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Future-Proofing Kids: Teach Digital Literacy with WriteStories

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General

Date

June 17, 2025

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3 min read

Author

Bob Wood

Why Digital Literacy Matters Now

As children grow up in a tech-driven world, basic digital fluency has become as essential as reading and math. A 2025 study of early literacy emphasizes the importance of emergent literacies—including print motivation, digital awareness, and narrative skills. With one in three children preferring audiobooks over print, it's clear that literacy now spans multiple media.

WriteStories not only nurtures creativity—it equips kids with vital tech skills.

Skill 1: Keyboarding & Digital Navigation

Typing isn’t just about speed—it’s about literacy. WriteStories encourages typing by letting kids write narratives for illustrations. They learn how to navigate a platform, save work, edit text, and export their creation. It’s immersive practice wrapped in storytelling.

Skill 2: Formatting & Layout Design

As children create ebooks, they learn to:

Change font styles and sizes
Adjust margins and align text
Work with colors, and
Navigate platforms.

Skill 3: Media Awareness & Critical Thinking

With the rise of audiobooks and varied media formats, kids need to navigate and choose the right tools for each task . WriteStories provides both visual and textual literacy, preparing students to critically engage with multimedia content.

Educational Connection

Emergent literacies combine narrative skills with digital navigation .
Multimodal learning, like “Inanimate Alice,” integrates text, image, and other digital interactions—a model WriteStories follows

Classroom & Home Use Ideas

Typing Sprint: Challenge students to type a story in 10 minutes—then trade with peers for feedback.
Formatting Task: Have kids design a page—switch fonts, align graphics, and describe their layout choices.
Digital Publishing Party: Combine stories into an anthology PDF. Teach saving, bundling files, and sharing with families via email or cloud folders.

These activities build 21st-century skills—creativity, communication, collaboration, and digital literacy.

Final Thoughts

WriteStories goes beyond creative writing—it’s a digital literacy lab for young learners. By blending imagination with practical tech skills, Scriptive empowers children to express themselves digitally and confidently navigate the tools of tomorrow.

Interested in implementing digital-literacy plans in your school? Reach out—we’re happy to help you grow creative thinkers and savvy technologists.

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