http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2010/02/09/literacy-is-not-enough-21st-century-fluency-for-the-digital-age-by-ian-jukes/ Weblog of Wesley Fryer Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2010/02/09/literacy-is-not-enough-21st-century-fluency-for-the-digital-age-by-ian-jukes/comment-page-1/#comment-126547 Christina O. Thu, 04 Mar 2010 03:33:25 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/?p=4083#comment-126547 I am struck by your discussion on media fluency and teaching kids how to communicate. With all the tools we have available, it seems people are communicating more today than ever. However, are kids really learning social skills and good communication when they never actually talk to their friends--instead texting, emailing, instant messaging, etc.? I think reading inflection, body language, and using social pragmatics are becoming lost arts. It's not just kids either, I think adults have become very rude because they take cell phone calls and check texts and emails during conversations. Has all this access to technology and to each other negatively impacted our ability to connect with others? I am struck by your discussion on media fluency and teaching kids how to communicate. With all the tools we have available, it seems people are communicating more today than ever. However, are kids really learning social skills and good communication when they never actually talk to their friends–instead texting, emailing, instant messaging, etc.? I think reading inflection, body language, and using social pragmatics are becoming lost arts. It’s not just kids either, I think adults have become very rude because they take cell phone calls and check texts and emails during conversations. Has all this access to technology and to each other negatively impacted our ability to connect with others?

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