People everywhere should have the knowledge they need to tap into the full power of the Internet – and use it to make their lives and the world better. This means everyone needs to be able to read, write, and participate online. A healthy Internet is yours to master.
Web literacy should mean all the skills we need to think, create, and thrive online.
Many people hear the term Web literacy and think it means learning to code, or STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) education. But Web literacy is much broader than that – it should include all the skills to be confident and competent online. To be empowered digital citizens, we all need to know how to navigate, how to share, what information to trust, and most importantly, how to expand the frontiers of our knowledge.
Take a fake news quiz, or follow this helpful primer from our friends at the IFLA.
See and remix the code on your favorite Web pages with this fun Mozilla tool.
Join or start your local Mozilla club to learn the Web among your peers.
Collaborating with leaders in the field to create Mozilla’s Web Literacy Map that provides a clear, practical definition of web literacy.
Working with educations and policymakers to help make Web literacy as foundational to education as reading and math.
Web literacy should be as foundational to education as reading, writing, and math – and it should be taught everywhere learning happens.
Learning Web literacy is like any other essential skill: we learn best by doing. And in the digital world, learning happens not just with teachers in the classroom, but everywhere there’s an Internet connection. We need all kinds of educators to have the knowledge and resources to teach Web literacy the way kids learn it best. And we need to make sure every student grows up not just on the Web, but fluent in the way it works.
Use these activities and instructions to help your kids and your community build strong Web literacy skills.
Tell your school – and those of your kids – that Web literacy is essential to education, and should go beyond having computers in the classroom.
Giving educators of all kinds the skills and tools they need to teach Web literacy, including knowledge-sharing efforts like Hive Learning Networks.
Creating opportunities and building communities to support youth accessing the Web and learning how to use it, like our partnership with UN Women to teach digital skills to girls and women in Africa.
A fundamental part of Web literacy is understanding the forces that shape our lives online: the companies building our experiences, the politicians crafting and supporting government policies, and the power we hold as digital citizens to create the Internet we want. Having a say in our shared future on the Web means deciding which values are most important to us, and standing up for those values when they are threatened.
Creating space for understanding, conversation, and community around what makes a healthy Internet – like the page you’re reading right now, and campaigns such as Reform Copyright.
Advocating at the policy level to make sure politicians understand the role that digital citizens play in our society, and adopt policies to empower citizens.
Read on about Web Literacy in our Internet Health Report.