This document discusses the skills needed to navigate our increasingly digital world. It outlines several "new literacies" including play, performance, simulation, appropriation, multitasking, distributed cognition, collective intelligence, judgment, transmedia navigation, networking, negotiation, design, story, symphony, empathy, and play. These skills allow people to meaningfully engage with tools and media, collaborate with others, and find purpose in today's society. The document advocates for libraries and schools to help cultivate these skills in young people.

1. JENKINS, PINK AND WEB 2.0: Finding our way online and offlineJennifer Branch

2. You can teach an old dog new tricks!

3. Net GenerationMillenials

4. Generation Y

5. Echo Boomers

6. Generation Next

7. 1976-1999http://pewresearch.org/millennials/quiz/intro.phpMillenial Quiz

8. Cell Phone Use Ubiquitous in today's society

9. 16.8 million wireless subscribers in Canada in 2006

10. Strong and sustained year-over-year growth rate of 11.9%

11. Households that report having a cellular phone for personal use increased -from 22% in 1997 to 59% in 2004

12. Trend toward increased cell phone use has cut across all income levels; strongest growth among households in the lowest income quintileComputers in our pockets?iPhones and iPod Touch

13. Apple also announced yesterday that its iPad had sold 7.3 million units, alongside 16.2 million iPhones, an 86% increase on the year before. Is this the “machine of the future?” Rumours for iPad2. The New iPad

14. Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st Centuryhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFCLKa0XRlwHenry Jenkins

15. http://harrypotterfanfiction.com/http://www.fanfiction.net/tv/Buffy_The_Vampire_Slayer/http://blog.mastermaq.ca/2010/08/17/why-edmontons-teatro-la-quindicina-and-actor-jeff-haslam-will-never-get-my-business-again/http://www.fanfiction.net/game/Warcraft/

16. New SkillsPlayPerformanceSimulationAppropriationMultitasking Distributed CognitionCollective IntelligenceJudgmentTransmedia NavigationNetworkingNegotiation

17. PlayThe capacity to experiment with one’s surroundings as a form of problem-solvingVideo games – preschool to teensWii game times, board games (Chris Harris)LEGOrobotics and LEGOLow tech and high tech – creating an atmosphere that children would be welcome to playhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rafVQgiXoI

18. PerformanceThe ability to adopt alternative identities for the purpose of improvisation and discoveryReader’s TheatrePlaywright workshops and visits – Playwright in ResidenceDrama groupiMovie workshops and screening night (Teen Media Night)Basic film making skillsLoaning digital cameras and flip video camerasSchool and/or Library on Second Life

19. SimulationThe ability to interpret and construct dynamic models of real world processesExtension of performance and playSecond LifeModel City Council/Local Government (Grade 6 Social Studies) and Mock ElectionsBoard Games – Chris (Risk, Pandemic, etc.)Sim City

20. AppropriationThe ability to meaningfully sample and remix media contentCopyright information – workshop on Creative CommonsWorkshop on searching Internet for copyright friendly images, music and clip artScreenings of mash-ups

21. MultitaskingThe ability to scan one’s environment and shift focus as needed to salient detailsInformation Literacy – helping young people find their way through the “sea of information”Back channeling in a conference – synthesizing, sharing, and questioningThe difference between being off-task and handling multiple tasks simultaneously

22. Distributed CognitionThe ability to interact meaningfully with tools that expand mental capacitiesManipulatives (homework centres includes math and science tools)Lending library of games/manipulatives made availableGeocaching, Augmented Reality, Google (http://ideasandthoughts.org/2010/03/25/my-hometown/)Volunteers to be checked out – learn bridge, chess, Go, cooking, baking, quilting basics, sewing, helping set up your computerExperts, Guest Speakers (virtual and real life)

23. Collective IntelligenceThe ability to pool knowledge and compare notes with others toward a common goalBooks of the Year Awards CommitteeBook Clubs (Literature Circles)NingsProgramming Club – Apps for iPhone and iPadsCreating Content Sites about local issuesPartnering

24. JudgmentThe ability to evaluate the reliability and credibility of different information sourcesCore of what teacher-librarians doLinks on website, reliability forms and checklistsOrganizing an online reference centreMedia and informationInforming parents about Wikipedia – debunking the mythsSnopes.com or http://newmedialiteracies.org/

25. Transmedia NavigationThe ability to follow the flow of stories and information across multiple modalitiesFollow blog http://librariesandtransliteracy.wordpress.comMore about us understanding the networked information world and helping students to know when to use which kind of information

26. NetworkingThe ability to search for, synthesize, and disseminate informationContributing to reviewsShare projects, movies, mash-ups,fanfiction, cheatcodes, plays, etc. Newspaper, Magazine, Newsletters created by studentsBuilding Social Capital in your Personal Learning NetworksNotmyairport.ca

27. NegotiationThe ability to travel across diverse communities, discerning and respecting multiple perspectives, and grasping and following alternative normsClubs around topics of interest (how to market topics/themes/experts/games)Participating in other classroomsTeens have expertise, too – share itCross-generational programs can break down stereotypes

28. Sharinghttp://k12online.ning.com/forum/topics/sharing-the-moral-imperative?xg_source=activity

29. Web 2.0http://www.c4lpt.co.uk/recommended/top100-2010.html

30. Daniel PinkA Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers will Rule the Futurehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syo6ecgclR0&feature=relatedDesignStorySymphonyEmpathyPlayMeaning

31. DesignIt’s no longer sufficient to create a product, a service, an experience, or a lifestyle that’s merely functional. Today, it’s economically crucial and personally rewarding to create something that is also beautiful, whimsical, or emotionally engaging.

32. StoryWhen our lives are brimming with information and data, it’s not enough to marshal an effective argument. Someone somewhere will inevitably tack down a counterpoint to rebut your point. The essence of persuasion, communication, and self-understanding has become the ability also to fashion a compelling narrative.

33. SymphonyMuch of the Industrial and Information Age required focus and specialization. But as white-collar work gets routed to Asia and reduced to software, there’s a new premium on the opposite aptitude: putting the pieces together. What’s in greatest demands today isn’t analysis but synthesis – seeing the big picture, crossing boundaries, and being able to combine disparate pieces into an arresting new whole.

34. EmpathyThe capacity for logical thought is one of the things that makes us human. But in a world of ubiquitous information and advanced analytic tools, logic alone won’t do. What will distinguish those who thrive will be their ability to understand what makes their fellow woman or man tick, to forge relationships, and to care for others.

35. PlayAmple evidence points to the enormous health and professional benefits of laughter, lightheartedness, games, and humour. There is a time to be serious, of course. But too much sobriety can be bad for your career and worse for your general well-being. In the Conceptual Age, in work and in life, we all need to play.

36. MeaningWe live in a world of breathtaking material plenty. That has freed hundreds of millions of people from day-to-day struggles and liberated us to pursue more significant desires: purpose, transcendence, and spiritual fulfillment.