Digital Literacy vital to UK’s Competitiveness

The importance of media literacy was discussed at an event entitled “Virtual Voices” held in Bristol (UK) last week by South West Screen.  The main participants included young people, educators, policy makers and the media.
The event adovcated that a “Greater understanding of digital literacy is essential for young people and their future job prospects.”
Their key [...]

What is a ‘Digital Mentor’?

It seems to be an initiative from government to:
…help communities take control of their media, to fill the gaps in coverage themelves in a way that takes advantage of the remarkable opportunities that exist with social web  tools, to both provide a means of communicating a community’s messages, and to help that community collaborate both internally and [...]