Research Takeaways: The Benefits of Digital Literacy in the Early and Middle

Fadillah Sandy, Annis Azhar Suryaningtyas

Abstract

The changing of era into digital technology is growing rapidly and affects the activities for people from different ages. Children are now living a world which allow them to have easy access into digital media whether it is at home or school. It’s known that the affects can be either negative or positive. This study is aimed at exploring the benefits of digital literacy for children in the early and middle childhood. The method used was literature review by doing critical reading of several recent and peer-reviewed articles and discussed in an analytical way. The results showed that the use of digital literacy in the classroom in the previous research had benefits towards literacy development with the assistance of adults.

Keywords

Digital literacy; children; classroom

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.20961/impresi.v3i2.71427

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