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karifillinghamDigital Literacy
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13 May 15
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“digital literacy,” the idea that the world’s citizens, and kids in particular, will benefit if they’re skilled in the ways of information technology.
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It’s about educators, policy makers, and parents understanding how to give the rising generations of digital natives the tools they need to define the future of technology for themselves.
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11 May 15
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The theme in play was “digital literacy,” the idea that the world’s citizens, and kids in particular, will benefit if they’re skilled in the ways of information technology.
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“Digital literacy is about learning to use the most powerful tools we’ve ever built.”
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10 May 15
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“The amount of potential unlocked by the industrial revolution is dwarfed in information terms by what you can do with computers,” said Ari Geshner, a senior software engineer at Palantir, a much-discussed data analysis startup whose customers include US intelligence and defense agencies. “Digital literacy is about learning to use the most powerful tools we’ve ever built.”
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Digital literacy, Smith said, also is about “how to make it do what you want.” Or as Geshner put it: “Are you an iPad or are you a laptop? An iPad is designed for consumption.” Literacy, as he described it, means moving beyond a passive relationship with technology. “When you get down to coding, you’re creating your own tools.”
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imnotzaegDigital Literacy is understanding the internet and what information it offers for you learn and understand.
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The theme in play was “digital literacy,” the idea that the world’s citizens, and kids in particular, will benefit if they’re skilled in the ways of information technology.
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“Digital literacy is about learning to use the most powerful tools we’ve ever built.”
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The theme in play was “digital literacy,” the idea that the world’s citizens, and kids in particular, will benefit if they’re skilled in the ways of information technology.
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The tricky part comes in defining what exactly is meant by “use.” Most people who use computers don’t know how to build software. Does that mean they’re digitally illiterate?
For some, it does. It’s become commonplace to argue that everyone is better off learning at least basic programming skills—that coding itself is the new, necessary literacy. We’ve seen online courses, games, new programming languages, and even children’s books pushing kids and their parents in this direction.
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It’s about educators, policy makers, and parents understanding how to give the rising generations of digital natives the tools they need to define the future of technology for themselves.
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One serious concern is putting devices in kids’ hands can give the appearance of teaching digital literacy without providing the actual substance. Even if the computers are there, teachers often aren’t. Of 37,000 U.S. public high schools, fewer than 10 percent offer college-level courses in computing,
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says Bennett Brown, director of curriculum at Project Lead The Way, which is developing a K-12 computer science program. The problem, he said, is lack of professional development, and the consequence is lack of equal opportunity for students: “We need a teacher who’s comfortable at teaching coding in every school in the United States.”
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Moving beyond improving career prospects, the conversation then turned repeatedly to the idea that literacy means more than using digital technology as a means of consuming things other people make. Digital literacy, Smith said, also is about “how to make it do what you want.” Or as Geshner put it: “Are you an iPad or are you a laptop? An iPad is designed for consumption.” Literacy, as he described it, means moving beyond a passive relationship with technology. “When you get down to coding, you’re creating your own tools.”
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The theme in play was “digital literacy,” the idea that the world’s citizens, and kids in particular, will benefit if they’re skilled in the ways of information technology.
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“Digital literacy is about learning to use the most powerful tools we’ve ever built.”
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This isn’t just about filling Silicon Valley jobs. It’s about educators, policy makers, and parents understanding how to give the rising generations of digital natives the tools they need to define the future of technology for themselves.
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Digital literacy, Smith said, also is about “how to make it do what you want.” Or as Geshner put it: “Are you an iPad or are you a laptop? An iPad is designed for consumption.” Literacy, as he described it, means moving beyond a passive relationship with technology. “When you get down to coding, you’re creating your own tools.”
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09 May 15
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The theme in play was “digital literacy,” the idea that the world’s citizens, and kids in particular, will benefit if they’re skilled in the ways of information technology.
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“Digital literacy is about learning to use the most powerful tools we’ve ever built.”
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It’s about educators, policy makers, and parents understanding how to give the rising generations of digital natives the tools they need to define the future of technology for themselves.
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literacy means more than using digital technology as a means of consuming things other people make. Digital literacy, Smith said, also is about “how to make it do what you want.”
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The theme in play was “digital literacy,” the idea that the world’s citizens, and kids in particular, will benefit if they’re skilled in the ways of information technology.
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Digital literacy is about learning to use the most powerful tools we’ve ever built.
