Informative ReadingsA Global Imperative: The Report of the 21st Century Literacy Summit

A Global Imperative: The Report of the 21st Century Literacy Summit. The New Media Consortium (NMC.) as reported by the Digital Divide Network. Published July 2005. Online November 2005. … The report details the outcomes of an international "summit" of thought leaders in visual and digital literacy convened by the NMC, and cosponsored by Adobe Systems, the George Lucas Educational Foundation, and the MacArthur Foundation. This world-renowned group of leaders, researchers, artists, and practitioners engaged in two days of substantive dialog around emerging trends and issues in visual and digital literacy and developed the action plan described in the report. A Global Imperative outlines five strategic priorities for visual and digital literacy, their implications, and what it will take to achieve them. ..