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A Curriculum Framework for Implementing Information Technology in School Education to Foster Information Literacy
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Kong, Siu Cheung – Computers & Education, 2008
A literature review of the development of the information technology (IT) curriculum in recent decades in Hong Kong reveals that the aim of the curriculum has shifted from Computer Studies to the development of information literacy (IL). Based on a survey of all schools in Hong Kong and in response to the demand for IL in society, a curriculum…
Descriptors: School Culture, Service Learning, Information Technology, Foreign Countries
Promoting Inquiry in the Gifted Classroom through GPS and GIS Technologies
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Shaunessy, Elizabeth; Page, Carrie – Gifted Child Today, 2006
Geography is rapidly becoming more interactive, especially with the advent of the Global Positioning System (GPS) and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and their adoption in the public and private sectors. The days of two-dimensional maps are quickly being replaced by geographic images that are stored electronically in computers and handheld…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Inquiry, Information Technology, Geography
The Web as an Information Resource in K-12 Education: Strategies for Supporting Students in Searching and Processing Information
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Kuiper, Els; Volman, Monique; Terwel, Jan – Review of Educational Research, 2005
The use of the Web in K-12 education has increased substantially in recent years. The Web, however, does not support the learning processes of students as a matter of course. In this review, the authors analyze what research says about the demands that the use of the Web as an information resource in education makes on the support and supervision…
Descriptors: Internet, Information Technology, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Literacy
ICT Integration in Schools: Where Are We Now and What Comes Next?
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Baskin, Colin; Williams, Michelle – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2006
The case for more technology in schools is compelling. The leverage for a school based solution is traceable to the "Common and Agreed National Goals for Schooling" (AEC, 1989), namely that students will develop skills in "information processing and computing". Schools have wrestled with this "integration challenge"…
Descriptors: Regional Schools, Compulsory Education, Information Technology, Technology Uses in Education