ABSTRACT
Digital literacies is a useful term at the present moment, a kind of focussing on a particular sphere of meaning-making practices that is significant for professional life and many other purposes, including in connection with learning. Digital literacies represent a rapid pace of change, as new technologies change fast and people adapt. For each individual involved with digital literacies a constant inescapable quality is the pace of change. That digital literacies pose a considerable challenge for education has long been recognised. As digital technologies permeate homes, at least some children come to the classroom with out-of-school literacy practices that lie beyond teachers competences. Comprising multiple ways of engaging with technologies and deploying reading and writings skills in various environments, digital literacies always involve learning new skills. Any sensible approach to conceptualising digital literacies must take account of rapidly changing environments, peoples agency and developing skills.
