Reading For Progress: Text vrs Digital?
One of the five pillars of the Year of Reading concept being promoted by the Ghana Library Authority is LITERACY. The Oxford dictionary defines literacy as the ability to read and write. The key to literacy is reading development, a progression of skills which begins with the ability to understand spoken words and decode written words, and which culminates in the deep understanding of text. It is necessary we take into consideration how today’s changing technological landscape offers both promise and challenges to literacy instruction. But it is critical to fit technology into education and discuss how literacy education can meet society’s increasing …
Child Online Africa Supports GHLA To Promote Online Safety Among Children
Child Online Africa, a child focused non-governmental organization has donated about 800 online safety booklets to Ghana Library Authority. This forms parts of efforts to promote the awareness of online safety and privacy among children. Presenting the booklets, the Executive Director of Child Online Africa Awo Aid Amenyah said, “we are in a technological age and children must be aware of dangers the internet can pose. We therefore deem it a duty to develop this safety material for children.” The Executive Director (Ag.) of Ghana Library Authority Hayford Siaw who received the booklets noted, “Libraries are information hubs for all …
Keep Your Online Profiles Anonymous
The Internet is increasingly becoming a dangerous place for children and young people whose online profiles often attract sexual predators, scammers and pedophiles, a reason for which Child Online Africa – COA promotes child protection, child wellbeing and digital literacy. The essence of what we do is to warn that personal information posted or used in a third party applications online can lead to abductions and sexual exploitation of children and young people. What we need not take for granted as a country is that predators and pedophiles are finding new ways and new opportunities to network with each other …
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