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On this day #20: Digital literacy and "coding"

January 19, 2021

Is being digitally literate synonymous with being able to code?

On 19 January 2012 I was asked for my opinion on what the forthcoming Computing curriculum should be like. One of the things I said was:

“Being able to code doesn’t make you digitally literate.”
— Terry Freedman

I also quoted from an insightful article by Josie Fraser, and I was delighted to discover just now that the article is still available.

Read my article here:

Digital Literacy And Computer Science


If you found this article interesting and useful, why not subscribe to my free newsletter, Digital Education? It’s been going since the year 2000, and has news, views and reviews for Computing and ed tech teachers — and useful tips.

In From the Archives, On this day, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT Tags Digital Literacy, programming, coding, Josie Fraser
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