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E-Community Activity: Becoming Digital-Age Literate

Send this message to the e-community of protégés and mentors. The content is from enGauge 21st Century Skills: Literacy in the Digital Age, a report published in 2003 by North Central Regional Educational Laboratory and the Metiri Group.

Subject: Becoming digital-age literate

A report titled enGauge 21st Century Skills: Literacy in the Digital Age lists four sets of skills all people need to be successful in the 21st century.

  • digital-age literacy,
  • inventive thinking,
  • effective communication, and
  • high productivity.

What do you think is meant by "digital-age literacy?" How will you make sure you have it?