The Difference: Digital Literacy Creates Better Groups, Firms, Schools, and Societies

Viva la Difference! Who can takes us on a really enagaging tour that examines why digital literacy matters. You thought the subject was simple? Well it is if you think in terms of the usual ways the media pigeon-hole digital technologies (Google, Microsoft) but as "DML E3D" quickly shows participants - digital media literacy can be framed in many, many more ways: and more than that - it provides proof after proof for why it makes a positive impact.

Graduates from last years Level I sessions have expressed love for the facilatitor's entertaining command of language, his knowledge of the subject and his clear enthusiasm for the topic. This is one of those rare opportunities that, alongside the transformative experiences after reading the likes of Blink, Wisdom of Crowds and Tipping Point, deserves wide adoption and social recommendations. In many ways it the 5 levels of engagment are all part of  an unabashed celebration of human-ness. Leave a comment or send and email to dml.e3d@gmail.com to get more information about registration.

The Digital Futurist Mindset

The the ability to locate, organize, understand, evaluate, and create 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 connect, communicate, collaborate and compete more efficiently, especially with those who possess the same knowledge and skills.

Research around digital media 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 a computer.

Digital media literacy encompasses computer hardware, software (particularly those used most frequently by businesses), the Internet, cell phones, PDAs, and other digital devices. A person using these skills to interact with society may be called a citizen with a digital lifestyle.

Can Digital Literacy gives you an overall view?

Internet language and how different parts of a digital society including the Internet are used. The books refer to digital literacy in society and the possible future universe. The future will require more than the ability to scroll down on a web page but fully understanding information sources are linked together to get the best and most information to one's benefit. In contrast to written information within a library, digital information is unfiltered and can contain unreliable information. A lot of people often take digital information at face value, believing the content within it is all factual. By taking the proper steps to evaluate digital information one can determine its reliability and usability. Also by using major search engines to do searches on sources names, background, and other articles they have written is important to remember. This blog will rank amongst the top leaders to mobilize on the knowledge journey to a destination called the "DML E3D". This gives a full strategy of how within two years a group can easily contact my sources of information from news groups, online chats with other media, stock report checks, and newspaper headline readings. Throughout this journey each participant consistently compares the digital resources to that of the actual physical world of books and magazines. They collective compare and contrast the downfalls and benefits of both sets of information. For example, will the immediacy of split second retrieval of information destroy other methods of information management?

CDL dependent Roles?

1. Team members/associates
2. Team leaders/supervisors
3. Managers and leaders (including executives)
4. Sales representatives (professional and entry-level)
5. Customer service and call center associates
6. Retail customer service
7. Health care provider and support roles
8. Retail sales
9. Professionals/individual contributors

A dose of Digital Factoids (1 of 1,000,000)

To stop wasting revenue storing your documents or paying to retrieve documents from storage facilities then you must digitize. To minimize delays on projects because of missing or unavailable documents then you must digitize. To store over 10,000 pages or the contents of a five-drawer file cabinet onto one CD-ROM so there is no need for boxes piling up in your office or off-site storage facility you must digitize. Basically,  

• The average cost to search and retrieve d a misfiled document is $100.00*
• The average cost to reproduce a professional documention is $200.00*
• The average document is reproduced 10 times*
• 55.5% of all documents get stolen, lost or corrupted,  over 25% of the get misfiled*
• A typical worker spends thirty minutes to two hours a day searching for documents*

 *Source:METARAZZI - A division of METAMORF Technologies

A reason for this blog Title

As a victim and survivor of a government funded deficit oriented educational system, I've become a critical digital literate to balance the following observations about me;

par·a·noid

adj.

1. Relating to, characteristic of, or affected with paranoia.

2. Exhibiting or characterized by extreme and irrational fear or distrust of others

schiz·o·phren·ic

adj.

1. Of, relating to, or affected with schizophrenia.

2. Of, relating to, or characterized by the coexistence of disparate or antagonistic elements.

bel·li·cose

adj.

Warlike or hostile in manner or temperament.

cur·mudg·eon  

n.

An ill-tempered person full of resentment and stubborn notions.