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The tricky part comes in defining what exactly is meant by “use.” Most people who use computers don’t know how to build software. Does that mean they’re digitally illiterate?
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It’s become commonplace to argue that everyone is better off learning at least basic programming skills—that coding itself is the new, necessary literacy.
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It’s about educators, policy makers, and parents understanding how to give the rising generations of digital natives the tools they need to define the future of technology for themselves.
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“Digital literacy is about learning to use the most powerful tools we’ve ever built.”
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The theme in play was “digital literacy,” the idea that the world’s citizens, and kids in particular, will benefit if they’re skilled in the ways of information technology.
“The amount of potential unlocked by the industrial revolution is dwarfed in information terms by what you can do with computers,” said Ari Geshner, a senior software engineer at Palantir, a much-discussed data analysis startup whose customers include US intelligence and defense agencies.
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The theme in play was “digital literacy,” the idea that the world’s citizens, and kids in particular, will benefit if they’re skilled in the ways of information technology.
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Digital literacy, Smith said, also is about “how to make it do what you want.” Or as Geshner put it: “Are you an iPad or are you a laptop? An iPad is designed for consumption.” Literacy, as he described it, means moving beyond a passive relationship with technology. “When you get down to coding, you’re creating your own tools.”
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“digital literacy,” the idea that the world’s citizens, and kids in particular, will benefit if they’re skilled in the ways of information technology.
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Digital Literacy Is the Key to the Future, But We Still Don’t Know What It Means
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“The amount of potential unlocked by the industrial revolution is dwarfed in information terms by what you can do with computers,”
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“Digital literacy is about learning to use the most powerful tools we’ve ever built.”
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The tricky part comes in defining what exactly is meant by “use.” Most people who use computers don’t know how to build software. Does that mean they’re digitally illiterate?
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how digital literacy is defined is important. This isn’t just about filling Silicon Valley jobs. It’s about educators, policy makers, and parents understanding how to give the rising generations of digital natives the tools they need to define the future of technology for themselv
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The theme in play was “digital literacy,” the idea that the world’s citizens, and kids in particular, will benefit if they’re skilled in the ways of information technology.
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“Digital literacy is about learning to use the most powerful tools we’ve ever built.”
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“The amount of potential unlocked by the industrial revolution is dwarfed in information terms by what you can do with computers,”
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Digital literacy is about learning to use the most powerful tools we’ve ever built.”
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The tricky part comes in defining what exactly is meant by “use.”
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Most people who use computers don’t know how to build software. Does that mean they’re digitally illiterate?
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Digital literacy, Smith said, also is about “how to make it do what you want.”
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Perhaps surprisingly for a group of technologists, the group largely agreed that getting computers in schools was a far lower priority than teaching computing as an intellectual discipline.
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One serious concern is putting devices in kids’ hands can give the appearance of teaching digital literacy without providing the actual substance. Even if the computers are there, teachers often aren’t. Of 37,000 U.S. public high schools, fewer than 10 percent offer college-level courses in computing, says Bennett Brown, director of curriculum at Project Lead The Way
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08 May 15
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“The amount of potential unlocked by the industrial revolution is dwarfed in information terms by what you can do with computers,” said Ari Geshner, a senior software engineer at Palantir, a much-discussed data analysis startup whose customers include US intelligence and defense agencies. “Digital literacy is about learning to use the most powerful tools we’ve ever built.”
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“Digital literacy is about learning to use the most powerful tools we’ve ever built.”
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The theme in play was “digital literacy,” the idea that the world’s citizens, and kids in particular, will benefit if they’re skilled in the ways of information technology.
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“Digital literacy is about learning to use the most powerful tools we’ve ever built.”
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Digital literacy, Smith said, also is about “how to make it do what you want.” Or as Geshner put it: “Are you an iPad or are you a laptop? An iPad is designed for consumption.” Literacy, as he described it, means moving beyond a passive relationship with technology.
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“digital literacy,” the idea that the world’s citizens, and kids in particular, will benefit if they’re skilled in the ways of information technology
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“Digital literacy is about learning to use the most powerful tools we’ve ever built.”
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give the rising generations of digital natives the tools they need to define the future of technology for themselves
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07 May 15
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Digital Literacy Is the Key to the Future, But We Still Don’t Know What It Means
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Literacy, as he described it, means moving beyond a passive relationship with technology.
