A presentation on the fundamentals of digital literacy for beginners in South Sudan

1. Digital Literacy
Fundamentals
Presentation

2. Digital Literacy
 Digital Literacy is about being able to make sense of digital media.
 This occurs through meaningful and sustainable consumption and creation of
data that improve an individual’s potential to contribute to an authentic
community.
 This includes the ability to analyze, prioritize, and act upon the countless
digital media 21st century citizens encounter on a daily basis.

3. What is Digital Citizenship?
 The digital world is a future dimension where people interact virtually on all
aspects of careers, education, and social life.
 Digital citizenship is our behavior in that world, including how we treat data,
other people, and our participation and contributions.
 There are new rights and responsibilities involved, including some around
potential data breaches.

4. Becoming A Digital Citizen
 We are living in the digital age – more and more of our everyday activities and
tasks are becoming digital, be that work meetings or school classes. But, how
can one navigate the digital landscape, without exposing themselves to
misinformation or their data being stolen?
 We communicate, recreate, and work in an internet-connected world.
Although this new paradigm makes much of life easier, it also requires some
adjustments to our habits. Among the challenges is being a good digital
citizen.
 The digital world is open to all that know how to use it.😎
 The best part is, you don’t even have to leave your couch to visit this world,
because it’s all right here - in the palm of your hand. 🖐

5. Tips to becoming a good digital citizen
 Balance
 Respect
 Responsibility
 Keep your device secure

6. As a digital citizen you can do the following
things:
 Pay bills through online banking
 Shop through apps and online orders
 Learn new skills through online courses
 Search for information, ideas and inspiration
 Connect with friends and family through social media

7. The digital toolkit for communities

15. More Tools
 WeTransfer………File Sharing like photos, audios and videos less than 2GB
 WhatsApp………...Messaging and Chat
 Doodle……………. Scheduling Tool
 Trello and Asana……………. Project management Tool
 Loomio……………Decision Making Tool, free for only 14 days
 Buffer and Hootsuite…………...Social Media Management Tools
 Canva…………………Online Design Tool
 Wix and WordPress……………Building Websites

16. Online Safety
 Make sure that every click you make is safe󰘍
 The internet is full of opportunity, but it can also be full of crime if you're not
careful 😕
 Learning how to stay safe online is a key characteristic of your digital
citizenship. Let's get into it 󰘍
 Cybercriminals are really smart, and they're after any kind of private
information you can give them ☠ From banking details to passwords and even
your identity, cybercriminals will try every trick in the book to get it 👀
 Your online safety begins with knowing how to manage your privacy settings.

17. App Permissions
 Limit what apps can access 🎛
 Your privacy is a huge part of your online safety 󰘍
 You have the power to decide what info an app is and isn't allowed to access
on your phone 📱
 Never give permission to an app that wants access to your banking or email
accounts ❌
 Now that you know how to give apps certain permissions, it's time to learn
how to keep that info safe ✍

18. Never use simple passwords like 12345
 Having a simple password is like locking your door with string 🔗 Not wise at
all.
 Your password should be hard for someone to guess but easy for you to
remember 💻
 Strong passwords have a mix of letters, special characters, and numbers
 A strong password makes it harder for people to access your info 󰘍
 Take a moment to consider what passwords you've made for your accounts.
How easy would it be for a cyber criminals to guess them 󰘍

19. Here's a checklist of how to create
stronger passwords for your accounts
 Never use personal names or info in your password, and most importantly -
never share this password with anyone, not even your pet 😸
 A strong password should have:
 1. At least one number
 2. At least one symbol
 3. At least one lowercase and one uppercase letter.
 4. At least seven characters

20. How to make good decisions online
 As a digital citizen, you’ll soon be spending a lot of time on the internet
exploring all kinds of news, opinions and stories 󰘍
 To stay focused and aware of the content you’re creating and consuming, you
need to be able to think critically about it󰘍
 Critically thinking cuts through the noise online.
 You need to be able to think clearly about all the information you find online
👀
 Without critical thinking skills, you can be easily manipulated, deceived, or
led to conclusions that others want you to have 😧
 You need strong critical thinking skills so that you can maintain your own
beliefs and reach your own conclusions 🙂
 But how do you do that? 󰘍

21.  Question everything!
 TEC Tool
1. Think
2. Evaluate
3. Choose

22.  Apply these questions to everything you read and see online 󰘍
 After analyzing all of this information, what do you think about the blog post?
 1. Who wrote it?
 2. Who is it aimed at?
 3. Who would know more about it?
 4. Where does this information come from?
 5. Who are the sources?
 6. Who might be funding this?

23. Creating Opportunities Online
 Networking is one of the building blocks of creating wealth 💸
 Since you have a good understanding of your phone now, let’s talk about one
of the most valuable ways you can use it - networking! 󰘍
 Connecting with opportunity is about connecting with the right people - this is
what we call networking 👭
 Be specific about who you connect with

24.  Be specific about who you connect with

25. Here are opportunities that you can
create online
 Sell Your Photos
 Create How-To Videos
 Turn your interests into Podcast that pays
 Set up Content and Web Development business
 Try Drop-shipping
 Blog etc