What do you consider the most important aspects of 21st Century Literacy?

21st Century Literacy has many aspects. I think we have come to a very important time in history when it comes to literacy. I think for the first time in history technology has changed the way we define what it means to be literate. It is no longer enough to just know how to read and write with a pencil and paper. In fact, I sometimes go days without using a pencil. I am constantly on my computer typing away. I'm creating documents, sending emails, sending instant messages while I'm working, sending text messages from my phone etc.....These are just some of the things that go into being literate.
All of that being said, to me one of the components of literacy that I think is coming to the forefront of conversation would have to be social literacy. Our lives, and our students lives, are so soaked in information on a daily basis that it becomes more and more of a challenge to maintain privacy (like the gentleman said in the posted video). This comes to mind because I was thinking of my day today. I spent a lot of time on the laptop today creating things for work, doing assignments for school, and staying in contact with people in my social life all at the same time. At one point I was writing a blog, creating a spreadsheet, checking the scores to a bball game, instant messaging a friend over seas, and answering text messages all at the same time. This got me thinking.
What happened to the days when you used to sit down to do something and you did it without any interruptions from technology? For me, it's been a while, and to be honest I start to feel weird if I don't have access to all those things. I feel as teachers it is important to teach students now when it is appropriate to use technology and when it is necessary to turn it off and not be disturbed. It is also important to teach them about social privacy. In other words, it is not necessary to tell the whole world what your doing every five seconds. For one thing privacy is important. It helps build self-thought and also self-awareness, which by the way, many of our students and just people in general lack these days. There are so many important components to 21st century literacy but we must not forget the most important component of all..........choice.

Resources on the subject:

http://edtechlife.com/?cat=41

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literacy

http://www.21stcenturyschools.com/What_is_21st_Century_Education.htm