Open AccessResearch Roundup: Digital Literacy
Author(s) -
Elissa Hozore,
Betsy Diamant-Cohen
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
children and libraries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2374-7641
pISSN - 1542-9806
DOI - 10.5860/cal.19.2.23
Subject(s) - literacy , reading (process) , mathematics education , digital literacy , computer science , psychology , multimedia , pedagogy , political science , law
Computers are a fact of life in the twenty-first century. Reading and math literacy have long been considered essential, and technological literacy is emerging as equally important to children’s (and adults’) ability to understand and engage with their world. However, just as it is crucial to learn to write as well as to read, it is crucial that children engage as programmers, as creators, and not only as consumers, of technology.