Develop proficiency with the tools of technology
Build relationships with others to pose and solve problems collaboratively and cross-culturally
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 multi-media texts
Attend to the ethical responsibilities required by these complex environments
Although I agree with all of the above (the importance of creativity should be emphasized in some manner though), I do believe that we have to drop the term “21st Century” when describing the above. Should this not just be a part of ‘literacy’? Are using these tools that we have to create and communicate not just a part of being literate in our world? You even see terms like “digital literacy” being thrown around often. Do we speak of pencil literacy? Paper literacy? Or do we talk about components of what makes up literacy (reading and writing)?