Digital Literacy

Not Just Tomorrow's Leaders

Daniel Kent | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Net Literacy, Ysa, 25-Most-Powerful-and-Influential-Young-People-in-the-World, Digital Literacy, Ysa List, Gen: Change, Teen News

I was unable to find any organization that would build computer labs in interdependent living facilities and teach seniors how to become digitally literate. So then, I took a risk.

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Tackling Digital Literacy and Unemployment: California's Social Gaming Approach

Christina Gagnier | Posted 02.06.2012

Read More: Digital Literacy, Digital Literacy Unemployment, Internet Access, High Speed Internet, Digital Literacy Education, California Internet Literacy, Impact News

There is a group of people who are challenged by a fundamental problem: lack of access to the Internet in their homes, coupled with the inability to engage in our information economy since they lack basic digital literacy skills.

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WATCH: TedX Youth Live! (HuffPost High School is Speaking!)

Posted 01.19.2012

Read More: Teen Journalism, High School Journalism, Hewitt School, Fun Stuff, Digital Literacy, Teen Media, High School News

We're super excited to announce that Carolyn Gregoire, HuffPost High School Assistant Editor, is speaking at TedXYouth TODAY at 1:45pm EST! She'll...

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How Will We Read: In Schools?

C. M. Rubin | Posted 01.03.2012

Read More: Ereaders, Digital Book Libraries, School Libraries, C. M. Rubin, How Will We Read?, 21st Century Libraries, Librarians, Carl Harvey, Digital Literacy, The SKILLS Act, Ebooks, American Library Association, American Association of School Librarians, Books News

How must the role of the school library and the school librarian evolve in the 21st century school?

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A Huge Step In Getting Seniors, Minorities, Low-Income Individuals Online

Daniel Kent | Posted 12.26.2011

Read More: Digital Literacy Corps, Digital Education, Digital Literacy, Broadband Access, Internet Literacy, FCC Broadband, Fcc, National Broadband Plan, FCC Digital Literacy, Advocacy, Impact News

On Oct. 12, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski announced Connect to Compete, a national program to promote broadband adoption and digital literacy. It's a big step in the right direction.

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Ensuring STEM-Rich Digital Literacy Across the U.S. Digital Divide

Idit Harel Caperton | Posted 11.22.2011

Read More: Education Policy, Classroom Innovation, Education Technology, Games and Education, Gaming, Digital Literacy, Education Innovation, Education Reform, Education News

Game media are a key new literacy of today, and the ability to create games -- in addition to playing them -- is as elemental now as being able to read and write text.

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Your Kid's a Weiner

Mark Belinsky | Posted 09.02.2011

Read More: Sexting, Anthony Weiner, Anthony Weiner Twitter, Digital Literacy, Child Pornography, Mobile Phones, Technology News

Watch where you point your finger. Your kid has probably sent or received a sext today. The accusations that led to Anthony Weiner's resigning were u...

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Teens Who Spend More Time Online Are More Digitally Literate

The Huffington Post | Emmeline Zhao | Posted 08.29.2011

Read More: Social Media, Literacy, Teen-Literacy, Computers-in-Classrooms, Computer-Literacy, Student Performance, Technological Literacy, Digital-Literacy, Technology, Digital Literacy, Digital Reading, Education News

Don't disconnect your kids: teenagers who spend time on the web are more digitally literate during a time when technological proficiency is increasing...

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Digital Natives, Digital Brains?

James Gee | Posted 07.23.2011

Read More: Digital Media, Literacy, Digital Literacy, Digital Divide, Education News

Are the same classes of people who got and didn't get premium traditional literacy the ones now getting premium digital literacy? Are we facing a social revolution or a deeper entrenchment?

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Giving Back: How You And The Tech Community Can Help Struggling Families

The Huffington Post | Amy Lee | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Community Technology Network, Digital Literacy, Giving Back, Technology News

Today, as HuffPost and AOL unite to launch the Huffington Post Media Group, we're celebrating by making a statement about the importance of giving bac...

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An Opening for Digital Learning

Lucy Friedman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Education Technology, Education Reform, After-School Programs, Digital Learning, Digital Literacy, Expanded Learning Time, Digital Divide, Department of Education, u.s. Department of Education, Education News

Will these tools to help students go further, faster and be available to kids who have the farthest to go?

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When Youth Own the Public Education Agenda

Mimi Ito | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Youmedia, Public Education, Public Schools, Digital Media, Chicago Public Library, Peer to Peer, Social Networking, Literacy, Digital Literacy, Learning, Digital Age, Public Education Reform, Video, Education News

Imagine what it would mean to think of public education as a mission shouldered not only by schools, but also by a wide range of public institutions committed to knowledge and learning?

