Digital competence is the set of skills, knowledge and attitudes that enable the confident, creative and critical use of technologies and systems. In simple terms, this can be defined as a set of skills which are designed to help learners become more digitally aware of the ever-changing world they face.

 

The Digital Competence Framework (DCF) is a tool which can be used to map these skills across the curriculum within each of the Key Stages. The framework encompasses the following strands:

 

1. Citizenship

2. Interacting and Collaborating

3. Producing

4. Data and Computational Thinking

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Throughout the curriculum, pupils encounter each of these strands in their studies to help them gather a deeper understanding of them.

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