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The theme in play was “digital literacy,” the idea that the world’s citizens, and kids in particular, will benefit if they’re skilled in the ways of information technology.
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“The amount of potential unlocked by the industrial revolution is dwarfed in information terms by what you can do with computers,” said Ari Geshner, a senior software engineer at Palantir, a much-discussed data analysis startup whose customers include US intelligence and defense agencies. “Digital literacy is about learning to use the most powerful tools we’ve ever built.”
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The theme in play was “digital literacy,” the idea that the world’s citizens, and kids in particular, will benefit if they’re skilled in the ways of information technology.
“The amount of potential unlocked by the industrial revolution is dwarfed in information terms by what you can do with computers,” said Ari Geshner, a senior software engineer at Palantir, a much-discussed data analysis startup whose customers include US intelligence and defense agencies. “Digital literacy is about learning to use the most powerful tools we’ve ever built.”
The tricky part comes in defining what exactly is meant by “use.”
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“digital literacy,” the idea that the world’s citizens, and kids in particular, will benefit if they’re skilled in the ways of information technology.
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It’s become commonplace to argue
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that coding itself is the new, necessary literacy.
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The theme in play was “digital literacy,” the idea that the world’s citizens, and kids in particular, will benefit if they’re skilled in the ways of information technology.
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“Digital literacy is about learning to use the most powerful tools we’ve ever built.”
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“Digital literacy is about learning to use the most powerful tools we’ve ever built.”
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The theme in play was “digital literacy,” the idea that the world’s citizens, and kids in particular, will benefit if they’re skilled in the ways of information technology.
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The tricky part comes in defining what exactly is meant by “use.” Most people who use computers don’t know how to build software. Does that mean they’re digitally illiterate?
For some, it does. It’s become commonplace to argue that everyone is better off learning at least basic programming skills—that coding itself is the new, necessary literacy.
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Digital literacy, Smith said, also is about “how to make it do what you want.” Or as Geshner put it: “Are you an iPad or are you a laptop? An iPad is designed for consumption.” Literacy, as he described it, means moving beyond a passive relationship with technology.
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“It’s more about introducing early on how to work collaboratively,” said Kaitlin Thaney, director of the Mozilla Science Lab, who said even “paper prototyping” with small children can be a valuable first step.
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Of 37,000 U.S. public high schools, fewer than 10 percent offer college-level courses in computing, says Bennett Brown, director of curriculum at Project Lead The Way, which is developing a K-12 computer science program.
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“Digital literacy is about learning to use the most powerful tools we’ve ever built.”
The tricky part comes in defining what exactly is meant by “use.” Most people who use computers don’t know how to build software. Does that mean they’re digitally illiterate?
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Digital literacy, Smith said, also is about “how to make it do what you want.”
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Literacy, as he described it, means moving beyond a passive relationship with technology.
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bjlarkinUnderstanding Digital Literacy.
Exploring Digital Literacy Assignment Digital Literacy DGL VOCAB DLUnderstanding
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The theme in play was “digital literacy,” the idea that the world’s citizens, and kids in particular, will benefit if they’re skilled in the ways of information technology.
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“Digital literacy is about learning to use the most powerful tools we’ve ever built.”
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“It’s more about giving people the skills and the tools they learn in the act of coding,” she said during the roundtable at GitHub. “It gives them the critical thinking skills that are important whether or not they go into computer science as a profession.”
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Moving beyond improving career prospects, the conversation then turned repeatedly to the idea that literacy means more than using digital technology as a means of consuming things other people make. Digital literacy, Smith said, also is about “how to make it do what you want.”
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Literacy, as he described it, means moving beyond a passive relationship with technology.
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06 May 15
leftd43The entrance to GitHub is the most Instagram-able lobby in tech. It's a <a href="http://www.wired.com/2013/09/github-office/">recreation of the Oval Office</a>, and the mimicry is spot-on---except for the rug. Instead of the arrow-clutching American eagle that graces Obama's office rug, it shows the code-sharing site's Octocat mascot gazing into the digital future, just above the motto: "In Collaboration We Trust."
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It’s become commonplace to argue that everyone is better off learning at least basic programming skills—that coding itself is the new, necessary literacy. We’ve seen online courses, games, new programming languages, and even children’s books pushing kids and their parents in this direction.
