Digital Literacy is the ability to use technology safely, responsibly, and effectively. It includes skills like finding reliable information online, protecting personal data, and understanding how digital tools shape communication. Through inquiry learning, students explore real-world digital situations, test ideas, and learn how to make smart choices on the internet. They ask questions about online safety, practice evaluating sources, and create projects that show responsible digital behavior. This approach helps learners build confidence while preparing for a future where technology is everywhere. In this way, Digital Literacy becomes more than just computer skills—it becomes a foundation for lifelong learning and responsible citizenship.
🟢 Starter
- List three rules for staying safe online.
- Identify two examples of personal information you should never share.
- Practice creating a strong password.
- Write down one way to be polite online.
- Compare two websites and decide which looks more trustworthy.
- Make a list of five apps you use and why.
- Draw a symbol that represents online safety.
- Explain why it’s important to log out of accounts.
- Identify one positive use of social media.
- Write down two dangers of clicking unknown links.
- Practice asking an adult before downloading something.
- Write three sentences about why screen time should be limited.
- Share one good use of email in school.
- Draw a picture of a “digital footprint.”
- Explain why not everything online is true.
- Identify one way to report cyberbullying.
- Write down three safe search tips.
- Make a list of websites that are useful for schoolwork.
- Compare playing video games online and offline.
- Explain why it’s important to think before posting.
🟡 Practice
- Research how fake news spreads online.
- Create a poster about digital citizenship.
- Compare three search engines and their results.
- Write a paragraph about why privacy matters.
- Analyze an online advertisement and explain its purpose.
- Create a guide for protecting passwords.
- Write down five signs that a website may not be safe.
- Research how technology affects friendships.
- Create a timeline of your own daily screen use.
- Compare online shopping and shopping in a store.
- Write three ways to reduce distractions online.
- Investigate how cookies track internet activity.
- Create a list of positive and negative effects of social media.
- Write a short diary entry about a day without internet.
- Compare two online videos for reliability.
- Research how influencers affect consumer choices.
- Create a chart showing safe vs unsafe digital behaviors.
- Write a paragraph about how technology helps learning.
- Investigate how digital tools are used in healthcare.
- Compare two apps and decide which is more useful.
🔴 Challenge
- Write an essay on why digital literacy is important today.
- Debate whether children should have social media accounts.
- Research how algorithms affect what people see online.
- Create a guide for identifying fake news.
- Compare the impact of technology on communication in two generations.
- Write a persuasive speech about cyberbullying awareness.
- Research how governments regulate online safety.
- Create a presentation about digital rights and responsibilities.
- Write about the dangers of oversharing online.
- Compare the benefits and risks of online learning.
- Research how hackers steal information and how to prevent it.
- Debate whether smartphones should be banned in classrooms.
- Write an editorial about the future of digital citizenship.
- Create a campaign for safe internet use in your school.
- Research how online privacy differs across countries.
- Write a reflection on your own digital habits.
- Compare open-source and commercial apps for safety.
- Create a comic strip about responsible online behavior.
- Write a letter to younger students about safe internet use.
- Debate whether AI tools should be used in schools.