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Literacy has always been a collection of cultural and communicative practices shared among members of particular groups. As society and technology change, so does literacy. Because technology has increased the intensity and complexity of literate environments, the twenty-first century demands that a literate person possess a wide range of abilities and competencies, many literacies.

-- Toward a Definition of 21st-Century Literacies (National Council of Teachers of English, USA)

All teachers are teachers of literacy. The challenge we face is how to make that live in all classrooms.

-- Literate Futures Project (Queensland, Australia)

What are the new literacies? Why are the new literacies so important to student learning?

-- Allan Luke in his webcast on The New Literacies

The single most important condition for literacy learning is the presence of mentors who are joyfully literate people.

-- Shirley Brice Heath

Our conference will explore these issues in both practice and theory,

for all levels of international schools, from early years to young adults.