4 reasons that new ICT tools and powers change literacy

According to Warschauer (2006) there are four major shifts that new ICT tools allow

1) interactive written communication: "these bridge the historic divide between speech...and writing" p.7) - this statement is certainly supported by Jacob's (2008) findings about IM (see my Dec 24th Post

2) allows for the creation of hypertexts

3) democratizes multimedia creation

4) many to many communication

These changes are massive and certainly classroom practices can now make use of these powerful transformations in helping students build literacy skills, but how do teachers learn and become comfortable with these tools and this new form of knowledge production?