Redefining Literacy in the 21st Century

Literacy is “the ability to read and write,” or so I thought. This is a definition that has spanned many generations, and is still being taught in schools to this day. However, the latest technological advancements have brought about a new kind of learning…

Why it is important to be Digitally Literate in the 21st Century

Digital Literacy in the 21st Century

The definition of what it means to be “literate” has changed drastically in the past few years. In past times one would be considered literate if they were…

What does it mean to be literate in the 21st Century?

If there is anything I have learned from the past four weeks of class, it is that literacy has a broad spectrum of definitions. Before this class began, I believed literacy only applied to the ability to read and write. As a matter of…

What Does Literacy Mean in the 21st Century?

Before this class started, I had heard of literacy before, but I never thought much of it. If I’m being completely honest, I had to look up a basic definition of literacy before I even could complete the Flipgrid assignment. So it’s pretty safe to say…

Technology and Literacy in the 21st Century

Literacy: The Evolving Beast

For years, literacy has been seen as such a concrete term in that there was only one real meaning, and that meaning would hold true for the rest of time. Still today, many think to be “literate” you must fit into a box of a definition that was created in the times of late Middle…

What does it mean to be literate in the 21st century?

The question of what it means to be literate in the 21st century may have variable responses. The traditional view of literacy is that being literate is possessing the ability to read and write as shown in the photograph from the Merriam…

Literacy in an Innovative World

What does literacy mean to you? When I was first posed this question, I immediately thought of the definition of literacy: to be able to read and write. I thought to myself, could the definition really be that simple? The longer and deeper I delved into my thoughts I…

21st Century Literature

Literate. It means something different to everyone. Somehow, we all have a general understanding of what it means. As a society, particularly one that is so heavily pushed towards technology and social media, the term illiterate gets thrown around and threatened consistently. No one…