What it means to be Literate in the 21st century
Literacy has changed over the years and we, as teachers, will need to change our pedagogies along with it in order to stay up to date. Everything is shifting - the tools we use (eg. from pen and paper to laptops), the skills we need (eg. handwriting to typing) as well as the world population. This is becoming evident in our classrooms through the use of creating 'Innovative/Modern Learning Environments' and using digital technologies to assist with the students learning.
To be literate in the 21st century, involves:
- Communication
- Multiple forms used
- Critical of literacy
- Find information - access it, different sources, types of sources, relevance, bias and age relevant
- Integrating of different semiotic systems
- Being Multi-modal
- Reading
- Writing
- Presenting
- Speaking
- Viewing
- Listening
- Social networking - eg. skype, blogs, Google Docs, Google Classroom, emails
- Needing a wide range of abilities
- Developing new abilities - creativity
- Understanding - comprehension
- Communicating ideas
- Forming opinions
- 'Text' forms
- Decoding and encoding information data
- Enables students with how to use tools and why we use these = fit for a purpose!
- The changing technologies means 'literacy' needs to change
- To fit the world we are in
- Different tools - are shifting
- Being problem solvers
- Of the unknown that hasn't been invented yet
If literacy is shifting from the traditional ways, are traditional forms of literacy still relevant in today's classrooms?
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