The document discusses the changing nature of information and literacy in the 21st century. It argues that literacy now involves finding information from diverse online sources, decoding and evaluating it, and organizing it. It also involves expressing ideas compellingly through various media like images, sound, and video. Finally, it discusses the importance of ethics like truth, minimizing harm, and accountability in the digital age.

1. Contemporary Literacy Presented by David Warlick The Landmark Project http://davidwarlick.com/ Zer-Aviv, Mushon. &quot;Digital Divide.&quot; Mushon's Photostream. 15 Oct 2006. 30 May 2007 <http://flickr.com/photos/mushon/270775337/>.

2. Online Handouts Session Tags: redefine literacy warlick NECC Tag: n07s705 http://landmark-project.com/ http://handouts.davidwarlick.com/ http://landmark-project.com/sl

3. Opening facts May 11 Orders for Halo 3 hit 4.5 million. ..and it isn’t even released yet! 67 Million user (2006) 250,000 new members a day Almost 7 million residents $1/4 Million transactions a day The Information Landscape that we use is changing!

4. Beginning! I learned in the 1980s that what made these new technologies so special was that they were machines that you operated by communicating with them! What I learned later, was that it was actually that these machines gave us new ways to communicate with each other!

6. http://labs.digg.com/swarm/ Information is dynamic. It is made for conversation.

7. Heidigoseek, &quot;AADL - New Books.&quot; Heidigoseek's Photostream . 20 Mar 2006. 13 Nov 2006 <http://flickr.com/photos/heidigoseek/115581765/>. Althouse, Ann. &quot;September 11th News.&quot; Ann Althouse's Photostream . 11 Sep 2005. 13 Nov 2006 <http://flickr.com/photos/althouse/42300120/>. Who do? we trust? The source that warns us, or the source that seems more interested in protecting its own authority? No answer! Just a good question?

9. Reading » Exposing When there’s too much information to search through -- then we need to learn to train the information to find us! RSS

10. It’s not just reading the information… It’s exposing information!

11. Arithmetic » Employing Arithmetic is about making numbers tell their story. When all information is made of numbers, then arithmetic becomes so much more.

12. Arithmetic » Employing Processing sound? Processing images?

14. It’s not just about arithmetic… It’s about employing information to accomplish goals.

16. Writing » Expressing Remixing content to communicate -- to express ideas compellingly?

17. Writing » Expressing Anderson, Chris. &quot;The Long Tail.&quot; WIRED Magazine Oct 2004. 17 Mar 2005 <http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.10/tail.html>. What are we depriving our children of by not teaching them from the long tail?

18. It’s not just about writing… It’s about expressing ideas compellingly!

23. Two Things We Know Nature Information has Changed Preparing Children for an unpredictable future Contemporary Literacy Learn to Teach Yourself Learning Literacy