Learning and Teaching Information Technology--Computer Skills in Context. ERIC Digest.

computer skills Eisenberg, Michael B.; Johnson, Doug Learning and Teaching Information Technology--Computer Skills in Context. ERIC Digest. ERIC Clearinghouse on Information and Technology, Syracuse, NY. Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC. EDO-IR-2002-04 2002-09-00 6P ED-99-CO-0005 ERIC Clearinghouse on Information & Technology, Syracuse University, 621 Skytop Rd., Suite 160, Syracuse, NY 13244-5290. Tel: 315-443-3640; Tel: 800-464-9107 (~011 Free); Fax: 315-443-5448; e-mail: eric@ericit.org; Web site: http://www.ericit.org. For full text: http://www.er~c~t.org/d~gests/EDO-IR-2002-04.shtml. ERIC Publications (071) ERIC Digests in Full Text (073) MFO~/PCO~ Plus Postage. Computer Uses in Education; *Curriculum Development; Educational Technology; Elementary Secondary Education; *Information Literacy; *Information Skills; *Instructional Design; *Instructional Development; Problem Solving; *Technology Integration Big Six; ERIC Digests This digest describes an integrated approach to teaching in K-12 schools. The introductory section discusses the importance of integrating information skills into the curriculum. llTechnology Skills for Information Problem Solving: A Curriculum Based on the Big6 Skills Approach" (Michael B. Eisenberg, Doug Johnson, and Robert E. Berkowitz), a curriculum guide, lists specific technology skills in the following areas: (1) task definition; (2) information seeking strategies; (3) location and access; (4) use of information; (5) synthesis; and (6) evaluation. A sidebar summarizes the Big6 skills approach to information problem solving. (Contains 52 references and suggested readings.) (MES) Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document.

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