About new literacies, multiliteracies, 21st century literacies
"A moving target..." |
Always a moving target and never easy to define, literacy means much more than being able to read and write. Offered here, by way of definition, is the National Council of Teachers of English definition of 21st Century Literacies:
Literacy has always been a collection of cultural and communicative practices shared among members of particular groups. As society and technology change, so does literacy. Because technology has increased the intensity and complexity of literate environments, the 21st century demands that a literate person possess a wide range of abilities and competencies, many literacies. These literacies are multiple, dynamic, and malleable. As in the past, they are inextricably linked with particular histories, life possibilities, and social trajectories of individuals and groups. Active, successful participants in this 21st century global society must be able to
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