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Howwillwepreparetheclassof2023

tobeeducatedforafuturewedon't

evenknowhowitwilllooklike?What

willitmeanforthemtobeliterate?

Whatdoesit

meantobe

literatefor

today'sco

llege

graduates

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It'snotaboutlearningspecific

tools.I

isaboutskillsthatwillprepar

eusfor

newkindsofLiterac

iesbeyondthebasic

s

ofknowinghowtoreadandwrit

e.Whow

betheilliterateof

the21stCentury?

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Communicateeffectivelyin

widerangeofgenres,

platformsandmedia.

Communicatesynchronously

aswellasasynchronously

acrossgeo

graphic

boundariesandtimezones

Connect informatin new ways, Glob

network, remixcontent

Collaborate

toextendBe

yondyour

personalca

pabilities,

crowdsource,addmult

iple

perspectives,

ProblemSo

lveona

largeScale

"CreatE"demonstrates theHighest level of

Bloom's Taxonomy

* Exercising soundreasoning inunderstanding*Makingcomplex choices* Understanding the interconnectionsamong systems* Framing, analyzing andsolving problemsRoute21- http://www.p21.org/

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DigitalCitizenship

InformationLiteracy

GlobalLiteracy

MediaLiteracy

NetworkLiteracy

BasicLiteracy

Basic LiteracyisKnowing howtoreadand

write.Itconstitutesthebasicrequirementsforbeing consideredliteratetoday.

Media literacy isrepertoire ocompetenc

that enable people analyze, evaluate a

create messages in a wivariety of media modegenres and form

Digicitizens

describes norms

appropriaresponsibehaviorw

regardtechnology u

InformationLiteracyisasetcompetenciestoparticip

intelligentlyandactivelyinInformationsociety.Itis

abilityto tolocate,understaevaluate,utilize, organ

categorize, reandcon

informatio

Networkliteracy is" Theabilitytocreate, growandnavigatepersonallearning

networks insafe,ethicaland effectiveways."WillRichardson

GlobalLiteracyisbeing ableto:

* Buildrelationships

withpeoplefrom

around TheWorldto

poseandsolve

problems

collaboratively

* Seekout a rangeof

perspectives

* communicateeffectively

cross-culturally

*Developethical

positionsabout globalssues. Challenge

assumptions

andinterpretations

Adaptedfrom

Carnegie

Mellon

University

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It feelsintuitive,

unconsciousand smooth

Ican

relate,communicateand connect

withothers

I amcomfortable

and not

terrified

Iknow how

to respondto something

unexpected

Iknowthat a

languageis thesumofwords,common

historyand

traditions

I don'ttranslate orwonder what

comes first. the

verb or thenoun?

"The 21st Century Fluencies are not about technical prowess, they are criticalthinking skills, and they are essential to living in this multimedia world. We calthem fluencies for a reason. To be literate means to have knowledge orcompetence. To be fluent is something a little more, it is to demonstratemastery and to do so unconsciously and smoothly".

The 21st Cenutry Literacy Project:

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