Mohammad Abbas Alamdar Teacher of ICT STS Ajman – Boys School Cyber Literate Mohammad Abbas Alamdar Teacher of ICT STS Ajman – Boys School

Learning Objectives Identify 21st Digital technology and know how to use it in a Learning and working environment. Understand that the current digital technologies and their role towards modern civilisation. Apply appropriate etiquettes and management of digital communication and social networks tools. To promote the positive use of digital media.

What is Computer/Digital Literacy ? Literacy means to be able to know how to read and write. Computer Literacy or Digital Literacy means to know how to use a computer, any electronic device and the internet.

Learning Outcome Understand the meaning of Digital Literacy. Understand that the current digital technologies and their role towards modern civilisation. Apply appropriate etiquettes and management of digital communication and social networks tools. To promote the positive use of digital media.

The new way There are now new ways of doing things, for example; Cable Connection – Wireless Connection Physical Interaction – Virtual Interaction Content Users – Content Creators 2 Dimension – 3 Dimension Slow Transmission – High Speed Transmission Manual - Automatic

Example of 21 century Literacy tools

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Communication China hits 432 million mobile phone users - The most mobile phone users of any single country in the world – InfoWorld.com Internet equipped - social networking site connection, e-mail access, browse the Internet, etc.. GPS Application Installed Video Calling – Tele-Conference 3G – 3GS – 4G? Window based application

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The Internet Worldwide connected computer and server - Millions of data, picture, files, image, music, video and lot more were store on servers and users all over the world can view, download, upload, copy and etc. Vital Instrument - industries, educational institutions, small & medium business and even for home usage. Get things done faster and effective – video conference, e-mails, instant messaging and etc… Fast growing Users - It took 38 years for radio to reach 50 million users, 13 years for TV, and only 5 years for the Internet - CyberAtlas.com

Knowledge Check What is Literacy ? What is Digital Literacy ? What is communication ? What tools do we use today to communicate ? Which country has the most mobile phone users ? Which features allow us to communicate with our mobile phones ?

Answers Literacy means to know how to read and write. Digital literacy is knowing how to use technology, computers and the internet. Communication is a way of interacting with others. Internet, MSN, social networks, WiFi, smart phones ,net books, etc. China with over 4 billion users – the majority of them communicate via text. The features which allows us to communicate are WiFi, GPS, Video calling, text , BBM, 3G.

Making the internet yours Real Community Vs Virtual Community Content User Vs Content Creator Social Networking Site – Facebook , Twitter, Friendster – Facebook estimated 375 million users by year end 2009 and the numbers keep rising Tremendous impact on current social – people communicate and interact -share their opinion, feelings, pictures, diary and etc. to their virtual community. Blog - Allow millions of people to publish and share their ideas with many millions of readers - 7.4 million active blogs throughout the world.

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Semantic Web & Search engines Semantic Web is the internet understanding the way we write statement, for example; Abu Dhabi is the UAE UAE is in the Arabian Gulf Messi plays football for Barcelona Search engines allow us to; Find information that we need Google, yahoo, Ask Jeeves and many more.

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Smart Objects There are many smart objects existing around us all the time. A smart object is an object which contains a chip. This chip runs a program and allows the object to operate. For example, A Bank card Passports ID Cards Watch E-Literate Video 4

Online Application Current Trend – Institutions, government bodies, industries, schools, NGO and etc. Fastest way to get information to the public E-Business – where online business deal were done – ebay , alibaba…. E-Government – government own portal – public to view current government initatives and program – submit forms – application E-Career – online job hunting – job match making E-Learning – LMS – education portal

Challenges of Digital Literacy Online Fraud Identity theft Misuse of anonymity Freedom of speech Content not suitable for under 18 years old Internet addiction Cyber bullying E-Literate Video 5 and 6

Internet Guidelines Do not respond to people that you don’t know Do not open email attachments from people that you don't know. Do not look at adult material. Do not give out passwords to people. Keep you personal information safe. Maintain good ethical behaviour. E-literate Video 8

Knowledge Check What must you do if someone that you don't know tries to contact you ? Why must not we give out personal information ? What are the dangers of social networking ? How do you maintain good behaviour on the internet ?