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Being Fluent with Information Technology
128 pages, 1999.
ISBN: 0-309-06399-X
Library of Congress Catalog #99-063379
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Press Release (8 Apr 1999): New Report Proposes Framework To Encourage Fluency With Information Technology
Computers, communications, digital information, software -- the constituents of the information age -- are everywhere. Being computer literate (that is, technically competent in two or three of today's software applications) is not enough anymore. Individuals who want to realize the potential value of information technology (IT) in their everyday lives need to be computer fluent -- able to use IT effectively today and to adapt to changes tomorrow.
Being Fluent with Information Technology sets the standard for what everyone should know about IT in order to use it effectively now and in the future. It explores three kinds of knowledge -- intellectual capabilities, foundational concepts, and skills -- that are essential for fluency with IT. The book presents detailed descriptions and examples of current skills and timeless concepts and capabilities, which will be useful to individuals who use IT and to the instructors who teach them.
Authored by a CSTB committee including computer scientists, a cognitive scientist, and a labor expert, this report describes an intellectual framework for fluency with information technology, i.e., the knowledge and understanding that individuals need to use today's information technology effectively and to adapt to and learn about tomorrow's information technology. The report also describes an implementational effort to increase and promote fluency with
information technology among college students, an important first step in increasing fluency for all citizens.
Committee on Information Technology Literacy
LAWRENCE SNYDER, University of Washington, Chair
ALFRED V. AHO, Lucent Technologies, Inc.
MARCIA LINN, University of California, Berkeley
ARNOLD PACKER, Johns Hopkins University
ALLEN TUCKER, Bowdoin College
JEFFREY ULLMAN, Stanford University
ANDRIES VAN DAM, Brown University
Staff
Herbert S. Lin, Senior Scientist and Study Director
Gail Pritchard, Research Associate
Lisa L. Shum, Project Assistant (through August 1998)
Rita Gaskins, Project Assistant (from August 1998)
Marjory S. Blumenthal, Executive Director
Sponsors
Support for this project was provided by the National Science Foundation. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the sponsor.
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