Lesley Andrews wrote:
ICT in education, if used creatively, can not only enhance the education
process to help the development of literacy but it can also prepare
young people to become social and economic entrepreneurs - creating the
foundations for the development of democracies,
In a message dated 6/17/2002, Tapan S. Parikh [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
If we cannot succeed in bridging even this first step in the knowledge
divide, that of carbon and lead and ink and paper, how well will we
bridge the one of bits and chips, monitors and keyboards? Is that even
the
Richard Labelle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I guess that this all depends on what is meant by literacy. Not being
able to read and write does not preclude being able to develop, test and
use technology and reading and writing may not be necessary to use some
of the newer ICTs. People can
The discussion on literacy is interesting and could probably be as wide
ranging as the discussion on ICT.
I agree with the suggestion that literacy is a fundamental skill
required for participation in a Knowledge Society.
On the other hand, if the objective is merely to communicate information
