Lesson 6 DEVELOPING BASIC SKILLS

   

  -Teacher adjusts their teaching to effectively match the new digital world of information and communication .technology they must on what basic knowledge and values need to develop by digital learners. These basic learners. These basic  literacies will not replace thec3R'S but they will be complemented by six essential to equip students they call them literacy skills referred to fluency are:

1. Solution fluency - refer to capacity and creativity in problem solving.
2. Information fluency - involves 3 submits skills which is ability to access, retrieve and reflect information.
3. Collaboration - refer to team work with virtual or real partners n online environment.
4. Media fluency - refers to channel of mass communication.
5. Creativity fluency - which s artistic proficiency adds meaning by way of design, art and storytelling to package a message.
6. Digital - s guided by principles of leaderships, global responsibility, environmental awareness global citizenship and personal accountability.

       HIGHER THINKING SKILLS 
                      - Bloom's taxonomy serves as general framework of skills
that requires information processing idea creation world problem- solving skills. The following taxonomy may be proposed.

1. Remembering recall information.
2. Understanding explain idea.
3. Applying - use information in a new way.
4. Analyzing- distinguish different parts.
5. Evaluating - justify stand or position.
6. Creating - new product point of view.

       The structured problem solving - process known as 4D's also exemplifies the instructional shift n digital learning.

• Define the problem.
• Design the solution.
• Do the work.
• Debrief on the outcome.

        Definitely, the six fluency skills (Solution, information ,collaboration ,media and digital ethics) are vital; to digital learners of today's era. There s a need for them to acquire and equip these skills n order to adjust and face the overwhelming challenges brought by modern  technology specifically n learning process. On the contrary, teachers must adjust there teaching to effectively match that new digital world information and communication technology (ICT). They should be flexible and creative n searching new ways to efficiently utilize and develop the basic digital skills which students truly need. Moreover, the new era opens the way for complex and higher cognitive skills. Therefore, Bloom's Taxonomy of Thinking skills must be developed.