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Dessert Before Spinach?! Yes. When Serving Digital Literacy, Start with Dessert

Idit Harel Caperton | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Aspen Institute, Literacy, Education Reform, Digital Literacy, Innovation Economy, Learning, Blair Levin, Social Networking, Social Entreprenuer, Broadband Learning, Games and Education, Gaming, Social Network for Learning, Education Technology, Technology News, Charlie Firestone, Knight Foundation, Knight Commission, Walter Isaacson, Forum on Communications and Society, Education Innovation, National Broadband Plan, World Wide Workshop, Education News

With today's social media, using literacy skills is like a dessert that can motivate kids to go on to the spinach.

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Revolution Needed for Teaching Literacy in a Digital Age

Esther Wojcicki | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oer, Sesame Street, Education, Creative Commons, Pbs, Open Education Resources, Esther Wojcicki, Digital Literacy, Politics News

Unless the American education system changes course quickly to integrate literacy and digital culture into our current educational paradigm, academic achievement gains will continue to stagnate.

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ALA Conference This Week: Libraries -- Delivering Technology for All

Larra Clark | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Library Services, Public Library, Library, Books, Libraries, Digital Literacy, Research Tools, American Library Association, Education, Ala, Library Advocacy Day, Books News

What do you think of when you hear the word "library?"

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A Global Golden Age for Broadband

Ramon Nuez | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Internet Study, Equality, Zimbabwe, Latin America, Africa, Impartiality, Somalia, John B. Horrigan, Conviction, Mobile Technologies, United States, Underserved Neighborhoods, Fcc, Asia, Time in History, Sierra Leone, Communications, Digital Literacy, Converts, Ubiquity, Belarus, Necessary Technology, Indonesia, Hopefuls, Commission, Perimeter, Internet Users, Median Age, Fundamental Ingredient, Handset, Susannah Fox, Technology News

The economic and social impacts of broadband are clear but the solutions are not so clear. I believe that every country needs a National Broadband Plan which will address each countries needs.

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A Plan to Connect All Americans to the Digital World

Jim Steyer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Broadband-Access, Online Access, Digital Literacy, Digital Literacy Corps, Technology News

President Kennedy spoke to his "fellow citizens of the world." Today we must make sure that all Americans can be fellow citizens of the digital world. The National Digital Literacy Corps is a great way to start.

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Congress to Finally See the National Broadband Plan

Ramon Nuez | Posted 05.25.2011

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Today the FCC sent the National Broadband Plan to Congress. They have also made the plan publicly available -- it's a big read. Details inside.

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How a National Broadband Plan Will Be The Next Public Works

Ramon Nuez | Posted 05.25.2011

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The National Broadband Plan has been a project that the Federal Communications Commission has been charged with since early 2009. The plan is designed...

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How Does the United States Move Beyond Digital Illiteracy?

Ramon Nuez | Posted 05.25.2011

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Broadband adoption then must be addressed on multiple fronts: financial investments, broadband regulations and digital literacy education.

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Digital Literacy: FCC Survey Shows Need To Teach Broadband Basics

AP | JOELLE TESSLER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Internet Literacy, Media Literacy, Fcc, Broadband, Internet, Internet Access, Education, Digital Literacy, Technology News

WASHINGTON — The government's plan to provide fast Internet connections to all Americans will have to include some basic instruction in Web 101,...

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Digital Literacy -- Not Just For Kids Anymore!

Juliette Powell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wired Magazine, Google, Social Media, Twitter, Social Networking, Juliette Powell, Skype, Seth Sternberg, Meebo, Social Media Week NY, Facebook, Digital Literacy, Technology News

What happens when only a small portion of online users is actually digitally literate? Will we be divided into two classes, those with access to timely critical information and those without?

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An A-Plus Idea for Getting Kids Connected to Broadband

Joe Waz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Broadband, National Broadband, Digital Literacy, Technology News

With broadband Internet service now available to well over 90 percent of all Americans, but with an estimated 37 percent of Americans not yet using it, we have what some have called a "broadband adoption gap."

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Media Literacy 101: Power to the People

Susan Moeller | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: UK, K-12 Education, Education, Twitter, Fox Nation, Media Literacy, News Literacy, Death of Newspapers, Media News, Higher Education, Digital Literacy, Journalism, Huffington Post Investigative Fund, Media News

We call our children digital natives. But a digital generation is made, not born. Children must learn not just how to surf, link, load and click, but how to ask, judge and think to understand our world.

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The Responsibilities of Citizenship: A Bundle of Literacies

Charles M. Firestone | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Environmental Literacy, Citizenship, Civic Literacy, Bundle of Literacies, Literacy, Cultural Literacy, Charles M. Firestone, Financial Literacy, Charlie Firestone, Media Literacy, News Literacy, Democracy, Digital Literacy, Citizen, Politics News

Literacy today is not simply learning to read. There are additional literacies -- abilities to understand and operate -- in 21st century America.

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