From pencils to pixels

according to the article, technology is the gateway to literacy. i do not agree because literacy is the ability to read and write, not the ability to be apt with technology, instead, people should be proficient in writing and reading before they move onto using technology. writing is like a techonology because people can be good at using it just like people can be good a t writing. also typing code is essential to technology, and code is a series of different languages that computers speak, so techonolgy has its own version of writing, i guess. the pencil is a piece of technology because people use it accomplish a task and to make their lives easier. if people didnt have pencils, what would they use to record things with, blood, sweat, tears. plato disliked writing because writing doesnt have emotional weight. Speaking to someone about something important is far superior than writing someone a letter. guys dont propose via text, they do it in front of their significant other because it is more special.  This article implicitly defines literacy as the ability to read and write and also to be able to use technology and go between reading and writing and using technology seamlessly.