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Mozilla kicks off global 'digital literacy' program
The Mozilla Foundation is expecting more than 100,000 people to participate in a series of events worldwide over the next two months teaching basic Internet use and other digital skills.
The "Webmaker" events which run through September 15 aim to boost so-called digital literacy skills, including computer coding, designing Web pages, and creation of apps and videos.
The events tie in with the "maker movement," which according to Surman "is the idea that technology should be something we all can take control of, not something that is given to us by companies."
The "Webmaker" events which run through September 15 aim to boost so-called digital literacy skills, including computer coding, designing Web pages, and creation of apps and videos.
The events tie in with the "maker movement," which according to Surman "is the idea that technology should be something we all can take control of, not something that is given to us by companies."
http://phys.org/news/2014-07-mozilla-global-digital-literacy.html
If education in computer technology had been important 15 years ago, we wouldn't be stuck with a nation of dependent computerists. We would have a world of knowledgeable, informed people who understand what they are capable of independent of corporate slavery and titillating illiteracy. Even the political landscape may have been a whole different picture.