Information, Communications, and Technology (ICT) Skills Curriculum Based on the Big6 Skills Approach to Information Problem-Solving

Abstract

There is clear and widespread agreement among the public and educators that all students need to be proficient technology users. Technology literacy is among the attributes that appear in nearly every set of 21st Century Skills. However, while districts spend a great deal of money on technology, there seems to be only a vague notion of what technology literacy really means. Can the student who uses technology well enough to play a game, send e-mail or browse the Web be considered ceclinology literate? Will a student who ases technology in school only for running tutorials or an int^rated learning system have tbe skills necessary to survive in our society? Is the ability to do basic word processing stifFicient for students entering the workplace or post-secondary education?