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Digital Literacy or Digital Fluency?

"In the years ahead, digital fluency will become a prerequisite for obtaining jobs, participating meaningfully in society, and learning throughout a lifetime."  - (Resnick, M. 2002) The  Craftsman tool chest is a source of pride out in my garage. Screwdrivers, wrenches, and other helpful hand tools organized by type and function. A box wrench and a tubing wrench serve very similar purposes. Having hand tool literacy means I know how to use either tool to tighten or loosen nuts and bolts. Hand tool fluency means I know these similar tools have specific functions, but to use a box wrench to loosen brake line fittings has potentially costly consequences. Moving from the garage to the home office, " digital literacy is the ability to use information and communication technologies to locate, evaluate, create, and communicate ". In simple terms, digital literacy is knowing HOW to use digital tools. Conversely, digital fluency is formally defined as &quo