobs that now require computer skills on all types of platforms.

9 – It Makes You Happier (LOL): No matter how serious or technically advanced the world gets, humans will always love a good laugh. From Pinterest to Tumblr, there is an animated GIF, picture or video out there to make someone laugh. So even if employers feel the Web has decreased work output in their companies, at the end of the day, a happy worker is a productive worker. And the Internet makes us happy!

10 – YOU Can Influence the World: Thousands of babies are born around the world in major cities each day. You never will know who will be the next great leader. Through politics, religion, activism and even entertainment, people have brought change to places they didn’t know existed. A white preacher in Houston, Texas can influence a young black male in New York through a motivational video posted on Facebook. A demonstration in Egypt can ignite a movement for freedom in another country. Every math problem, goal, addiction, disease and injustice has someone out there that cares. This is the true beauty of our human and digital web. Finding those that care and influencing new people has never been easier.

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@ Hassan Nima

Digital Literacy beginning to run wild: how many copies of your answer do you really want us to read?

Perhaps if we view information as having a lifecycle, then developing the abilities which allow us to interact it with it at any of its stages is one focused aspect of "digital literacy"

Dear Sir,

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Good luck!

Digital skills apply to and transfer across many professions, and even enhance a worker's ability to apply for a job. As more services go online, digitally versatile workers have an increasing advantage in many sectors ranging from information technology (IT) to the service industry.

Digital literacy is important to develop the technology in communication with world and friends.

In my view it is making people fool rather than creating anything good.

Most of people might not agree but i have strong point regarding the same.

It is well known that many technologies that we are able to create or going to create are already existed in past.

It can help in understanding the global direction in any scientific field but can't help what can be done.

Digital literacy is good as it provides information to all in equal, just, way without discriminating the poor from rich.

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Thank you all for valuable comments.

In my opinion, educators need to shift from using old technologies and media to using new technologies and media if they are supposed to help students learn how to communicate more effectively.

Email, discussion boards, and static web pages can be considered old technologies and media.

Teenagers generally use email especially when they want to talk with old people but they prefer to use instant messaging (IM).

I still prefer Email which is a formal way of communication. Although I utilize IM for some emergency issues, but I think It is not an appropriate type of communication especially between teacher and students.

We should teach our students how to communicate with their teachers and other contacts.

I have many emails from my students including lots of typo/grammatical errors. Who is responsible for the weakness of new generation?

Unfortunately, due to progress in technology, new generation does not tend to read books and poems.

The advantages of digitial literacy are many including access to more people, speed, lower cost, etc. It does take away some of the paper and pencil skills as well as some of the thinking skills needed when old school "technology" was used. When students use technlogy excelusively to draw graph they lose the sense they derived from using paper and pencil to draw graphs. Many of my students do not knwo the basic times table because they got addicted to using their cell phone for everything including as a calculator. s

Digital skills apply to and transfer across many professions, and even enhance a worker's ability to apply for a job. ... Digitally literate people save time and money by paying bills, applying for jobs, doing their taxes and banking online.