Alfabetizzazione digitale, scrittura enciclopedica ed educazione linguistica democratica

Abstract

The text describes two different kinds of literacy: the traditional and the digital one. It then places them in a context of “Linguistic education” ( educazione linguistica) , highlighting the possible benefits of a more significant inclusion of real practices within the educational curricula. This is done by looking at both “vernacular literacy” practices and practices taken from the workplace. The use of Wikipedia in the Italian language classroom is afterwards introduced as an example of such possible integrations.