Computer literacy myth is that once we give students the computer they will learn all the necessary skills they need to learn by following the computer applications.
Computer literacy in the first place is not all about just knowing how to operate the applications on the computer while using the computer but it is about integrating the knowledge and skills of these applications in different subject areas to cover learning various topics.
However, yes, the learner can discover things by his or her own self when just given the computer with the applications to learn but there needs to be guidance as to what learning objectives are to be covered for what purpose that should be the overall outcome.
Again, yes, the students are able to make their own learning outcomes and try to achieve these outcomes, but will they be able to achieve them without a logical guideline? The students will still need a guideline in outlining if they are going the right way or not.
Main principles of ICT integration (in my view):
- Students are interested
- Students are active participants of learning
- Students are able to make connections to real-life context or situations
- Students are able to discover things on their own
- students are able to communicate and collaborate with their peers as they learn new things
Whose responsibility I think it is to teach ICT:
I believe the teaching/instruction of ICT is a shared responsibility. A teacher is responsible to facilitate the learning environment to ensure that what concepts are to be taught through real-life scenarios are given, however students are responsible for their own learning as they learn what interest them at the time and are then able to learn about ICT as they use ICT to learn about other things they need to know to function in society.
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