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It was difficult deciding what picture to put here. There were student quartets playing in different parts of the building.

This is a conference for high school teachers and 21st century skills.  It’s still a difficult thing for me to wrap my mind around, be cause there is so little that is new in these skills.  What’s new is that they are basic — they have become entry level skills for working leaving their formal education experience.

I’ve been asked to get even more basic — to get right down to the 3Rs, what it means to be literate in the 21st century — 21st century literacy.

I prefer to call it contemporary literacy.  We are, after all, almost one-tenth of the way into this futuristic century.  The key to what I am talking about is that perhaps even more impactful than globalization and the need for innovation and collaboration, is the degree to which the nature of information has changed.  Due to technological advances, information has become increasingly:

• Networked,
• Digital,
• Abundant

Each of these conditions has a direct affect on what it means to be literate.  What does it mean to be a reader, when information is increasingly networked?  What does it mean to be a processor of information when information is increasingly digital?  What does it mean to be a communicator, when our messages must compete for attention within an abundant and overwhelming information landscape?  And finally, what are the ethical implications?

These are the issues I will be exploring in my keynote address.
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