Outlines the U.S. Department of Education's plan to increase information literacy in the classroom. It discusses issues such as equity, access and development.
Supports the integration of Information Communication Technology and Information Literacy across the curriculum. It outlines the SAUCE model for research and problem solving and aims to provide articles and resources to encourage higher thinking in the classroom.
A review of three programs from the Southeastern United States, which describes how online learning enhanced three organizations: SeniorNet, Neighborhood Networks, and Bridging the Gap of Isolation/Powering Up.
This organization is dedicated to "Helping teachers and children around the world master the power of the computer" along with providing "technology education solution for public and private schools as well as other organizations". FutureKids also offers computer classes for anyone: from the whiz kid to the adventurous grandparent.
Article by Robert Lucky (pdf) questioning the continuing dominance of information technology. Original manuscript title: "Information Technology: Will This Too, Pass?"
Quotes from managers, professionals, consultants, journalists, futurists, and educators regarding the digital revolution, digital dawn, information highway, and Internet.
Describes a new way of classifying uses of educational technologies, based on a four-part division suggested by John Dewey: inquiry, communication, construction, and expression.
A short presentation of the meaning of literacy in the information age.
The article suggests that a liberal education, originally based on the idea of the "Renaissance man" notion, should apply to technology as well. Shapiro and Hughes also, believe that this new definition of literacy affects the quality of liberty in society.
This essay appears on the Boston Phoenix webpage. Dan Kennedy reflects on the changes in literacy practices that palm computing makes possible.
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