Computer Science is not Digital Literacy
Josie Fraser,
SocialTech,
Jan 23, 2012
Josie Fraser makes a good point arguing that digital literacy extends well beyond computer science. "Not being able to code doesn't make you digitally illiterate. Not being able to participate in social, economic, cultural and political life because you lack the confidence, skills and opportunity to do so is what makes you digitally illiterate." I don't think these are alternatives - you can, after all, do both. And I would argue that being able to code makes you more literate. But the bit about being literate isn't in being able to code - it is, rather, in understanding some of the fundamental principles of reason and method that coding teaches you. But really, the rest of it - being able to participate in social, economic, cultural and political life - is rather more important.
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