5 Fluencies of Digital Citizenship

 

Solution Fluency

Creativity Fluency

Collaboration Fluency
Media Fluency
Information Fluency

Solution Fluency

Solution fluency is the ability to think creatively to solve problems in real time by clearly defining the problem, designing an appropriate solution, applying the solution then evaluating the process and the outcome.

According to 21st Century Fluency Project, there are 6 essential steps in creativity and problem solving-known as the Six D’s:
Define the problem, because you need to know exactly what you are doing before you start doing anything.
Discover the history of the problem which provides context.
Dream. Envision a future with the problem solved.
Design your solution in stages through gap analysis from Define to Dream.
Deliver the goods. Complete and publish your solution.
Debrief and foster ownership, by getting involved in the evaluation of the problem-solving process.

Creative Fluency

The power of creativity adds meaning to virtually every product and organization in existence using innovative design, visual appeal, and storytelling. The arts are no longer ornamental—they’re fundamental. There’s creativity deep within all of us, and Creativity Fluency helps you make it shine.

Collaboration Fluency

Collaboration Fluency is defined as "team-working proficiency characterized by the unconscious ability to work cooperatively with both real and virtual partners in both physical and virtual environments to solve real and simulated problems." It has the following steps:
 

    1.  Establish:  Establish the group and roles of each member

(the jobs as defined in the project description are: Director, Vocabulary Specialist, Literary Luminary, or Checker)

    2. Envision:  The group defines its purpose

(as defined in the rubric, found in the mini lessons)

    3. Engineer:  Plan the necessary steps/delegate responsibilities

(the director helps delegate if questions)

    4. Execute:  Put the plan into action

    5. Examine:  Analyze the outcome

Media Fluency

The ability to look analytically at any communication media to interpret the real message.- The ability to determine how the chosen media is being used to shape thinking.- The ability to evaluate the efficacy of the message being presented.- The ability to create and publish original digital products.

Information Fluency

Information fluency is the ability to critically think while engaging with, creating, and utilizing information and technology regardless of format or platform. Specifically, an information fluent individual is able to:

• Recognize the need for information;

• Formulate a plan to obtain the information including appropriate technologies to be used;

• Discover, identify, and retrieve information from multiple venues and in multiple formats;

• Evaluate and select relevant and credible information;

• Synthesize obtained information or create new information using various technologies; and

• Present or publish an information product to an audience using an appropriate platform.