This article cautions teacher educators about taking an uncritical view of technological literacy. Suggestions are given on ascertaining the appropriateness, relevance, and usefulness of various computer literacy courses. (CJB)

The Computer Awareness Program at Pennsylvania State University centers around 21 courses that provide the user community with a common understanding of computer technology. (MLF)

The section includes four articles on the use of computers for gifted students. Topics covered include basic information for parents, care and operating routines, a curriculum guide for computer literacy, the computer's role in problem solving, and computer applications for mathematically gifted students. (CL)

Teachers deserve to have appropriate training before they are held accountable for teaching about computer hardware and software, and the responsibility for this training falls to the teacher training institutions. Such a computer literacy program has been instituted at Abilene Christian University (Texas). (DCS)

Presents a short overview of individualization, stressing one method of achieving it; makes a statement about the importance of computers in society; and presents one element of computer study--computer literacy--using an individual approach to both teaching and learning. (FL)

The Soviet Union has embarked on a concerted campaign to put desk-top computers into every secondary school, college, and university in the country. The program envisages stepped-up production of computer technology, improved quality, and the development of new electronic hardware. (MLW)

Examines how computers can contribute to the educational goal of literacy and considers the implications of the introduction of computers for changes in school curricula. Looks at the characteristics of computers that make them potentially useful in learning and their substantial influences on students' and teachers' use of reading and writing.…

Highlights the microcomputer skills and competencies needed by preservice and inservice teachers (e.g., the ability to select and evaluate software; use computers to revise and edit lesson plans, write to parents, keep records, and prepare tests; access databases; and assume the role of instructional computing coordinator). Lists available…

Raises questions about the possible effects of the language of computers--which is impersonal, technical, specialized, formal, unemotional, and precise--on the naturally emotional, imprecise, informal, and inclusive language of people. (MM)

Today, undergraduate students enter college with increasingly more sophisticated computer skills compared to their counterparts of 20 years ago. However, instructors are still using traditional instructional strategies to teach this new generation. This research study examines strategies that instructors employ to teach introductory computer…

The "Computer/Technology Skills Standard Course of Study" describes the progressive development of knowledge and skills in six strands: Societal and Ethical Issues, Database, Spreadsheet Keyboard Utilization/Word Processing/Desktop Publishing, Multimedia/Presentation, and Telecommunications/Internet. In the primary grades, the objectives…

To explore the roles that government, business, and community institutions might play in ensuring that African Americans get the job training they need to be competitive in the 21st century, the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies invited U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexis Herman to meet with representatives of the business community.…

This paper presents the results and implications of a quantitative and qualitative investigation into the information literacy of college faculty members who did or did not receive instruction at the Main Campus of New Mexico State University and two of its branch community colleges. Of several factors that were suspected to relate to faculty…

This study investigated elementary teachers' personal experience with computers in classroom instruction, identifying key causes of comfort or discomfort with computer use in the classroom. The study involved 10 elementary teachers who were part of a larger study on the same subject. In that larger study, researchers collected demographic data and…

This document presents skill standards for technology occupations. An overview describes national context, changes in the updated "Millennium Edition" of the skill standards, trends in information technology, and curriculum informed by skill standards. Skill standards are presented for eight career clusters in information technology (i.e.,…