Digital Literacy Skills Framework

Appendix 1: Performance Features Grid – Digital Literacy

Digital literacy indicator .12: Active awareness of self as a digital user

Focus Area	Pre Level 1A	Pre Level 1B	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3
Connect, communicate and collaborate	Begins to recognise there are different digital devices commonly used to connect with others Demonstrates extremely limited use of digital device Begins to recognise some benefits of digitally connecting with others	Begins to understand the purpose of some commonly used digital devices and software applications Begins to understand internet connectivity Begins to use an extremely limited number of digital devices and software applications Understands a limited range of benefits and drawbacks of being digitally connected to others	Uses the internet to connect with others using a limited range of digital devices and software Uses the internet to carry out a limited range of familiar digital activities Begins to understand and use some basic conventions of online netiquette Understands a limited range of short, highly explicit digital texts and tasks	Connects and collaborates with others using a variety of digital devices and software to transact and communicate Understands an increasing range of uses of the internet for activities and transactions Understands and applies a limited number of digital netiquette conventions Initiates, maintains and ends online communications	Recognises different ways to connect to the internet Connects and collaborates with others using a wireless digital device and software to transact and communicate Demonstrates an understanding of how to manage internet use for communication and transactions Understands how digital netiquette impacts communication