Rushkoff: Teach kids to write computer code This week is
Computer Science Education Week, which is being observed around
the United States with events aimed at highlighting the promise
-- and paucity -- of digital education. The climax of the
festivities, for me anyway, will be the opportunity to address
members of Congress and their staffers on Wednesday in
Washington about the value of digital literacy. I've been an
advocate of digital culture for the past 20 years, and this
feels like the culmination of a lifetime of arguing. Yes, I was
once the one getting laughed out of both cocktail parties and
editor's offices for suggesting that someday people would be
using word processors to send one another messages over
telephone lines. But the vindication I feel for being right
about our digital future is tempered by an equally disheartening
sense that we are actually missing an opportunity here. I have
never been as enthusiastic about the promise of digital
technology itself as about the human potential unleashe