Role-Models are Essential
When you talk with Caribbean youth about the possibilities and hope that working online offers, you have to give them real-life examples to hang their dreams on and help them to understand that it can be done and that others are doing it. So in my previous article on digital literacy, DuttyBerry and Wally British, two youths (a male and a female) who are earning money from their digital content were highlighted. In this article I will feature a few more youths.
Digital Literacy – More than Selfies!
I used the term ‘digital literacy’ throughout that earlier presentation and you would have picked up that it involves learning to use digital tools, such as our cell phones, tablets and other computers as well as the Internet. These are called communication technologies and are vital for 21st Century living.
But, beyond just learning how to use these tools, we need to understand how to use them effectively to better our lives. A big part of digital literacy is to use these various technologies to create content or information and to share what we create with others via various means, including, but not limited to social networks. It’s not just about posting selfies!
