New Literacies

Learning in the 21st century requires both teachers and students to reflect on a changing mindset towards technology as it permeates all areas of life and learning. New literacies require educators to broaden their perspectives on what is significant and how learning is to be transferred using technologies that reach beyond the classroom to bring the world and all its possibilities back in. New literacies are based entirely on the  sharing of information through endless linkages and possibilities for learning. The interconnectedness of these new mindsets require educators to re-examine current curriculum practices but at the same time to also be ever vigilant in questioning the relevance of sources. New literacies are about continually exploring the world from the personal to the local to the global. 

Callow, J. (2008). New literacies, New York & Web 2.0: a little knowledge is a helpful thing! SCAN, 27(4), 13-16