That’s why internet literacy is fundamental to any well-informed society.
Brazil’s “fake news” bill won’t solve its misinformation problem|Amy Nordrum|September 10, 2020|MIT Technology Review
Depending on which part of the country they live in, what languages they speak, what their literacy levels are, the experience can really vary.
Millions of Indians are getting connected to an internet they can’t use|Nicolás Rivero|September 10, 2020|Quartz
Learning growth rates are substantially higher in grades K–2 than in later grades, and failure to understand the building blocks of numeracy and literacy in those early years can lead to academic difficulties later.
Creative school plans could counter inequities exposed by COVID-19|Sujata Gupta|September 8, 2020|Science News
While the research isn’t quite strong enough yet to make general recommendations, simply increasing your body literacy is beneficial.
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As a slower, clunkier way to explore the internet, they revel in not being the definitive source, just a source, says Mike Caulfield, a digital literacy expert at Washington State University.
Digital gardens let you cultivate your own little bit of the internet|Tanya Basu|September 3, 2020|MIT Technology Review
Yet for a vivid decade or so, sleaze was, somewhat paradoxically, a force for literacy and empowerment.
How Pulp Fiction Saved Literature|Wendy Smith|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Supporters pointed to math and literacy gains, while critics noted that those improvements disappeared in elementary school.
Can the U.S. Government Go Moneyball?|Peter Orszag, Jim Nussle|December 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In 2011, all three countries reported less than 50 percent literacy in their adult population.
The Radio Battle to Educate Ebola’s Kids|Abby Haglage|December 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
There was frenzied uproar when she participated in a literacy program to encourage kids to read.
Porn Stars Are People Too, Dammit: Lisa Ann’s Notre Dame Date and the Trolling of David Gregory|Aurora Snow|October 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Education and literacy, once denied to so many, are universal.
Obama Should End America’s Stupidest Foreign Policy: Isolating Cuba|Robert Shrum|February 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In the rare cases when literacy is used today, it is usually for its visual impact.
The Civilization of Illiteracy|Mihai Nadin
Literacy, as a socially encompassing ideal, states that people should be literate because people think in language.
The Civilization of Illiteracy|Mihai Nadin
To repeat: It is not my intention to reconstitute the history of writing or literacy.
The Civilization of Illiteracy|Mihai Nadin
But to stubbornly, and quite myopically, consider TV only from the perspective and expectations of literacy is presumptuous.
The Civilization of Illiteracy|Mihai Nadin
Why, at a certain moment in human evolution, does literacy become the main mediating instrument?
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