Spoken Taboo

David Huffaker of GeorgetownUniversity explains, “Technology has added a new type of literacy to consider. Sometimes referred to as digital fluency, this type of literacy refers to the ways people become comfortable using technology as they would any other natural language. Some scholars suggest digital fluency will be another prerequisite for sociability, lifelong learning and employment opportunities. The uses of educational technology have a two-fold advantage: they can promote the types of literacy traditionally encouraged in learning, as well as the digital fluency needed to prosper in the digital age.”