If students are “glued” 24/7 to their mobile devices, why is it necessary for schools to teach digital literacy? Who should teach it? And wait … what does it even mean to be “digitally literate”? If ...

When it comes to learning in the digital age, cultivating strong digital literacy skills is paramount for students’ success. As technology continues to shape every facet of modern life, proficiency in ...

In many classrooms, students demonstrate an enviable tech savviness as they easily navigate new applications with grace and little fear. Need your computer hooked up to the projector? There is a good ...

“Write a brief history of your relationship to digital technologies, including social media.” This is a diagnostic prompt I have been giving students for a decade or so, first only in composition ...

Universities spent the late 1990s and early 2000s ensuring students could attach documents to email, fill out spreadsheets and perform other basic computer skills. But the information age has led to a ...

Consuming information online is as simple as a click, scroll, or swipe these days. All searches are not created equal — and rarely do we think about fact checking what we find on the internet. In ...

Artificial intelligence and automation are fundamentally transforming the labor market, impacting all workers in all lines of work. In fact, the Metropolitan Policy Program at the Brookings ...

In K-12 classrooms, digital literacy is a critical component of learning in the digital age, shaping students’ abilities to navigate, comprehend, and utilize digital tools effectively. This ...

While the word “literacy” alone generally refers to reading and writing skills, when you tack on the word “digital” before it, the term encompasses much, much more. Sure, reading and writing are still ...

Digital literacy has become indispensable for every global citizen, whether to communicate, find employment, receive comprehensive education, or socialize. Acquiring the right set of digital skills is ...