Apr 15 2009
Blog 4/15
Before this class I assumed that literacy meant any verbal communication. However, throughout this class I have realized that I had a very narrow view of the definition of literacy. Now as I understand it, literacy can be all types of communication not verbal. Literacy can be spoken or unspoken and doesn’t even have to be person to person. A person performs many literacy acts on a computer, whether it is reading, writing, or even analyzing something. Technology has grown so much in todays society that things such as ipods, mp3 players, tv’s, and radios are all things that promote literacy. Overall, I have learned that literacy is everything in todays society. It seems like everything I do in a day could be considered a literacy act.