What is New Literacies

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A broad term developed to articulate literacy practices made available through the advent of new and multi-media, particularly (though not exclusively) pertaining to digital advances. Examples of such digital advances include: blogs, fan fiction, video games, websites, online social networking, etc. (For more see: Coiro, J., Knobel, M., Lankshear, C., & Leu, D. J. (Eds.) (2008). Handbook of new literacies research . New York: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.). Learn more in: Digital Media in the Classroom: Emergent Perspectives for 21st Century Learners

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Complex approaches towards literacy that concentrate on the social practices and determinants of reading and writing. Learn more in: Borderline Fields of Information Architecture: Information Overload, the Literacies, and Personal Information Management

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New literacies refer to new forms of literacy made possible by digital technology developments. Commonly recognized examples include instant messaging, blogging, social networking, podcasting, photo sharing, digital storytelling, and conducting online searches. Learn more in: The SOAR Strategies for Online Academic Research: Helping Middle School Students Meet New Standards

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Communicative practices associated with new digital media, often described as new mindsets (see Lankshear & Knobel, 2006 ; 2010 ). Learn more in: Virtual Worlds and Online Videogames for Children and Young People: Promises and Challenges

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A broad and specific term to describe the increased use of technology in reading and writing. Learn more in: Digital Literacies and Text Structure Instruction: Benefits, New Language Demands, and Changes to Pedagogy

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New Literacies studies recommends viewing literacy through a situated socio-cultural lens. My theoretical perspective is that literacies are always situated as communication tools used in social situations and reflecting cultural contexts. Learn more in: Cross-Cultural Affordances of Digital Storytelling: Results from Cases in the U.S.A. and Canada

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New forms of literacy made possible by digital technology developments. Learn more in: Successful Design and Management of Asynchronous Discussion Forums in Online Higher Education

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Literacies emerging from new technology that extend our ways of communicating and often mix text, image, and sound. An example is a student creating a multimodal project to demonstrate learning. Learn more in: Aligning Children's Books With Digital Tools for Reader Response: The Text, the Tech, and the Task

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New literacies refer to the abilities needed to communicate with digital media in ways that were non-existent in a pre-digital era. Examples include the abilities to find online information, use hyperlinks, and compose multimedia texts. Learn more in: The Irrevocable Alteration of Communication: A Glimpse into the Societal Impact of Digital Media

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Theoretical perspectives on emerging texts and related literacy practices generated by the rapidly changing technological landscape. New literacies theories acknowledge the social nature of digital literacy practices as well as the key role educators play in supporting the development of those practices. Learn more in: Engaging Learners With Digital Literacy Practices

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A broad area of new research in the field of literacy, the New Literacies focus on the role of digital technologies in the process of communication, learning, and meaning-making in formal and informal contexts. Learn more in: Mobile Literacies: Learning in the Mobile Age

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A theory signifying the Internet’s importance and the need for new literacies to unleash the Internet’s potential; social practices, strategies, skills, multimodalities, evaluation, and critique related to digital tools are important. Learn more in: Lessons Learned: Teaching Latinx Teacher Candidates Through Digital Literacy and Community Service Learning

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Ways of learning that encompass the use of technology. Learn more in: An Interactive and Digital Media Literacy Framework for the 21st Century

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Literacy practices enabled by emerging technologies such as social media and mobile applications. Learn more in: Linguistically-Responsive Literacy Pedagogies Across Primary and Secondary Classrooms

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Reading and writing proficiencies previously unexamined or minimally examined. Learn more in: Community of Digital Learners: Embracing the Affordances of Online Teacher Education

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new forms of literacy made possible by digital information and communications technologies (ICTs) and developments. These may include applications to use on mobile devices or the device themselves. It also references the technological and cognitive processes that are utilized when using ICTs. Learn more in: Theoretical and Practical Concerns Regarding Digital Texts in Literacy Instruction

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A term that refers to new ways of meaning making that include reading, writing, and digital forms of Communication (New London Group, 1996). Learn more in: Popular Media and Grade 6-12 Literacy: A Review of Practitioner Literature

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The technical ability and emotional skill level needed to generate thought and to communicate in multiple formats in digital environments. Learn more in: Toward a Working Definition of Digital Literacy

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New forms and wide range of literacy abilities and competences emerging and required as necessary skills to access and engage digital technology developments. Learn more in: The Role of Context in Defining Secondary Language Arts Instruction: A Cultural Perspective

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Literacy practices enabled by emerging technologies such as social media and mobile applications. Learn more in: Seeing Beyond the Screen: A Multidimensional Framework for Understanding Digital-Age Literacies

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New literacies refer to competencies in skills using the Internet ”to identify important questions, locate information, critically evaluate the usefulness of that information, synthesize information to answer those questions, and then communicate the answers to others” ( Leu, et al., 2004 , p. 1572). Learn more in: The Role of Technology in the Transformation of Twenty-First Century Literacy Skills