21st Century literacy is the ability to intelligently and effectively use the numerous digital tools the Internet makes possible. The literacy of the future will mean the ability to navigate successfully the technological environment surrounding societies and cultures in order to achieve the safe harbor of innovation on the road to personal and societal self-actualization.
“Adolescents entering the adult world in the 21st century will read and write more than at any other time in human history. They will need advanced levels of literacy to perform their jobs, run their households, act as citizens, and conduct their personal lives. They will need literacy to cope with the flood of information they will find everywhere they turn. They will need literacy to feed their imaginations so they can create the world of the future. In a complex and sometimes even dangerous world, their ability to read will be crucial. Continual instruction beyond the early grades is needed” (Moore, Bean, Birdyshaw, & Rycik, 1999)1.
http://www.maine.gov/education/it/promise/4literacyint.pdf
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