Why Literacy Matters

Most of us have the privilege of receiving education, learning to read and write, opening the way to a hopeful future and a possible world. Literacy is the foundation of learning. Reading and writing allows individuals to participate in society, realize their dreams and experience the fun of good books. However, aside from learning basic literacy skills, there are a lot of boys and girls in communities that are not educated. What kind of future are these children?

Jane Austen was a pioneer of her time and the Jane Austen Literacy Fund used technology as a powerful literacy tool. Electronic libraries provide literacy education tools for schools and communities (because everyone can access the same book at the same time) and get textbooks and general reading books

Another problem is not only to access the Internet but also to provide digital literacy skills to citizens. The term "digital literacy" was born by Paul Gilster, an essential life skill in modern society. Digital literacy means "effective use of technical and intellectual skills to acquire, understand, participate, or create digital media and communication technology content" (Nansen 2010). Focusing on digital literacy and effective participation means that NBN's project of providing fiber optic cable infrastructure to the front door of each house is also inadequate. High speed broadband (HSB) is imagined by family and family, adopted for daily work, and it is diverted. The success of HSB depends on the digital literacy of these families (Nansen 2013).

Digital literacy is an integral part of media literacy. This refers to the ability of individuals to find, evaluate, generate and communicate clear information through writing and other forms of communication on various digital platforms. Digital literacy displays personal grammar, computer, writing, typing skills such as social media and blog sites on the platform. Digital literacy also includes other devices such as smartphones, tablets, laptops and desktops. Digital literacy initially focused on digital skills and stand-alone computers, but the focus shifted to network devices including the Internet and social media. Digital literacy can not replace the traditional literacy format, but it is built on the skills that form the basis of traditional literacy forms. People are using digital media for various activities. Explore, connect, create, and learn.

Digital literacy is a new literacy ability that can be divided into several subcultures. One of the decompositions is that digital literacy includes computer knowledge, network literacy, information literacy, and social media literacy. Conceptualizing the former digital literacy focused on practical skills related to the use of computers (now regarded as computer knowledge). This includes hardware skills such as connecting devices and software skills such as using application packages. The conceptualization of modern digital literacy is added to these traditional skills, covering knowledge, skills, attitudes, and behavior in networking devices, especially including smart phones, tablets, and personal computers. Digital literacy differs from computer knowledge in many ways.