Digital Literacy

Analog

Digital

Digital Evolution

Activity
5 Benefits of
Digital Technology

5 Concerns of
Digital Technology

The Digital Experience

10 Benefits of Digital
Technology

Engagement
Time
Location
Pacing
Individualization
Content
Sharing
Data
Ownership
Parent Involvement

The Digital Experience

10 Concerns of Digital
Technology

Infrastructure
More of the Same
Old Paradigms
Equity
Management &
Scheduling
Preparation &
Development
Obsolesce
Interoperability
Higher Ed
Security & Cheating

Digital Devices

Digital TV and
Digital Media

Digital
TV
Many
Many Channels,
Channels, one
one frequency
frequency

Analog
TV

One
One Channel,
Channel, one
one frequency
frequency (Channel
(Channel
3)
3)
One
One Channel,
Channel, one
one frequency
frequency (Channel
(Channel
4)
4)
One
One Channel,
Channel, one
one frequency
frequency (Channel
(Channel
5)
5)
One
One Channel,
Channel, one
one frequency
frequency (Channel
(Channel
6)
6)

Digital Media
What are some common forms of Digital Media?
Computer Programs
Databases
Digital Audio (MP3, WAV)
E-Books
Digital video
Computer games

Digital Media
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Getting started
Working with Files and Folder
Managing Digital Media
Working with catalogues
Exporting, backing up and archiving

Organizing Digital Media

Acquiring Digital Media

Capturing and Creating
Importing

Activity

Capturing digital media using Screen capture

Import pictures from the internet
Take digital pictures with a camera
Record digital video and audio

Digital Audio

Digital Audio

What Is Sound?
Disturbance in Air Pressure
Different disturbances create
different patterns in vibrations, or
different sounds
There patterns of disturbances
travel as sound waves

Stages of Sound
Production- Hitting a drum
Propagation-sound travelling through air
Perception-your ears detecting it

Digital Audio
How to use Audacity
Cleaning up Audio using Audacity

Digital Photography
Tone Quality
Size Adjustments
Crop/Resize/Colour Correction

Activity
Part 1Correct Tonal Quality
Use the Image Adjustment Tools (Levels,
Brightness/Contrast) to correct the tonal quality
(amount of contrast & detail) of this image.
**Save resulting image as yourgroupname1.jpg

Activity
Part 2Size Adjustments
Resample this image so its pixel dimensions are
approximately
800 X 540
**Note: Please make a copy of the original image before
you resample

** Save resulting image as yourlastname2.jpg

Activity
Part 3Crop/Resize/Color Correction
Use the crop tool to straighten the
image and crop out the white border
around this image.
Use the Image Adjustment Tool (Levels,
Color Balance, Contrast, etc.) to correct
the tonal quality and color balance of
this image.
Resize (Resample) this image so that its
final pixel dimensions are approximately
300 X 400 ppi.
**Save resulting image as
yourlastname3.jpg

Digital Video

Make a great recording

Editing essentials
Increase viewer understanding
Make your screencast stand out
Create better audio
Share your screencast

Digital Technology And

Career Opportunities

Sales Engineer, $90,899

Software Engineer, $96,392
UX Designer, $96,855
Database Administrator, $97,258
Computer Hardware Engineer, $101,154
QA Manager, $101,330
Security Engineer, $102,749
Data Scientist, $105,395
Product Manager, $113,959
IT Manager, $115,642
Analytics Manager, $115,725
Solutions Architect, $121,522
Software Development Manager, $123,747
Software Architect, $130,891

Online Communication
What is it?
How does it work?
Who is doing it?
Why is it Significant?
What are the downsides?

Most Popular Apple App Store Categories in March 2015

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Games

Searching the Internet

Use unique, specific terms
Use the minus operator (-) to narrow the
search
Use quotation marks for exact phrases
Don't use common words and punctuation
Capitalization
Drop the suffixes
Maximize AutoComplete
Customize your searches
Use browser history
Set a time limit -- then change tactics

Selecting Valuable Online

Information

Accuracy
Authority
Usefulness
Currentness
Presentatio
n

 Are the facts on the site documented?

Verifiable?
Is more than one source used for
background information within the site?
Does the site contain a bibliography?
Are copyright laws respected?
Is the site up-to-date?
Are the links within the site appropriate?
Are they up-to-date?
Was any significant information omitted?
Is an explanation of the research method
given?
Are there grammatical and spelling errors in
the text?
Is the article biased? If so, is the bias
presented as fact or opinion?

 Does the site address the topic?

Is the information about the topic
comprehensive
Does the site contain links to other sources
that address the topic?

Consideration when
the information was
published and when
the site was last
updated.

Online Material

 Introduction to Online
Banking