New literacies and technology

I can totally relate to the article when it spoke about how our graduates who started with the standard notebook, pen, and pencil now have so much more offered to them instead of the trusty old notebook. I took a break from working on my masters two years ago and my first class back was this class and boy was i surprised on June 25th. I walked out of that first night of class thinking, it has only been two years. How could that much change in only two years? But before i knew it i was blogging, posting on the motherboard, and even watching u tube for my assignments. Have i adjusted...absolutely! Just like any other form of technology, it is just a matter of time before one becomes adjusted.
It does seem odd to think of literacy as a technology because it is not found in a book, but just think of how many things a day you read on the computer whether it is an article on the Internet, an email, or even the news. I think of an average day and how i rarely turn the TV on and i can't remember the last time i bought a news paper. Why would i do either of these things when they are right at my finger tips!
Are the newspaper and the TV going to just disappear...no way! Technology is not here to replace all of the older ways of literacy, its here to enhance it. Think of email it is similar to a letter, but it did not replace it, or instant message....it is a technology advancement to the phone but it did not replace it. How about text messaging, it didn't replace the cell phone and the use of talking on the phone....it is just an advancement. Society changes, time change, and literacy is changing everyday with the help of technology.
I think the main idea here is to keep in mind that these advancements are not here to replace the older ways of literacy, they are here to keep up with the times and advance the knowledge of those today. Without our prior knowledge to read and write all of these new technologies would be obsolete. I think it is important to expose students at a young age to the technologies in literacy so it does not get misused. For example: most young students think of the computer as a gaming device. They associate the computer with sony play station or any other computer games found on the Internet. Are all these games non educational...no. But it is better to expose them to world outside of video games so they can associate the computer as a literacy device rather then a place to where they can play Grand Theft Auto.