Computer Literacy Quotes

• Computing is not about computers any more. It is about living.

  Nicholas Negroponte

  Learning, Technology, Classroom

  Nicholas Negroponte (2015). “Being Digital”, p.6, Vintage

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• A computer does not substitute for judgment any more than a pencil substitutes for literacy. But writing without a pencil is no particular advantage.

  Robert McNamara

  Inspiring, Writing, Doe

  Robert S. McNamara (1968). “The Essence of Security: Reflections in Office”, New York : Harper & Row

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• It's not computer literacy that we should be working on, but sort of human-literacy. Computers have to become human-literate.

  Nicholas Negroponte

  Technology, Should, Humans

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• Education is learning what you didn't even know you didn't know.

  Daniel J. Boorstin

  Funny, Education, Teacher

  "A Case of Hypochondria". Newsweek, July 6, 1970.

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• Computer literacy is a contact with the activity of computing deep enough to
  make the computational equivalent of reading and writing fluent and enjoyable.
  As in all the arts, a romance with the material must be well under way. If
  we value the lifelong learning of arts and letters as a springboard for
  personal and societal growth, should any less effort be spent to make computing
  a part of our lives?

  Alan Kay

  Art, Reading, Writing

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• Video games provide an easy lead-in to computer literacy. They can get you thinking like a video game designer and can even lead to designing since many games come with software to modify the game or redesign it.

  James Paul Gee

  Thinking, Playing Games, Design

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• Similarly, computer literacy courses tend to produce computer people who know a lot about computers or a piece of software but they don't help people become fluent with the machine.

  Seymour Papert

  People, Machines, Pieces

  "Sunday Interview - Seymour Papert/ Computers in the Lives of Our Children/ an Mit Mathematician and Philosopher Is Exploring How Technology Can Educate the Next Generation - and Their Parents". www.sfgate.com. February 2, 1997.

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• Cyberattacks have become a permanent fixture on the international scene because they have become easy and cheap to launch. Basic computer literacy and a modest budget can go a long way toward invading a country's cyberspace.

  Evgeny Morozov

  Country, Long, Cyberspace

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