This document discusses new literacies, functional literacy, and multiliteracy. It defines new literacies as new forms of literacy enabled by digital technologies like social media, blogs, and online searches. Literacy is described as applying knowledge for specific purposes in different contexts. Multiliteracy recognizes that literacy takes many forms using various modes of communication. The document outlines how literacy has expanded beyond just reading and writing to include technology literacy and media literacy. It emphasizes the importance of integrating new literacies into the curriculum to prepare students for civic participation in a globalized world using technologies. Teachers must be trained to teach multiliteracies through approaches like situated practice, overt instruction, critical framing, and transformed action.