But “learning to code” is an exceedingly broad concept, and one which without more specifics risks oversimplifying conversations about what digital literacy really means. And how digital literacy is defined is important. This isn’t just about filling Silicon Valley jobs. It’s about educators, policy makers, and parents understanding how to give the rising generations of digital natives the tools they need to define the future of technology for themselves.
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information terms by what you can do with computers
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learning to program
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how to make it do what you want.
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05 May 15
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The theme in play was “digital literacy,” the idea that the world’s citizens, and kids in particular, will benefit if they’re skilled in the ways of information technology.
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Digital literacy is about learning to use the most powerful tools we’ve ever built.”
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It’s about educators, policy makers, and parents understanding how to give the rising generations of digital natives the tools they need to define the future of technology for themselves.
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“It’s difficult for me to think of a professional career path that’s not data-driven or on its way to becoming data driven,” he said . “Our tools have become good enough that we can become outward-facing.”
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how to make it do what you want.” Or as Geshner put it: “Are you an iPad or are you a laptop? An iPad is designed for consumption.
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Digital literacy is about learning to use the most powerful tools we’ve ever built.”
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The theme in play was “digital literacy,” the idea that the world’s citizens, and kids in particular, will benefit if they’re skilled in the ways of information technology.
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04 May 15
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12 Apr 15
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The theme in play was “digital literacy,” the idea that the world’s citizens, and kids in particular, will benefit if they’re skilled in the ways of information technology.
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Literacy, as he described it, means moving beyond a passive relationship with technology. “When you get down to coding, you’re creating your own tools.”
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07 Apr 15
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“digital literacy,” the idea that the world’s citizens, and kids in particular, will benefit if they’re skilled in the ways of information technology.
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ritvikshah“Digital literacy is about learning to use the most powerful tools we’ve ever built.”
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“Digital literacy is about learning to use the most powerful tools we’ve ever built.”
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06 Apr 15
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Digital literacy is about learning to use the most powerful tools we’ve ever built.”
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“The amount of potential unlocked by the industrial revolution is dwarfed in information terms by what you can do with computers,”
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“Digital literacy is about learning to use the most powerful tools we’ve ever built.”
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Most people who use computers don’t know how to build software. Does that mean they’re digitally illiterate?
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It’s about educators, policy makers, and parents understanding how to give the rising generations of digital natives the tools they need to define the future of technology for themselves.
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“It’s more about giving people the skills and the tools they learn in the act of coding,”
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“It gives them the critical thinking skills that are important whether or not they go into computer science as a profession.”
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literacy means more than using digital technology as a means of consuming things other people make. Digital literacy, Smith said, also is about “how to make it do what you want.”
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moving beyond a passive relationship with technology
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05 Apr 15
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“Digital literacy is about learning to use the most powerful tools we’ve ever built.”
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thesunzhineDigital Literacy according to tech industry officials and educators
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the idea that the world’s citizens, and kids in particular, will benefit if they’re skilled in the ways of information technology
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“Digital literacy is about learning to use the most powerful tools we’ve ever built.”
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how to give the rising generations of digital natives the tools they need to define the future of technology for themselves
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“It’s more about introducing early on how to work collaboratively,”
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One serious concern is putting devices in kids’ hands can give the appearance of teaching digital literacy without providing the actual substance. Even if the computers are there, teachers often aren’t.
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04 Apr 15
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The theme in play was “digital literacy,” the idea that the world’s citizens, and kids in particular, will benefit if they’re skilled in the ways of information technology.
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“Digital literacy is about learning to use the most powerful tools we’ve ever built.”
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Digital literacy, Smith said, also is about “how to make it do what you want.” Or as Geshner put it: “Are you an iPad or are you a laptop? An iPad is designed for consumption.” Literacy, as he described it, means moving beyond a passive relationship with technology.
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Digital Literacy Is the Key to the Future, But We Still Don’t Know What It Means
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The theme in play was “digital literacy,” the idea that the world’s citizens, and kids in particular, will benefit if they’re skilled in the ways of information technology.
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“Digital literacy is about learning to use the most powerful tools we’ve ever built.”
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coding itself is the new, necessary literacy.
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We’ve seen online courses, games, new programming languages, and even children’s books pushing kids and their parents in this direction.
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It’s difficult for me to think of a professional career path that’s not data-driven or on its way to becoming data driven
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03 Apr 15
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The theme in play was “digital literacy,” the idea that the world’s citizens, and kids in particular, will benefit if they’re skilled in the ways of information technology.
