Digital Literacy Connections between Home and School

FutureLab's report: Connecting digital literacy between home and school seeks to define digital literacy and digital participation and discusses multiple digital literacy practices. Their working definition is “digital literacy is the way in which
people understand, make and share meaning with digital media and
technologies” (p. 4). The emphasis is on meaning, however. Digital literacy is more than just using technology and they note that this is a time of digital culture.

Digital Literacy Skills a Myth?

Joe Nutt's report: Professional Educators and the Evolving Role of ICT in Schools: Perspective Report (2010) challenges the definitions of Digital Literacy and concludes that "On closer examination ‘digital literacy skills’ appear to be no more than the higher order enquiry and synthesis skills that teachers of traditional subjects have long taught" (p. 3).

I think Nutt proposes some interesting arguments but doesn't seem to address evidence related to technology integration and student engagement, and the notion that traditional literacy (a focus in Ontario schools) doesn't necessarily include digital information. I think being digitally literate is essential to students today, who will need these skills in their future workplaces.