TIE 575- 3rd Blog Posting

What do you consider the most important aspects of 21st Century Literacy?

It was interesting to watch the video done by Clark & Bramhoff. We express our definition of literacy to include so many different parts. There were people who spoke of literacy to include critical and visual, even social/emotional literacy. I don't know that this is the part that becomes absolutely necessary for us to agree on.

The number one definition of being literate is being able to read and write. A little further down the list, it's defined as having knowledge or a skill in a specific field: meaning you could be computer literate.

We would be kidding ourselves to think that our ever changing means of communicating and expressing ourselves through the use of technology would not impact this term. So whether we decide to include technology into the actual term (if there even is one) of literacy or if we make it a separate component, shouldn't really matter.

We need to keep our kids in the game. We need to make sure that they're ready to become active participants in society. I'm guessing that this has always been the expected final outcome of education. The definition of what it means to be an active participant has changed several times over the decades and it continues to change. So, let's continue to change with it!