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The theme in play was “digital literacy,” the idea that the world’s citizens, and kids in particular, will benefit if they’re skilled in the ways of information technology.
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“Digital literacy is about learning to use the most powerful tools we’ve ever built.”
The tricky part comes in defining what exactly is meant by “use.” Most people who use computers don’t know how to build software. Does that mean they’re digitally illiterate?
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The theme in play was “digital literacy,” the idea that the world’s citizens, and kids in particular, will benefit if they’re skilled in the ways of information technology.
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“Digital literacy is about learning to use the most powerful tools we’ve ever built.”
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The theme in play was “digital literacy,” the idea that the world’s citizens, and kids in particular, will benefit if they’re skilled in the ways of information technology.
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“Digital literacy is about learning to use the most powerful tools we’ve ever built.”
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The tricky part comes in defining what exactly is meant by “use.” Most people who use computers don’t know how to build software. Does that mean they’re digitally illiterate?
For some, it does. It’s become commonplace to argue that everyone is better off learning at least basic programming skills—that coding itself is the new, necessary literacy. We’ve seen online courses, games, new programming languages, and even children’s books pushing kids and their parents in this direction.
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And how digital literacy is defined is important. This isn’t just about filling Silicon Valley jobs. It’s about educators, policy makers, and parents understanding how to give the rising generations of digital natives the tools they need to define the future of technology for themselves.
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02 Apr 15
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t’s about educators, policy makers, and parents understanding how to give the rising generations of digital natives the tools they need to define the future of technology for themselves.
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moving beyond a passive relationship with technology.
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One serious concern is putting devices in kids’ hands can give the appearance of teaching digital literacy without providing the actual substance.
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“digital literacy,” the idea that the world’s citizens, and kids in particular, will benefit if they’re skilled in the ways of information technology.
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The tricky part comes in defining what exactly is meant by “use.” Most people who use computers don’t know how to build software. Does that mean they’re digitally illiterate?
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For some, it does. It’s become commonplace to argue that everyone is better off learning at least basic programming skills—that coding itself is the new, necessary literacy. We’ve seen online courses, games, new programming languages, and even children’s books pushing kids and their parents in this direction.
But “learning to code” is an exceedingly broad concept, and one which without more specifics risks oversimplifying conversations about what digital literacy really means. And how digital literacy is defined is important. This isn’t just about filling Silicon Valley jobs. It’s about educators, policy makers, and parents understanding how to give the rising generations of digital natives the tools they need to define the future of technology for themselves.
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The theme in play was “digital literacy,” the idea that the world’s citizens, and kids in particular, will benefit if they’re skilled in the ways of information technology.
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“Digital literacy is about learning to use the most powerful tools we’ve ever built.”
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We’ve seen online courses, games, new programming languages, and even children’s books pushing kids and their parents in this direction.
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01 Apr 15
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“Digital literacy is about learning to use the most powerful tools we’ve ever built.”
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literacy means more than using digital technology as a means of consuming things other people make. Digital literacy, Smith said, also is about “how to make it do what you want.”
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It’s more about introducing early on how to work collaboratively,
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karibeauxThe entrance to GitHub is the most Instagram-able lobby in tech. It's a <a href="http://www.wired.com/2013/09/github-office/">recreation of the Oval Office</a>, and the mimicry is spot-on---except for the rug. Instead of the arrow-clutching American eagle that graces Obama's office rug, it shows the code-sharing site's Octocat mascot gazing into the digital future, just above the motto: "In Collaboration We Trust."
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learning to use the most powerful tools we’ve ever built.
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Digital literacy is about learning to use the most powerful tools we’ve ever built.
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And how digital literacy is defined is important.
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giving people the skills and the tools they learn in the act of coding
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gives them the critical thinking skills that are important whether or not they go into computer science as a profession.
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This isn’t just about filling Silicon Valley jobs. It’s about educators, policy makers, and parents understanding how to give the rising generations of digital natives the tools they need to define the future of technology for themselves.
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For most of the time computer science has existed, Fox said, its practitioners have focused attention inward, on making computers faster and getting them “not to suck.” Only recently, he said, has that suckiness been overcome to the extent that computer scientists can start looking outward toward figuring out how to apply computational thinking to problems beyond computing.
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The theme in play was “digital literacy,” the idea that the world’s citizens, and kids in particular, will benefit if they’re skilled in the ways of information technology.
