Literacy+and+21st+Century+Skills

= Literacy and 21st Century Skills =

“Incorporating multimodal response strategies into everyday literacy instruction builds comprehension and literary interpretation while giving learners purposeful experience in using these modalities.” (Whitin, P. (2009)

 “ Creating digital stories invites students to employ old and new literacies, and through the process of creating a movie they erect, explore, and exhibit other literacies. A digital story is a multimedia text consisting of still images complemented by a narrated soundtrack to tell a story or present a documentary…” (Sylvester, R. and Greenidge, W., 2009).

Question: If 21st century skills expand the concept of literacy - reading and writing - to include all forms of technology, what are the implications for practice?

Read two the following articles and respond to each in light of the above question.