Pacific Bell/UCLA Initiative for 21st Century Literacies

Pacific Bell/UCLA Initiative for

21st Century Literacies

at the UCLA Graduate School of Education & Information Studies
THE INITIATIVE:

 
Initiative Projects
  New Literacies Video
  Press
  Publications
  Contacts
  Bibliography
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

For excellent lesson plans & resources, go to the SBC Pacific Bell Knowledge Network Explorer 21st Century Literacies website!

 Developed by the Pacific Bell/UCLA Initiative.

In step with their pioneering efforts to prepare California's young people, teachers, and librarians to seize the learning opportunities presented in the Information Age, SBC Pacific Bell presented a generous $1 million gift to UCLA's  Graduate School of Education & Information Studies (GSE&IS) to form the Pacific Bell/UCLA Initiative for 21st Century Literacies. This private-public partnership invests in projects that explore the meaning of literacy in an age of rapidly changing technologies and growing diversity through three critical areas:

  • Educating the User: Enhancing the abilities of young people, teachers, librarians, and all citizens through the integration of information, cultural, media, visual, and other 21st century literacy skills.

  •  Improving the Information System: Improving access and use through system design matching the literacy levels, technological capacities, and other characteristics of the user.

  •  Addressing the Policy Issues: Defining the digital divide's multiple dimensions and developing indicators to measure the gaps and progress in closing them.

New Technologies, New Literacies: The Pacific Bell/UCLA Summit was held on October 21, 2000 at UCLA. Click here to see archived information about the summit.


Last updated: 03/20/2003