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11 Mar 15
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10 Mar 15
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The theme in play was “digital literacy,” the idea that the world’s citizens, and kids in particular, will benefit if they’re skilled in the ways of information technology.
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09 Mar 15
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Digital Literacy
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digital literacy
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The amount of potential unlocked by the industrial revolution is dwarfed in information terms by what you can do with computers,” said Ari Geshner, a senior software engineer at Palantir, a much-discussed data analysis startup whose customers include US intelligence and defense agencies
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Digital literacy is about learning to use the most powerful tools we’ve ever built
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. Digital literacy, Smith said, also is about “how to make it do
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“When you get down to coding, you’re creating your own tools.”
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digital literacy,” the idea that the world’s citizens, and kids in particular, will benefit if they’re skilled in the ways of information technology.
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“Digital literacy is about learning to use the most powerful tools we’ve ever built.”
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08 Mar 15
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“Digital literacy is about learning to use the most powerful tools we’ve ever built.”
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It’s about educators, policy makers, and parents understanding how to give the rising generations of digital natives the tools they need to define the future of technology for themselves.
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pvaflleje"Moving beyond improving career prospects, the conversation then turned repeatedly to the idea that literacy means more than using digital technology as a means of consuming things other people make. Digital literacy, Smith said, also is about “how to make it do what you want.” Or as Geshner put it: “Are you an iPad or are you a laptop? An iPad is designed for consumption.” Literacy, as he described it, means moving beyond a passive relationship with technology. “When you get down to coding, you’re creating your own tools.”"
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It’s about educators, policy makers, and parents understanding how to give the rising generations of digital natives the tools they need to define the future of technology for themselves.
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“digital literacy,” the idea that the world’s citizens, and kids in particular, will benefit if they’re skilled in the ways of information technology.
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“Digital literacy is about learning to use the most powerful tools we’ve ever built.”
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“digital literacy,” the idea that the world’s citizens, and kids in particular, will benefit if they’re skilled in the ways of information technology.
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“Digital literacy is about learning to use the most powerful tools we’ve ever built.”
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It’s about educators, policy makers, and parents understanding how to give the rising generations of digital natives the tools they need to define the future of technology for themselves.
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literacy means more than using digital technology as a means of consuming things other people make. Digital literacy, Smith said, also is about “how to make it do what you want.” Or as Geshner put it: “Are you an iPad or are you a laptop? An iPad is designed for consumption.” Literacy, as he described it, means moving beyond a passive relationship with technology. “When you get down to coding, you’re creating your own tools.”
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“Digital literacy is about learning to use the most powerful tools we’ve ever built.”
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“digital literacy,”
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idea that the world’s citizens, and kids in particular, will benefit if they’re skilled in the ways of information technology.
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The amount of potential unlocked by the industrial revolution is dwarfed in information terms by what you can do with computers,”
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“Digital literacy is about learning to use the most powerful tools we’ve ever built.”
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Moving beyond improving career prospects, the conversation then turned repeatedly to the idea that literacy means more than using digital technology as a means of consuming things other people make. Digital literacy, Smith said, also is about “how to make it do what you want.” Or as Geshner put it: “Are you an iPad or are you a laptop? An iPad is designed for consumption.” Literacy, as he described it, means moving beyond a passive relationship with technology. “When you get down to coding, you’re creating your own tools.”
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“The amount of potential unlocked by the industrial revolution is dwarfed in information terms by what you can do with computers,” said Ari Geshner, a senior software engineer at Palantir
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Armando Fox, a U.C. Berkeley professor who teaches an introductory software engineering course, describes the algorithmic mindset as applying “structured linear thinking” to a seemingly open-ended problem.
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“It’s difficult for me to think of a professional career path that’s not data-driven or on its way to becoming data driven,” he said . “Our tools have become good enough that we can become outward-facing.”
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tattooclown""The amount of potential unlocked by the industrial revolution is dwarfed in information terms by what you can do with computers," said Ari Geshner, a senior software engineer at Palantir, a much-discussed data analysis startup whose customers include US intelligence and defense agencies. "Digital literacy is about learning to use the most powerful tools we've ever built.""
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“The amount of potential unlocked by the industrial revolution is dwarfed in information terms by what you can do with computers,” said Ari Geshner, a senior software engineer at Palantir, a much-discussed data analysis startup whose customers include US intelligence and defense agencies. “Digital literacy is about learning to use the most powerful tools we’ve ever built.”
