Tag: literacy
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On Technological Literacy of Parents
Reading Time: 3 minutesYet again I see an article about children being banned from using mobile phones before they are thirteen years of age and once again I find myself asking, “but what if parents had the required digital literacy to help children and teens?” and “What if teachers had that digital literacy too?” Ireland…
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On the Importance of Media Literacy in the Smartphone Era
Reading Time: 4 minutesWithin the last two weeks children have headed back to schools. As a consequence of this schools, towns, villages, and ‘states’ are banning mobile phones for children and teenagers. In theory this is a fantastic, and simple solution. In practice this is failing society. Plenty of adults, from my generation, and younger,…