Digital literacy is making meaning from digital technology. It is knowing how it works, having the ability to engage with it and understanding its impact on ourselves and society.

Digital technology

Knowing how digital technology and computers works is a valuable underpinning of digital skills.
Find out more about how computers work with this link:

go to Computing

two children guiding a robot along the floor with coloured tiles

Digital skills

Our digital skills guidance aligns to the Scottish Government’s Minimum Digital Living Standard. This is intended to be a bare minimum of digital skills required by every person in Scotland.

The Learner Digital Skills Toolkit is designed to support teachers plan digital skills learning to meet this standard. 

Below  are links to activities, ideas and resources for each of the digital skills.

Learner Digital Skills Toolkit

two children using a laptop

Developing learners’ understanding of digital technology and applying digital skills 

As learners develop their digital skills, then they should have opportunities to apply these in more creative and  enterprising ways, as well as developing a deeper understanding of the issues and opportunities that digital technology affords us and society.

 

three children using an ipad outdoors to take a picture of flowers

Media, Creativity and Expressive Arts

Statistical data

Data Education in Schools