"Promoting Digital Literacy, Through English Proficiency"

          Digital literacy is the ability to locate, organize, understand, evaluate, and analyze information using digital technology.  It involves a working knowledge of current high-technology, and an understanding of how it can be used.  Digitally literate people can communicate and work more efficiently, especially with those who possess the same knowledge and skills.
          Research around digital literacy is concerned with wider aspects associated with learning how to effectively find, use, summarize, evaluate, create, and communicate information while using digital technologies, not just being literate at using computer.  Digital literacy encompasses computer hardware, software, the Internet, cellphones, PDAs, and other digital devices.  A person using these skills to interact with society may be called a digital citizen.  Schools are continually updating their curriculum for digital literacy to keep up with accelerating technological developments.  This often includes computers in the classroom, the use of educational software to teach curriculum, and course materials being available to students, online.  Some classrooms are designed to use smartboards and audience response systems.  These techniques are most effective when the teacher is digitally literate, as well.  Teachers often teach digital literacy skills to students who use computers for research.  Such skills include verifying credible sources Online and now to cite Websites.  Google and Wikipedia are used by students for everyday life research.  Educators are often required to be certified in digital literacy to teach certain software.  Libraries are using games increasingly such as Digital Literacy Contest to raise awareness about digital literacy.
          Digital literacy helps people communicate and keep up with societal trends.  Literacy in social network services and Websites helps people stay in contact with others, pass timely information and even sell goods and services.  Digital literacy also prevents from believing hoaxes that are spread Online or are the result of photo manipulation.