"The newest set of skills is combined in this grouping of tools for working. These skills – information literacy and ICT literacy are the future and mark a major shift that is likely to be as important as the invention of the printing press..

..Just to paint a picture of how important it is to be truly literate in the use of these tools, consider that it is estimated that a week’s worth of the New York Times contains more information than a person was likely to come across in a lifetime in the 18th century...In light of this information explosion the coming generations must have the skills to access and evaluate new information efficiently so that they can effectively utilize all that is available and relevant to their tasks at hand. One of the ways that they will manage this information explosion is through skilled use of ICT. . " (Binkley, Erstad, Herman, Raizen, Ripley, Miller-Ricci & Rumble, 2012)

Reference information:

Binkley, M., Erstad, O., Herman, J., Raizen, S., Ripley, M., Miller-Ricci, M., & Rumble, M. (2012). Defining twenty-first century skills. In Assessment and teaching of 21st century skills (pp. 17-66). Springer Netherlands.

Free whitepaper version: http://webg.bjypc.edu.cn/dx/upload/resources/file/2014/07/28/6197.pdf#page=34 (väärä linkki!!)