Emerging computational and digital literacies in K-12 education

Abstract

The rise of new technologies, platforms, and computational tools is having a significant and meaningful impact on the ways youth experience and interact with the world. To prepare youth to thrive in these new computational and technological spaces, new skills, concepts, and practices need to be integrated into learners' K-12 experiences. This special issued asked the IJCCI community: What are the critical emerging computational and digital literacies that youth are, or will be, interacting with in the coming years? And, What is the role of K-12 education in preparing youth to engage with and excel in a world where these literacies are needed? The answers to these questions provided by the community constitute this special issue. In doing so, it provides a snapshot of what we currently view as the critical emerging computational and digital literacies and the roles they can and should play in K-12 education.