The document summarizes the key differences between traditional and modern views of literacy. Traditionally, literacy focused on reading, writing, and oral communication skills. However, in the modern view, digital literacy has become crucial as communication and research increasingly occur online. Students now need skills to use technology for information research, evaluation, processing, and digital content creation and sharing. It also describes the 21st century changes that led to new literacies, including the prevalence of the internet for information access, computers enabling new communication forms, and the rise of visual literacy through media consumption. A link to a related video is also provided.
The document summarizes the key differences between traditional and modern views of literacy. Traditionally, literacy focused on reading, writing, and oral communication skills. However, in the modern view, digital literacy has become crucial as communication and research increasingly occur online. Students now need skills to use technology for information research, evaluation, processing, and digital content creation and sharing. It also describes the 21st century changes that led to new literacies, including the prevalence of the internet for information access, computers enabling new communication forms, and the rise of visual literacy through media consumption. A link to a related video is also provided.
The document summarizes the key differences between traditional and modern views of literacy. Traditionally, literacy focused on reading, writing, and oral communication skills. However, in the modern view, digital literacy has become crucial as communication and research increasingly occur online. Students now need skills to use technology for information research, evaluation, processing, and digital content creation and sharing. It also describes the 21st century changes that led to new literacies, including the prevalence of the internet for information access, computers enabling new communication forms, and the rise of visual literacy through media consumption. A link to a related video is also provided.
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1. Compare and contrast the traditional concept of literacy to the
modern view of literacy.
Reading comprehension, writing, and effective communication have
historically been the main subjects of literacy education. In the subject of chemistry, it is also essential for a variety of reasons to be able to obtain and convey information both orally and in writing. Digital literacy has become a crucial component of literacy education generally, though, as contemporary modes of communication, collaboration, and research move more and more toward digital platforms. Students need to learn how to use the digital world in order to excel in school and afterwards. This entails understanding how to use technology in the classroom for information research, evaluation, and processing as well as for creating and exchanging content in a digital environment.
2. Describe the changes in the 21 st century that have led to the rise of new literacies.
The prevalence of the Internet is the most noticeable change. Literacy
is desperately needed to comprehend the world and distinguish between reliable information sources and false sources. That would probably fall under critical thinking. The second is the actual computers themselves, which enable communication, searching, organizing of information, etc. for people. This used to be referred to as "computer literacy," but the term has fallen out of favor in this century. I believe that visual literacy may be argued to constitute the third transition. Since many people now regularly watch movies and TV shows, they have grown to be much more sophisticated and discerning.