Being Fluent with Information Technology

National Research Council, Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, Committee on Information Technology Literacy (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

128 Seiten

1999
National Academies Press (Verlag)
978-0-309-06399-9 (ISBN)

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Individuals who want to realize the potential value of Information Technology in their everyday lives need to be computer fluent. This work explores three kinds of knowledge - intellectual capabilities, foundational concepts, and skills - that are essential for fluency with IT, including detailed descriptions and examples.

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.

Table of Contents

Front Matter
Executive Summary
1 Why Know About Information Technology?
2 The Intellectual Framework of Fluency with Information Technology
3 Collateral Issues
4 Implementation Considerations
A Illustrative Projects
B Related Work
C Individuals Who Briefed the Committee
D Workshop Participants and Questions Posted on the Internet
E Members of the Committee

Committee on Information Technology Literacy, National Research Council

1 Front Matter; 2 Executive Summary; 3 1 Why Know About Information Technology?; 4 2 The Intellectual Framework of Fluency with Information Technology; 5 3 Collateral Issues; 6 4 Implementation Considerations; 7 A Illustrative Projects; 8 B Related Work; 9 C Individuals Who Briefed the Committee; 10 D Workshop Participants and Questions Posted on the Internet; 11 E Members of the Committee

Erscheint lt. Verlag	3.7.1999
Verlagsort	Washington
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Informatik ► Software Entwicklung ► User Interfaces (HCI)
ISBN-10	0-309-06399-X / 030906399X
ISBN-13	978-0-309-06399-9 / 9780309063999
Zustand	Neuware