The tricky part comes in defining what exactly is meant by “use.” Most people who use computers don’t know how to build software. Does that mean they’re digitally illiterate?
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Moving beyond improving career prospects, the conversation then turned repeatedly to the idea that literacy means more than using digital technology as a means of consuming things other people make. Digital literacy, Smith said, also is about “how to make it do what you want.” Or as Geshner put it: “Are you an iPad or are you a laptop? An iPad is designed for consumption.” Literacy, as he described it, means moving beyond a passive relationship with technology. “When you get down to coding, you’re creating your own tools.”
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One serious concern is putting devices in kids’ hands can give the appearance of teaching digital literacy without providing the actual substance.
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Digital literacy, Smith said, also is about “how to make it do what you want.” Or as Geshner put it: “Are you an iPad or are you a laptop? An iPad is designed for consumption.” Literacy, as he described it, means moving beyond a passive relationship with technology. “When you get down to coding, you’re creating your own tools.”
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“The amount of potential unlocked by the industrial revolution is dwarfed in information terms by what you can do with computers,” said Ari Geshner, a senior software engineer at Palantir, a much-discussed data analysis startup whose customers include US intelligence and defense agencies. “Digital literacy is about learning to use the most powerful tools we’ve ever built.”
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how to give more people the means to participate in that future.
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The theme in play was “digital literacy,” the idea that the world’s citizens, and kids in particular, will benefit if they’re skilled in the ways of information technology.
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learning to use the most powerful tools we’ve ever built.”
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give the rising generations of digital natives the tools they need to define the future of technology for themselves.
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“digital literacy,” the idea that the world’s citizens, and kids in particular, will benefit if they’re skilled in the ways of information technology.
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“Digital literacy is about learning to use the most powerful tools we’ve ever built.”
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The theme in play was “digital literacy,” the idea that the world’s citizens, and kids in particular, will benefit if they’re skilled in the ways of information technology.
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“The amount of potential unlocked by the industrial revolution is dwarfed in information terms by what you can do with computers,” said Ari Geshner, a senior software engineer at Palantir, a much-discussed data analysis startup whose customers include US intelligence and defense agencies. “Digital literacy is about learning to use the most powerful tools we’ve ever built.”
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It’s about educators, policy makers, and parents understanding how to give the rising generations of digital natives the tools they need to define the future of technology for themselves.
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Digital literacy, Smith said, also is about “how to make it do what you want.” Or as Geshner put it: “Are you an iPad or are you a laptop? An iPad is designed for consumption.” Literacy, as he described it, means moving beyond a passive relationship with technology. “When you get down to coding, you’re creating your own tools.”
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“Digital literacy is about learning to use the most powerful tools we’ve ever built.”
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The tricky part comes in defining what exactly is meant by “use.”
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And how digital literacy is defined is important.
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It’s about educators, policy makers, and parents understanding how to give the rising generations of digital natives the tools they need to define the future of technology for themselves.
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“Digital literacy is about learning to use the most powerful tools we’ve ever built.”
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The tricky part comes in defining what exactly is meant by “use.” Most people who use computers don’t know how to build software. Does that mean they’re digitally illiterate?
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The tricky part comes in defining what exactly is meant by “use.” Most people who use computers don’t know how to build software. Does that mean they’re digitally illiterate?
For some, it does. It’s become commonplace to argue that everyone is better off learning at least basic programming skills—that coding itself is the new, necessary literacy. We’ve seen online courses, games, new programming languages, and even children’s books pushing kids and their parents in this direction.
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It’s more about giving people the skills and the tools they learn in the act of coding,” she said during the roundtable at GitHub. “It gives them the critical thinking skills that are important whether or not they go into computer science as a profession.” Among other things, it helps people understand the power of algorithms.
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Moving beyond improving career prospects, the conversation then turned repeatedly to the idea that literacy means more than using digital technology as a means of consuming things other people make. Digital literacy, Smith said, also is about “how to make it do what you want.” Or as Geshner put it: “Are you an iPad or are you a laptop? An iPad is designed for consumption.” Literacy, as he described it, means moving beyond a passive relationship with technology. “When you get down to coding, you’re creating your own tools.”
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Perhaps surprisingly for a group of technologists, the group largely agreed that getting computers in schools was a far lower priority than teaching computing as an intellectual discipline. “It’s more about introducing early on how to work collaboratively,” said Kaitlin Thaney, director of the Mozilla Science Lab, who said even “paper prototyping” with small children can be a valuable first step.
