I'm currently taking a class on multiliteracies, and digital or technology literacy is a big part of this. In 1996, The New London Group was formed to create and explore this idea of multiliteracies. They members anticipated dramatic changes in our work lives, civic lives, and personal lives because of changes in our communities' cultural make ups and changes in information technologies, for example.
They suggested that a pedagogy of multiliteracies would be crucial in the future of education because if educators do not help learners achieve literacy in information technologies, for example, we could render them voiceless and, therefore, powerless to navigate that world.
They also suggested that educators should not simply be "technocrats"—they seemed to feel that if we only teach how to use the equipment, we run the risk of producing, "docile, compliant workers" only.
What do you feel is your place as an educator of digital literacy? What do you feel our students need to learn?
Dawnne
