Technology and Internet

Digital literacy is so important because:

• Digital literacy skills affect your daily life, your success as a student, and future employability.
• Digital literacy is necessary. For many people, technology is the primary way they interact with the world.
• College courses increasingly require proficiency in digital tools and spaces.
• Learning the tools expected by your professors is vital to your success.
• Many jobs require proficiency in advancing technology. 

Remember: every individual is responsible for the ways they use technology!

Everyone who uses the internet leaves behind a "digital footprint."

• This footprint contains every interaction you have from social media to online browsing. 
• Each activity leaves behind a trace of information that identifies a specific device and/or user.
• Organizations screen potential employees to see what trail candidates leave.

This all happens with your knowledge, or not. Remember: The Internet is a public place.