Multiple Literacies are referred to in different ways. In LPS people may be referring specifically to a new State standard in language arts that was added in April of 2009.
Nebraska K-12 Comprehensive Language Arts Standard – Multiple Literacies: Students will identify, locate, and evaluate information. (As approved by the State Board of Education 4/2/09)
Otherwise, they may be referring in general to the notion that literacy does not begin and end with the printed word, rather, there is a distinct way of interacting with other forms of media (computers, television, artwork, advertising, sign language, etc.).
