Monday, January 3, 2011

One site's minimun guidelines to qualify as "Techy" (a tool for personal evaluation)

According to EdTech, this is what is required to be "techy"! 
http://www.p12.nysed.gov/technology/resources/TechLiteracy.html
Technology/Media/ICT Literacy
NYS Technology Literacy is defined as:
  • The understanding of the concepts behind computing equipment, network connectivity, and application software;
  • The skills to responsibly use appropriate technology to access, synthesize, evaluate, communicate, and create information to solve problems and improve learning in all subject areas; and
  • The ability to acquire new knowledge for on-going and lifelong learning in the 21st century global workplace.
Technology literate students should be able to:
  1. demonstrate understanding of concepts underlying hardware, software, networking connectivity and in use of computers and applications,
  2. demonstrate understanding of ethics and safety issues in using electronic media and responsible use of technology, and,
  3. use technology for communication, research and collaboration and problem-solving. With proficient technology skills, students should be able to locate, collect, synthesize, and evaluate information from a variety of digital sources, and to use telecommunications and other media to interact or collaborate with peers, experts, and other audiences.

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