New Media Literacies

   1. Play: the capacity to experiment with one's surroundings as a form of problem-solving.

   2. Performance: the ability to adopt alternative identities for the purpose of improvisation and discovery.

   3. Simulation: the ability to interpret and construct dynamic models of real-world processes.

   4. Appropriation: the ability to meaningfully sample and remix media content.

   5. Multitasking: the ability to scan one’s environment and shift focus as needed to salient details.

   6. Distributed cognition: the ability to interact meaningfully with tools that expand mental capacities.

   7. Collective intelligence: the ability to pool knowledge and compare notes with others toward a common goal.

   8. Judgment: the ability to evaluate the reliability and credibility of different information sources.

   9. Transmedia navigation: The ability to follow the flow of stories and information across multiple modalities.

   10. Networking: the ability to search for, synthesize, and disseminate information.

   11. Negotiation: the ability to travel across diverse communities, discerning and respecting multiple perspectives, and grasping and following alternative norms.