Active, successful participants in this 21st century global society must be able toDevelop proficiency and fluency with the tools of technology;Build intentional cross-cultural connections and relationships with others so to pose and solve problems collaboratively and strengthen independent thought;Design and share information for global communities to meet a variety of purposes;Manage, analyze, and synthesize multiple streams of simultaneous information;Create, critique, analyze, and evaluate multimedia texts;Attend to the ethical responsibilities required by these complex environments.
Madison Kramig on 14 Aug 13The internet has become what the printing press once was in terms of literacy. Information is more widely available, therefore encouraging literacy on a larger scale as well as making it more of a necessity.