Saturday, August 30, 2008
Rian's thoughts on week 1
Information technology is not a subject that I have eagerly seeked out to read about. I find the language boring and hard to get through. However, much of what I read this week, I agree with. It is difficult to find an elementary school where there is much teaching going on about information technology, or information literacy. Even as you get into the secondary levels, the only students required to take the classes that may teach them about information are those students who are looking to that field for their futures. And although I agree that it still can be boring to learn about, or difficult to read, there are some interesting aspects of it that I feel should be taught to all students at all levels.
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Rian,
Information Technology has many bits and pieces. Some go into the guts of programming, while other bits of the puzzle only give a birds-eye-view. Unless one has a direct need to dive under the surface for work related activities most people only need to know about the functions of Operating systems and browsers.
Most of what is downloaded off the Web or Net are pre-packaged and self-extracting, one needing only to make minor modifications for preference. Most programming issues are handled by Library staff outside the IT department.
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