At Gilmore Primary School, digital literacy encompasses the knowledge and skills students need to create, manage, communicate and investigate data, information and ideas, and solve problems across all curriculum areas. It assists students to work collaboratively at school and in their lives beyond school.
Digital literacy involves students critically identifying and appropriately selecting and using digital devices or systems, and learning to make the most of the technologies available to them. Students adapt to new ways of doing things as technologies evolve, and protect the safety of themselves and others in digital environments. The Digital Literacy learning continuum is organised into four elements:
- Practising digital safety and wellbeing
- Investigating
- Creating and exchanging
- Managing and operating.
For more information: Australian Curriculum Digital Literacy
Useful eSafety websites for families:
https://www.unicef.org.au/parent-teacher-resources/online-safety
https://www.police.act.gov.au/safety-and-security/online-safety
ACT Child Safe Standards
Our school is committed to keeping children safe. As an ACT public school, we have adopted the 10 ACT Child Safe Standards and continue to work with the ACT Human Rights Commission to build on the existing child safe culture in schools to strengthen our practices in keeping students safe and well.
Keeping students safe online
Parents can play a key role in keeping their children and young people safe online. The eSafety Commissioner has a range of resources to help you keep your children and young people safe from harm online.
The ACT Education Directorate runs webinars each term to provide useful information and advice. Topics cover understanding the current online safety issues young people are experiencing, how to support your child to be safe online, resources for responding to online issues and where to go for more support. Recordings of these videos can be viewed here [https://bit.ly/ACTEDU_Parent_eSafety_Resources].