Literacies Informational and Technological

Just came across these three projects devoted to information and technology literacies:

Partnership for 21st Century Skills. The Partnership for 21st Century Skills is a unique public-private organization formed to define and incorporate into learning the skills that are necessary for every student's success in the 21st Century. Funded by US Department of Education.

IMSA 21st Century Information Fluency Project. The goal of IMSA’s 21st Century Information Fluency Program is to help librarians, teachers and students (learners of all ages) enhance their ability to locate, evaluate and use digital information resources.

Pacific Bell/UCLA Initiative for 21st Century Literacies. This private-public partnership invests in projects that explore the meaning of literacy in an age of rapidly changing technologies and growing diversity through three critical areas:

• Educating the User: Enhancing the abilities of young people, teachers, librarians, and all citizens through the integration of information, cultural, media, visual, and other 21st century literacy skills.
• Improving the Information System: Improving access and use through system design matching the literacy levels, technological capacities, and other characteristics of the user.
• Addressing the Policy Issues: Defining the digital divide's multiple dimensions and developing indicators to measure the gaps and progress in closing them.

Michael Lorenzen has recently cited two interesting related articles, Technological Literacy from ERIC (2001) and Information Literacy: The Benefits of Partnership from the Online Journal of Issues in Nursing (2001). Also currently in circulation and being discussed is Information Literacy Primer from the Edutopia (2001).

Also came across this conference on information literacy at Georgia Southern University October 8-9.

Posted by Chris Hodge at September 24, 2004 02:51 PM | Links to this post
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