| Term | Definition |
| Multi-tasking | the ability to scan one's environment and shift focus onto salient details on an ad hoc basis; Barack Obama |
| Distributed Cognition | the ability to interact meaningfully with tools that expand our mental capacities. |
| Appropriation | the ability to meaningfully sample and remix media content; Radiohead remixing, Colbert & Lesig |
| Transmedia Navigation | the ability to deal with the flow of stories and information across multiple modalities; NBC show Heroes has novels, comics, books, etc. |
| Play | the capacity to experiment with one's surroundings as a form of problem solving |