Digital

Literacy
Learning to survive and
thrive in todays digital
world
 Icon identification

Lets see how many icons you know

You will be shown a number of different social media

icons
You will have 3 minutes to identify as many of these
icons as you can
Write down the number and the name for each icon that
you recognise
Who in the class knows the most?
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 Icon identification

Now lets see how you did

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 Google Suite

Sign in
Go to www.google.com and in the top-right corner, click sign in.
Enter your G Suite email address ( AdminNo-name@edgemeadhigh.org.za)
Click sign in.
Gmail
Send and receive emails
Find messages by using the search box
Organise contacts
In top-left corner, click mail and select contacts
Google Calendar
Organise your life by scheduling events in the calendar
 Google Suite
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Google Drive
Access stored files anywhere, from any device
Share files with other people
You can choose if you want them to be able to edit or only view the file
Collaboration
You can create files using Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Slides,
etc
These can be created in your browser so you dont need software
These can be shared with others
These can be edited (by you and others) and changes made are saved
online in real-time
More than one person can work on the same document at the same
 Google Suite
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Google Classroom
View homework and assignments set by your teachers
All assignments are put onto a calendar, allowing you to keep
track of all assignments for all subjects (provided the teachers
make use of Google Classroom)
Submit homework and assignments
 Digital Footprints

Your Digital Footprint.mp4

Take down notes as you watch the video

 Digital Footprints
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Group discussion
choose and discuss something that you could leave behind as a
digital footprint and the potential consequences that there could
be for doing so.
What kind of digital footprint do you WANT to leave behind?
Remember
Once you post something, you can NEVER take it back!
Somebody will have liked it, shared it or retweeted it
Universities and employers etc. can look online to check up on you!
 Search literacy
- Using Google
Remember
The top results you get when you search on Google are not
always the most reliable!

Activity
Everybody search for the word Egypt on your phones at the
same time
Compare your results

Try again with the word java

 Search literacy
- Using Google continued

Personalisation
There is no such thing as One Google
We all get different information delivered to us!
Google tracks your search history
When you search for something on Google, you will get results based on
your history of internet use
So everybody will get different results for the same search at the same time!
Be specific when you searchgive the context of what you are searching for
Try a different search enginenot all search engines track you
DuckDuckGo
Startpage
Ixquick
Blekko
 Online safety
- tips to protect yourself
Create smart and strong passwords
Incorporate capital letters, numbers and special characters
Use more than six characters
Use email wisely
Be careful about what information you submit via email
Never send credit-card information or other private information
Be smart when using instant messaging programmes
Do not send personal information
Use a nickname
Never accepts strangers into a group
Remember: your employer (or the school) has the right to monitor and view your
messages
Fun and carefree online gaming
Be sure that your security software still functions when you are in gaming mode
 Online safety
- tips to protect yourself
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Shop wisely
When at the checkout screen: check that the web address begins with https
Check to see if a tiny locked padlock symbol appears at the bottom right of the
checkout screen, or that there is a statement on the checkout screen stating that
the pages are secure with a security technology vendor. Check that the security
technology does exist by checking the security technology companys web site.
Watch out for phishing scams
Phishing scams use fraudulent emails and fake web sites, pretending to be
legitimate businesses, to get people to reveal private account or login
information
Do not click on links to websites from within the email
Rather visit the directly site from a separate web browser
You can also call the business or agency directly to verify that it is legitimate
 Information literacy
- using Wikipedia
Not everything found on Wikipedia is reliable!
Anyone can create a new article or edit an existing article
So your teacher may tell you not to use Wikipedia at all!
BUTthis does not mean that nothing on Wikipedia can be trusted!
SOhow can you judge?
Click on talk to find Wikipedias rating of the relevant article
 If you click on the rating, you can find out what it
means