Traditional vs. Digital Literacy

Literacy in itself is a word that is used to describe a person’s ability to know or understand a particular skill or platform. One hundred years ago, a person could’ve read the phrase “digital literacy” and they would’ve been literate in the sense that were able to read the word and if a person were to dictate it, they could probably transcribe it.

In that sense, they would also be literate.

If you were to ask the same person to write an essay on the topic of digital literacy then unless they were a prophet, they would be completely illiterate.

The understanding of literacy in general is crucial when we step into the realm of what it means be literate digitally because without a strong understanding of the former, it would be impossible for the latter to exist.

Technology is built on the foundation of former technology and if we are to create content that is worthwhile and long-lasting then it must have strong ties to both forms of literacy.

Poetry was something I enjoyed very much growing up, but it wasn’t until I had an understanding of the internet that I could begin to disseminate it.

Writing in general was something I enjoyed growing up; oftentimes I would copy phrases and quotes that I liked inside of a notebook because I enjoyed the act of writing and I still do this today. Composition is different when crafting a paragraph digitally because I can’t craft the letters with my fingers in the sense of writing, but I have control of the aesthetical flow — what I mean by that is there’s a visual draw to a sequence of paragraphs that are well-crafted and easy to breeze through.

Here are five distinct “must-have” skills, both traditional and digital, that are crucial to being successful in the 21st century —

Traditional:

Digital:

The digital revolution has changed everything and nothing will ever be the same past it. While we may be able to create moving and influential content in the traditional way, still.. it is not likely that we would reach our desired scope of audience without being digitally literate.

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