The document discusses changing communication trends and digital literacy. It notes that email use is declining while texting, social media, and web tools for collaboration are increasingly popular. A survey finds that participants send fewer letters but more texts, emails, and social media updates. The web allows unprecedented access to information and opportunities for user-generated content, informal learning, and social interaction through blogs, communities of practice, bookmark sharing, and social networks.

1. Email Is For Old People Developing Our Own Digital Literacy Jeff Nugent and Britt Watwood VSBA 2008 Annual Convention Williamsburg VA November 20, 2008

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10. How is the web changing where and how communication and learning are taking place?

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13. Exploring Web Tools Engagement Collaboration Network Building Interaction

14. Blogs

15. Open Community of Practice

16. A collaborative website freely accessible where anyone can contribute or modify content

20. Find Website You Like & Click “TAG”

21. Add Comments Add Tags Suggested Tags Your Network

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25. Social Networks

26. One Student’s Facebook Network

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30. " New technologies are always used to do old tasks--until some driving force causes them to be used in new ways." ~Marshall McLuhan

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