Social media can be a very unwelcoming place to be. One word that's wrong and it's like you started WWIII. Although a bit exaggerated, ultimately true. Social media, if anything is a modern day battle ground where people are going to get offended by basically anything and everything. That is why it is better that there are warnings before and during conversations in a public domain, so that students may avoid such conflict, or even create a community where everyone feels comfortable to state their opinions without being shot down, while still keeping it public. I wouldn't necessarily think to put them in a private domain, though the option will always be there, only because students deal with a harsh society on a daily basis, behind a digital surface. There at least needs to be some level of trust given to the students that they can handle themselves in a public environment. I do understand that no one willing wants to put their students in a high-risking environment, and I'm certainly not saying that by doing so will you be a great, or even a bad teacher or professor; but what it really is, is that by putting students in a public domain, it gives them a chance and experience to go not only digital skill, but digital literacy. By having students in a public domain, a domain that they have all experienced one way or another through social media sites, and giving them meaningful tasks to do, you will essentially see digital literacy. Students not only gain digital skills, to effectively use technology, but they also gain awareness for not only their fellow peers, but respect for the public domain as well. If the issue is still that of high-risk, then it is the professor and the student's job to make sure that the the risk level is not as high as it might be. For example, as I mentioned earlier, warning students before and during the tasks of using public domains will help bring the risks down. However if the goal is to in fact gain digital literacy as well as digital skill, would not such a high-risk factor actually go down as these are gained, therefore having public domain be the most efficient way to do so?

When you post something, it automatically gets released to the world. A post does not just stay on that one photo or social media, it spreads like a wildfire. The danger of this is that nothing is protected or secret anymore. Noting is contained to just one space..

I believe in this statement. From my experience being taught progressively has help me understand the subject clearer.

I liked this statement because it shows that social media can be used for education. I think teachers/professors need to accept the fact we are in a digital era and use it to their advantage. And when using a website not usually used for education, they use it as an educational tool.

Often times, the idea that tweeting and blogging are so public is overlooked. When encouraging students to use these public areas, it is important to remind them of the different possible outcomes. Yes, they may be able to voice their opinion with no repercussions, but there is a chance that their opinions may be argued and it is important that they know how to properly handle a situation such as this. By making these possibilities clear, student online experience can be enhanced by a significant amount. This also allows for a safer user experience and can prevent students from putting information out into the open that they may regret later on.

The use of social media is up to every individual; it can be used in a positive or negative way, and every individual is responsible for their use of it.

This text highlights the difference between Digital skills and Digital literacy. It is important to note the difference in order to teach someone who is unaware of these tools. If a student can use both his digital skills and digital literacy effectively it can potentially earn him a good grade if he is presenting some information in class.

technology gives us power, but with that great power means great responsibility. Also, it can be a distractions whether is keeping us out of our outside world or from interacting with people face to face. It could also change our behavior as well because we can be more restricted to how people see us in person than as someone online.

Someone with more knowledge is well respected than someone with skills. Skills are very important, but those skills wont be as effective if you don't know how to use them.

I believe digital literacy is extremely important for students to learn without it we would be limited to only what we hear in the classrooms, using twitter and other social medias or internet sites allows students to discuss digitally what people across the world are learning and experiencing. FYS156

I agree with this statement because social media has grown to be so much more than just opinions being expressed. Social media now has went as far as persuading people on who to vote for. This is the way the use social media to "communicate with others under the radar".

I define digital skills as knowing how to work a kind of technology, whereas digital literacy is the knowledge of how a kind of technology works. One is not better than the other, however. If someone or some group wants to accomplish a goal using technology, they're going to need both literacy and skill. Having little skill with a lot of literacy would be like knowing how a car engine works on a technical scale, but not being able to fix it if your car broke down. Having little literacy with a lot of skill would be like having a bad teacher for a subject. They understand the material, perhaps even demonstrate mastery, but they cannot teach their knowledge to others because of the communication gap.

This question has been brought up a lot in the last few months. It is evident that employers will seek to employ people based on their posts. However, how is it that people can get rid of their online personalities when social platforms are allowed to reveal anything we post? How can we erase the past if they own our posts?

With so little classrooms actually being tech based, it is hard for students to learn and make the transition when in college. If you do not know how to use your computer, it will be of no use to you.

These elements can really help develop the understanding of what literacy can be and how that can help a reader/writer grow through their work. It is not absurd that confidence needs to be worked on to gain better literacy skills. The more confidence a writer has the more they can portray their intelligence in every words they provide their reader.

These are great examples. As digital skills and digital literacy are described with these examples, we can see that they are quite different but both very useful. I think they go hand in hand and they are both extremely important in today's technology run world. Having great digital skills and digital literacy can benefit you as a student or as an employee/employer and they are equally important.

I like the idea Bali has with this. Prof. Station has been doing similar things by asking us to engage in discussion over twitter, using the hashtag #FYS156. I think it is a very effective way to communicate and express ideas to a wide variety of people. It is also easy to see other people's thoughts and opinions to perhaps gain insight on today's issues.

I believe digital skills and digital literacy are both important skills that we should be taught. We need both to further our knowledge and become better students. Also with digital literacy we become more aware of the accommodations we should provide for our viewers, readers, students, professors, etc.

I think that students and younger generations that are learning the ways of technology know that what they do online comes with risks, and they might even know what some are. However, I think they don't know all of them. They might not totally understand them and how they work, which makes them less worried about them. All they know is that there are potential risks.

These are questions that still remain. Consider that technology has advanced, do you think society should teach the younger generation the difference between digital literacy and digital skills?

I believe this is very important when using technology we must question whether what we are posting is 'okay' something you would be comfortable having online forever. Technology is a powerful tool yet we truly are unable to speak our mind or say anything without the fear of being blocked or taken down. It is true to be wise and cautious when using the internet and it's important to be taught about it especially since it is so prevalent in our lives toady.

Since my FYS college class has been using Twitter for class discussions, I am much more interested in what others have to say. I am engaged in the class, not distracted. We must learn to use this new technology, not act like it doesn't exist.