Editor's note: The following essay has been adapted from Howard Rheingold's new book Net Smart: How to Thrive Online, which offers Rheingold's insights on how to find quality information on the web, and then how to piece that information together "intelligently, humanely, and above all mindfully." The book was published in April by MIT Press.
What it means to be literate in such an information age is fundamentally distinct from the literacy of the 3Rs, and teaching new literacy is an evolving challenge for those of us still struggling to learn it.
Slideshow on this topic by stephen Downes
Revisiting @Downes' 'Speaking in Lolcats: what literacy means in the digital era' http://t.co/gIN9vhJs #vicpln #austl