Literacy
Numeracy
Digital Competency
What is Literacy?
Being ‘literate’ means you can speak, listen, read and write to a level that allows you to become engaged in the world around you. It’s important for us to develop these skills so that we can:
- Learn about different things;
- Take advantage of opportunities that life may offer through digital technology; and
- ·Play an active part in our community.
What is Numeracy?
Numeracy is the use of Maths in an everyday context.
- Being able to check a restaurant bill.
- Calculating how long a journey will take.
- Working out holiday spending money using an exchange rate
- Calculating how much carpet is needed for a room
Are all examples of numeracy skills.
What is Digital Competence?
Being ‘Digital competent’ means having the ability to use ICT and digital skills in all aspects of life. Digital competence is the set of skills, knowledge and attitudes to enable the confident, creative and critical use of technologies and systems. It is the skill set that enables a person to:
- Be a confident digital citizen
- Have the ability to interact and collaborate digitally
- Produce work digitally for different audiences and purposes
- Be confident in handling data and computational thinking (problem solving).