21st Century Literacy - What is it?

I ran across this short video on Free Technology for Teachers that in two minutes describes 21st century literacy. Once again, it validates our Classroom 10 focus to prepare young people for the world they enter following their K-12 experience. It begins to create an image of what it means to be literate in the world we live in today. Since we live in it now, there is a heightened sense of urgency to begin this work in our classrooms as we are doing with our curriculum writing institute.

In the student's world outside of school, one way communication of the printed text has been replaced with interactive communication through the hardware and software readily available to most of them. The question becomes, how quickly can we effectively and efficiently replicate that in our classrooms? The world we live in today and the one that we face tomorrow requires a different knowledge base and skill set for success. It is our responsibility to create and support classrooms where these interactions and the learning that follows occur each day.