Digital Literacy and Social Networks

This week, I'm learning about digital literacy. It is an important topic for educators, and we study it. However, most computer savvy people develop digital literacy maybe without even giving it a name or thinking about it. It encompasses a great deal of technological advances and usage of that.  My son is very digitally literate, and he is quite advanced is finding and viewing youtube topics he is interested in, such as Legos and hamsters. He records reviews of Legos on a camera, and then uploads them to Youtube with my husband's supervision.  Digitally literacy comes from experience. However, there are many ways to increase your digital literacy. I suggest you search for resources that are out there on the web.

For my own interests, I like to use social networks for research interests and keeping up with friends and family. I use facebook for friends and family (and I especially like to use it for sharing and reviewing photos). For other social networks, such as twitter, I use that for professional topics.

I found a website that is supportive of my research area, which is finding websites that help support weight loss and fitness. I reviewed and commented on this blog: http://lowcarbcompatible.com/

I have also joined other social communities, such as Weight Watchers. http://www.weightwatchers.com/plan/index.aspx

I encourage you to find a social network and get started if you haven't already.  If you are reading my blog, you are probably already advanced beyond this, but I'd be interested in hearing your thoughts.