Digital Literacy Gifts

'It can hold a thousand books, whatever 'books' are...'

"This is a support group for phone victims. Frank butt dialed. Bib drunk dialed, Anne there talked bad about someone, but didn't realize she hadn't hung up..."

Terrorism Recruitment

Data Extraction Social Media Theme Park

"No, son, you’re not ‘M for Mature.’"

"To 'click to enter' or not to 'click to enter'… that is the question."

"Why is there an ad for Jay-Z in the New England Journal of Pediatric Medicine?!"

"There's also a link to my manifesto in the notes section—www.freewilioz.org, articles four and five, respectively."

"Which one is the emoji for immense relief, coupled with general underlying disappointment, tinged with cynicism, anger and apprehension?"

"For the last time! There is no 'Skip Ads' button for the morning announcements!"

"If I lay enough of these around maybe he'll stay off the internet."

'New driver on the information superhighway.'

'Have you noticed how the age at which people can't keep up with new technology is getting younger?'

I.T. Fear

"I could ask me 12 year old to translate this email..."

"The Internet ate my baby!"

Lynching on social media

'My penmanship has really improved since I got a laser printer.'

'I'm reading aloud, Jeremy - My lips are SUPPOSED to be moving!'

Computer Room.

'I didn't do my homework because I forgot my user name and password.'

"Would you like to keep eighty-seven tabs open?"

"My monthly screen time went up from 62 hours to ‘Holy #@!*’."

"Waiter, can you heat this up? The wild salmon got cold while I was posting it to Instagram."

"Isn't there an app for this?"

"You can use the alphabet to text. You can use the alphabet to tweet. Why can't you use the alphabet to spell?"

"How can I be a lead learner without the technology needed to lead?"

"I'll go back to school if you go back to the office."

"Because he's illiterate. That's why I have to read to him all the time."

"Barb's such a fast reader."

Two Generations of Readers

'You don't have to worry about my future any more -- I just downloaded an entire college education!'

'Is there an E-Reader Edition?'

Large print e-book.

"I've edited your Wikipedia entry again, Sadie. You're about to be inundated with phone calls from the press." "Whatever, geek-boy." "You're now the world's foremost authority on Turkey leprosy, the disease that's threatening to ruin the holidays." "No one'll believe that." "Oh yeah? I wrote a Wikipedia page for Turkey leprosy, too, along with examples of all the historical figures it's killed, such as the Archduke of Crushistan." "There is no 'Crushistan.'" "I've written a Wikipedia entry for C