1. Let’s Talk About ICT LIteracy
Gerald Roos

2. Dare we define?

3. Rationales for ICT in Schools
Administrative Efficiency
Teaching and Learning
Learner ICT Capability
ICT Literacy
IT and CAT
Curriculum

4. Best Practice?

5. Best practices Actual life contexts ICT transparent
Learners as helpers to each other
Self instruction - independence
Differentiated opportunities
Active roles, choosing for themselves
Ongoing assistance and support

7. Technology Literacy Curriculum
3 Levels (Level I = 6th Grade; Level II = 7th Grade; Level III = 8th Grade)
Can do just one level
Curriculum is flexible and can be modularized
Each Level includes:
2 projects. Each project is completed per semester with scheduling options:
Two 40-minute class periods per week for 18 weeks
Four lab periods per week for 9 weeks
Teacher Guide
Parent Guide

8. Technology Literacy Course
Level I
Level II
Level III
Describe with Technology
Explain with Technology
Persuade with Technology
Project I
Research, Write, Publish
Research, Write, Present
Research, Write, Communicate
Project II
Think Critically with Data
Make Decisions with Data
Solve Problems with Data

9. Cognitive Apprenticeship

10. Cognitive apprenticeship
Modelling
experts perform tasks and novices observe.
Trainers demonstrate ICT processes.
Trainers model the thinking of an independent learner
Shaping the learners
Fading

11. Cognitive apprenticeship
Coaching
offering hints, scaffolding, feedback, modelling, reminders
observing participants
Scaffolding
support resources

12. Cognitive apprenticeship
Gaining control
participants apply what they have learnt.
Practice – different styles
Exploration
participants solve problems
explore ideas themselves.

13. Sizanani
Intel Skills for Success