Return-Path: <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id g2CIKeu15819; Tue, 12 Mar 2002 13:20:40 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 13:20:40 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <E1BF501B4C3AD511954D00508BB8E35F01984FAE@ophs1.ophs.gov> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Baur, Cynthia" <CBaur@osophs.dhhs.gov> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-HEALTH:3619] Global development of digital literacy skills for 21st century X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Status: O Content-Length: 1984 Lines: 42 FYI. Cynthia Baur At a special gathering in Berlin of more than 300 policymakers, business leaders, media experts, and academics from 35 countries, the Bertelsmann Foundation and the AOL Time Warner Foundation presented a joint white paper on the global development of digital literacy skills for the 21st century. The paper recommends new policies and practices in three key areas -- education, the workplace, and civic engagement -- and calls on business, government, educators, and the nonprofit sector to work together to ensure that people everywhere are prepared to succeed in the Information Age. Chapter 1 (Introduction) defines 21st century literacy as having four key components: * Technology literacy: The ability to use new media such as the Internet to access information from a variety of sources and to communicate with other users in various surroundings (home, school, the workplace). * Information literacy: The ability to gather information, put it in an appropriate context, evaluate it, and form opinions about its relevance and quality. * Media creativity: The ability to produce and distribute content to both small and mass audiences around the world. * Social competence and responsibility: The competence to consider the social consequences of an online publication and the responsibility regarding minors, the appropriate tools and knowledge to select and filter information, an understanding of the legal consequences of online publication, and a respect for and understanding of the rights of intellectual property creators and owners. Bertelsmann Foundation and AOL Time Warner Foundation Call for Greater Global Commitment to Digital Literacy (3/7/02, news release, Business Wire) http://uk.biz.yahoo.com/020307/183/cti0d.html White Paper: 21st Century Literacy in a Convergent Media World (March 7-8, 2002, Bertelsmann Foundation and AOL Time Warner Foundation) http://www.21stcenturyliteracy.org/white/index.htm
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