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

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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

6. Example of 21 century Literacy tools

7. Lets have a look at the video
Show video e-literate video 1

8. 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, access, browse the Internet, etc..
GPS Application Installed
Video Calling – Tele-Conference
3G – 3GS – 4G?
Window based application

9. Have a look at this...

10. 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, s, 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

11. 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 ?

12. 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.

13. 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 million active blogs throughout the world.

14. Lets watch a video
e_literate_vo2

15. Popularity

16. 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.

17. Lets watch a video
E-Literate Video 3

18. 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

19. 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

20. 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

21. Internet Guidelines Do not respond to people that you don’t know
Do not open 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

22. 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 ?