Return-Path: <nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost.nifl.gov [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.8.7/8.8.5) with SMTP id AAA27161; Wed, 10 Dec 1997 00:53:21 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 10 Dec 1997 00:53:21 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <1.5.4.16.19971209220729.40ef16c4@egusd.k12.ca.us> Errors-To: lmann@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Peggy Lewis <mlewis@egusd.k12.ca.us> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-TECHNOLOGY:102] Information "Literacy" ??? X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.4 (16) Status: RO Why is this called information "literacy" when there is so little reference to actual reading and writing? Why not "knowledge" or "use" of "familiarity" or something that more accurately expresses the idea? It is not my intention to pick on this one usage, but to try to call attention to the widespread misuse of the term. Doesn't "computer literacy" really attempt to describe the ability to use a computer that goes way beyond reading and writing with and about the machnes? I once saw the term "physical literacy" which at first I took to mean Braille. I later found out that the term referred to the ability to look at a map and locate an office. Confusing. Peggy Lewis Elk Grove Adult Educationph ph (916)874-1817) Sacramento, CA fax(916)448-5021 mlewis@egusd.k12.ca.us
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