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Technology Literacy

Hands Typing on a Laptop

 

We are living in a new economy: powered by technology, fueled by information, and driven by knowledge. The influence of technology will go beyond new equipment and faster communications, as work and skills will be redefined and reorganized.

-- U.S. Department of Labor, 1999,
Futurework—Trends and Challenges for Work in the 21st Century

 

At some point. . . we must have faith in the intelligence of the end user.


--Anonymous

 

Johnson's First Sign of Technology Literacy: Knowing when to use technology and when not to use technology.


--Doug Johnson
Defines technology literacy for Florida schools; presents a framework for technology literacy, performance indicators, and a profile of a technology literacy individual.
Curriculum and Tutorials
A super lists of places educators can go to sharpen their skills and learn more about technology. Many are also appropriate for students.
An Internet curriculum for grades K-8 with lesson plans and printable activity sheets. Safety, manners and ethics, advertising, searching, research, and technology lessons included for all levels.
A collection of links to give the youngest Internet users practice in using a mouse and the Internet. Includes mazes, Mr. Potatohead and variations, Thomas the Tank, Nova's Build a Bridge. Mostly click and drag activities. Also good for those switching from a mouse to a trackball or other input device.
Well organized links to Internet resources on hardware, software, Internet, email, the Web and more. Explanations, tutorials and tips about computers.
From Adobe, short lessons on many Adobe products.
Links to writing tools and tutorials including some for PowerPoint and FrontPage.
From a school district in Iowa, but with useful tutorials for many others.
From WWW4Teachers. All have been recommended by technology coordinators.
Tech-Ease
 Quick answers to real classroom technology questions for Macintosh and for Windows.
Links to several good tutorials for beginning Internet users.
Interactive tutorial for young learners on how to use the web: identifying links, navigating, printing.
World Wide Web Workbook Great overview for anyone new to the World Wide Web.
A tour through operating systems, email, the World Wide Web and Networks with your tour guide, Ada Omega.
Online tutorials for Frontpage 2000, Office 2000, Internet Explorer, Powerpoint and more. Step by Step.
Mini-movies (screen recording with audio) show you how to use many different software packages and systems. Most require a subscription, but some are always free. Check it out to see how they work. School subscriptions also have access to Knowvation lesson plans, great curriculum lessons with technology integrated throughout.
From the 21st Century Information Fluency Project Portal people, an online teaching and learning package consisting of short, self-directed lessons that cover a wide range of Internet topics. MicroModules address knowledge, skills and dispositions needed to locate, evaluate and use Internet resources in a learning environment. Taking only 10 -20 minutes to complete, the individual modules can be used by anyone from sixth grade through adult learners. Over 40 modules online and many more planned! Each begins with a quiz and ends with a review page and a quiz. Unique topics: the opaque web, hyponyms and hypernyms, invisible web, site maps, vanishing web.
Free computer reference for applications, operating system software, networking, databases, handhelds and more.
Free Web building tutorials for high school students and adults. At W3Schools you will find all the Web-building tutorials you need, from basic HTML and XHTML to advanced XML, XSL, Multimedia and WAP. Online examples and quizzes, too.
Personal Digital Assistant Tutorials: Palm, PocketPC, Basic Functions, Downloading Software and more from the Graduate School of Medicine in Knoxville, TN. See also Customizing Your PDA , Filing Applications: Organizing Your PDA and several other visual tutorials from the University of Texas Health Center Library.
Answers these questions: What is a handheld computer? Which one should I buy? What is the best software to get? What are some advanced uses? How are others using them?
Claymation, clay gif animation, and drawing. Mrs. Rose, an art teacher, shows you how!
Email & Bookmarks
From LearnTheNet.com, all about email: how it works, understanding and finding email addresses, adding signatures, attachments, web-based email, spam, etiquette, smileys. See also their Animated Internet: Email.
Basics of electronic mail and mailing lists. Headers, attachments, sending and receiving.
The ultimate guide to organizing your bookmarks. Read the story or watch the streaming video. Great ideas!
What it is, how to use it to organize and share bookmarks.

Backflip

and other social bookmarking tools

A way (and site) to organize, back-up and share your bookmarks or favorites and to access them from other computers (an early social bookmarking tool.)

Also: see and link to any of a whole list of social bookmarking tools like BlinkList, Furl, del.icio.us, and more.

Learn about the read/write web, sometimes called Web 2.0 and some of the many tools now available on the WWW. Also see this article on Web 3.0.
Ethics
From the Federal Trade Commission and aligned with COPPA, sections for kids, teachers and parents and downloadable resources.
Designed for those using Global SchoolNet, but appropriate for all.
Check to see if some of those email messages are true or not. Lists the "fresh" fractured factoids, Internet hoaxes, email scams. Also allows searching. Is it ethical to forward urban legends?
Internet Safety & Security
Guide to keeping kids safe on the Internet. Downloadable/printable tip cards for kids, teachers and parents.
Prevention-oriented Internet safety education program for students in grades K-12, which includes FREE professional development, K-12 curriculum, and resources for parents and the community at large.
An interactive site for kids, parents and teachers about Internet safety and security.
Disney brings you Internet safety and computer security for kids.
Keeping Up with Technology 
From gadgets to GPS, from handhelds to desktops. Hardware, software, trends and coming attractions. Find it at CNet.
Top stories in technology news.
Technology news from CNN.
The resource for education technology leaders from Technology and Learning Magazine. For teachers, administrators and technology coordinators.
Top news stores and an educator's resource center with information about grants and funding news and information, professional development and challenges and solutions.
Center for Applied Research in Educational Technology; Research guideposts to better technology decisions. Research findings in educational technology.
A good starting point for learning more about Blogs and RSS and how they can help keep you up to date.
A compilation of educational technology related weblogs and publications from East Tennessee State University.
Designed for educators working overseas, many of these resources will work for any educator. Includes sites, listservs, podcasts, and other professional development resources and ideas.
Quotes and descriptions taken directly from websites are indicated by italics.
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