Tuesday, June 06, 2006

Connecting the digital dots: literacy in the twenty-first century

Literacy today depends on understanding the multiple media that make up our high-tech reality and developing the skills to use them effectively

By Barbara R. Jones-Kavalier and Suzanne L. Flannigan

Prior to the 21st century, literate defined a person’s ability to read and write, separating the educated from the uneducated. With the advent of a new millennium and the rapidity with which technology has changed society, the concept of literacy has assumed new meanings.

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