Digital Literacy Skills Framework

Connect, communicate and collaborate
Uses the internet to connect with others using a limited range of digital devices and software Uses the internet to carry out a limited range of familiar digital activities Begins to understand and use some basic conventions of online netiquette Understands a limited range of short, highly explicit digital texts and tasks
Digital identity and safety	Begins to recognise own digital footprint and its permanency Recognises and applies a very restricted range of digital risk protection software and privacy strategies Begins to recognise unsafe web links and warnings Makes some distinction between personal and work related use of digital devices and software Begins to recognise some inappropriate content

Digital Literacy Level 1

Level of Performance	Support	Context	Text Complexity	Task Complexity
1.13 Recognises a restricted range of methods of accessing and organising digital information	Works alongside an expert/ mentor where prompting and advice can be provided	Highly familiar contexts Concrete and immediate Very restricted range of contexts	Short and simple Highly explicit purpose Limited, highly familiar vocabulary	Concrete tasks of 1 or 2 steps Processes include locating, recognising

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