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The theme in play was “digital literacy,” the idea that the world’s citizens, and kids in particular, will benefit if they’re skilled in the ways of information technology.
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Literacy, as he described it, means moving beyond a passive relationship with technology.
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cgut720"literacy means more than using digital technology as a means of consuming things other people make."
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“Digital literacy is about learning to use the most powerful tools we’ve ever built.”
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literacy means more than using digital technology as a means of consuming things other people make. Digital literacy, Smith said, also is about “how to make it do what you want.”
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“Digital literacy is about learning to use the most powerful tools we’ve ever built.”
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everyone is better off learning at least basic programming skills—that coding itself is the new, necessary literacy.
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how digital literacy is defined is important.
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It’s about educators, policy makers, and parents understanding how to give the rising generations of digital natives the tools they need to define the future of technology for themselves.
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derstanding
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literacy means more than using digital technology as a means of consuming things other people make.
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“how to make it do what you want.”
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means moving beyond a passive relationship with technology.
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Literacy,
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“It’s more about introducing early on how to work collaboratively,” said Kaitlin Thaney, director of the Mozilla Science Lab,
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“paper prototyping”
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can be a valuable first step.
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Digital literacy is about learning to use the most powerful tools we’ve ever built.”
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It’s about educators, policy makers, and parents understanding how to give the rising generations of digital natives the tools they need to define the future of technology for themselves.
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The theme in play was “digital literacy,” the idea that the world’s citizens, and kids in particular, will benefit if they’re skilled in the ways of information technology.
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“The amount of potential unlocked by the industrial revolution is dwarfed in information terms by what you can do with computers,”
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“Digital literacy is about learning to use the most powerful tools we’ve ever built.”
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It’s about educators, policy makers, and parents understanding how to give the rising generations of digital natives the tools they need to define the future of technology for themselves.
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“It’s more about giving people the skills and the tools they learn in the act of coding,”
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“It gives them the critical thinking skills that are important whether or not they go into computer science as a profession.”
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cewilliams2017Excellent article that explores levels or digital literacy
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The theme in play was “digital literacy,” the idea that the world’s citizens, and kids in particular, will benefit if they’re skilled in the ways of information technology.
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“Digital literacy is about learning to use the most powerful tools we’ve ever built.”
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And how digital literacy is defined is important. This isn’t just about filling Silicon Valley jobs. It’s about educators, policy makers, and parents understanding how to give the rising generations of digital natives the tools they need to define the future of technology for themselves.
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“It’s difficult for me to think of a professional career path that’s not data-driven or on its way to becoming data driven,” he said . “Our tools have become good enough that we can become outward-facing.”
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Moving beyond improving career prospects, the conversation then turned repeatedly to the idea that literacy means more than using digital technology as a means of consuming things other people make. Digital literacy, Smith said, also is about “how to make it do what you want.” Or as Geshner put it: “Are you an iPad or are you a laptop? An iPad is designed for consumption.” Literacy, as he described it, means moving beyond a passive relationship with technology. “When you get down to coding, you’re creating your own tools.”
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The theme in play was “digital literacy,” the idea that the world’s citizens, and kids in particular, will benefit if they’re skilled in the ways of information technology.
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“Digital literacy is about learning to use the most powerful tools we’ve ever built.”
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dshallbackhow to give more people
the means to participate in that future. The theme in play was "digital literacy," the idea that the world's citizens, and kids in particular, will benefit if they're skilled in the ways of information technology.-
how to give more people the means to participate in that future. The theme in play was “digital literacy,” the idea that the world’s citizens, and kids in particular, will benefit if they’re skilled in the ways of information technology.
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“Digital literacy is about learning to use the most powerful tools we’ve ever built.”
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The tricky part comes in defining what exactly is meant by “use.”
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For Carol Smith, who oversees Google’s Summer of Code program, learning to program is about more than learning to program. “It’s more about giving people the skills and the tools they learn in the act of coding,” she said during the roundtable at GitHub. “It gives them the critical thinking skills that are important whether or not they go into computer science as a profession.” Among other things, it helps people understand the power of algorithms.
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The theme in play was “digital literacy,” the idea that the world’s citizens, and kids in particular, will benefit if they’re skilled in the ways of information technology.
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