Information literacy in the digital age looks very different than it did even 5 years ago. Interestingly, I think the Wordle has the terms in the right order; the literacies focus on finding, using, and manipulating information in a variery of ways.There is a greater recognition that literacy encompasses a much larger set of skills and life skills than the 5Rs.
Kathy Schrock has provided a concise list of the literacies that are important in the digital age.
So, here is her list:
Information literacy
Tool literacy Health literacy Critical literacy Media literacy
Digital literacy Historical literacy Global literacy Civic literacy
Data literacy Economic literacy Visual literacy Traditional literacy
From "Literacy in the Digital Age" by Kathy Schrock
The question becomes "What are we doing to teach these literacies within our classrooms?" How do we incorporate opportunities for our students to practice and become comfortable with these literacies?
Maybe the first question should be how comfortable am I with these new vocabularies?
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