Beautiful…

What is literacy today? The Daring Librarian explains – The Answer Sheet – The Washington Post: “Q) For starters, how would you define literacy in 2011?

A) Transliteracy. It’s transliteracy. Thinking beyond the format. Literacy has evolved, to not be defined or confined by container or format. It’s not just reading words on a page. It might be decoding graphic novels, it might be decoding video. It will be literacy in forms we haven’t even dreamed yet. We should encourage kids now to get their literary riches in formats that appeal to them and that they are comfortable with, whatever it may be. That is the future. The literacy of the future is finding meaning in many forms.”

Head over if you’re interested in literacy education and read the whole interview. Worth your time to ponder what transliteracy means and how that might look in your classroom.