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The NCTE Definition of 21st Century Literacies

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on 2009-06-24 by boydlogan

I do wonder at the fact that basic reading comprehension and fluency are nowhere to be found within this definition. I'm a huge supporter of 21C initiatives and changing literacy, but I don't want to lose sight of the fact that many of our kids in high school just simply can't read... at all.

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Adopted by the NCTE Executive Committee, February 15, 2008

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 twenty-first century demands that a literate person possess a wide range of abilities and competencies, many literacies. These literacies—from reading online newspapers to participating in virtual classrooms—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. Twenty-first century readers and writers need to

  • Develop proficiency with the tools of technology
     
  • Build relationships with others to pose and solve problems collaboratively and cross-culturally
     
  • Design and share information for global communities to meet a variety of purposes
     
  • Manage, analyze and synthesize multiple streams of simultaneous information
     
  • Create, critique, analyze, and evaluate multi-media texts
     
  • Attend to the ethical responsibilities required by these complex environments

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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 twenty-first century demands that a literate person possess a wide range of abilities and competencies, many literacies.

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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 twenty-first century demands that a literate person possess a wide range of abilities and competencies, many literacies. These literacies—from reading online newspapers to participating in virtual classrooms—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. Twenty-first century readers and writers need to

  • Develop proficiency with the tools of technology
     
  • Build relationships with others to pose and solve problems collaboratively and cross-culturally
     
  • Design and share information for global communities to meet a variety of purposes
     
  • Manage, analyze and synthesize multiple streams of simultaneous information
     
  • Create, critique, analyze, and evaluate multi-media texts
     
  • Attend to the ethical responsibilities required by these complex environments

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technology has increased the intensity and complexity of literate environments,

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Because technology has increased the intensity and complexity of literate environments, the twenty-first century demands that a literate person possess a wide range of abilities and competencies, many literacies.

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As society and technology change, so does literacy.

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As society and technology change, so does literacy. Because technology has increased the intensity and complexity of literate environments, the twenty-first century demands that a literate person possess a wide range of abilities and competencies, many literacies.

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a literate person possess a wide range of abilities and competencies, many literacies.

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These literacies—from reading online newspapers to participating in virtual classrooms—are multiple, dynamic, and malleable.

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dynamic, and malleable.

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Twenty-first century readers and writers need to

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Twenty-first century readers and writers need to

  • Develop proficiency with the tools of technology
     
  • Build relationships with others to pose and solve problems collaboratively and cross-culturally
     
  • Design and share information for global communities to meet a variety of purposes
     
  • Manage, analyze and synthesize multiple streams of simultaneous information
     
  • Create, critique, analyze, and evaluate multi-media texts
     
  • Attend to the ethical responsibilities required by these complex environments

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Develop proficiency with the tools of technology

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Develop proficiency with the tools of technology

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  • Develop proficiency with the tools of technology
     
  • Build relationships with others to pose and solve problems collaboratively and cross-culturally
     
  • Design and share information for global communities to meet a variety of purposes
     
  • Manage, analyze and synthesize multiple streams of simultaneous information
     
  • Create, critique, analyze, and evaluate multi-media texts
     
  • Attend to the ethical responsibilities required by these complex environments

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    Develop proficiency with the tools of technology

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    Build relationships with others

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  • Build relationships with others to pose and solve problems collaboratively and cross-culturally
     
  • Design and share information for global communities to meet a variety of purposes
     
  • Manage, analyze and synthesize multiple streams of simultaneous information
     
  • Create, critique, analyze, and evaluate multi-media texts
     
  • Attend to the ethical responsibilities required by these complex environments

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    Build relationships with others to pose and solve problems collaboratively and cross-culturally

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    Build relationships with others to pose and solve problems collaboratively and cross-culturally
     

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    Design and share information for global communities to meet a variety of purposes

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  • Manage, analyze and synthesize multiple streams of simultaneous information

    • Highlighted by smartykatt

  • Manage, analyze and synthesize multiple streams of simultaneous information

    • Highlighted by dboyle

    Manage, analyze and synthesize multiple streams of simultaneous information

    Highlighted by suludavis

    Create, critique, analyze, and evaluate multi-media texts

    Highlighted by smartykatt

    Create, critique, analyze, and evaluate multi-media texts

    Highlighted by ebarviat

    Create, critique, analyze, and evaluate multi-media texts

    Highlighted by suludavis

    Attend to the ethical responsibilities required by these complex environments

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    Attend to the ethical responsibilities required by these complex environments

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