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925 Justice"Following are some general skills that I think we should teach in elementary school"
search strategies
information credibility
information overload
writing for online readers
computerized presentation skills
workspace erogonomics
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user testing and other basic usability guidelinesteaching learning trends usability adult_learners computer skills technology
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Carole GardinerWhat skills should be we teaching students?
information literacy school_libraries education computer technology
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Gladys BayaSchools should teach deep, strategic computer insights that can't be learned from reading a manual.
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Marie ColemanThere is some value in teaching kids skills they can apply immediately, while they're still in school, but there's more value in teaching them deeper concepts that will benefit them forever, regardless of changes in specific applications.
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useit.com -> Alertbox -> Feb. 2007 Life-Long Computer Skills Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox, February 26, 2007: Life-Long Computer Skills Summary: Schools should teach deep, strategic computer insights that can't be learned from reading a manual. I recently saw a textbook used to teach computers in the third grade. One of the chapters ("The Big Calculator") featured detailed instructions on how to format tables of numbers in Excel. All very good, except that the new Excel version features a complete user interface overhaul, in which the traditional command menus are replaced by a ribbon with a results-oriented UI. Sadly, I had to tell the proud parents that their daughter's education would be obsolete before she graduated from the third grade. The problem, of course, is in tying education too tightly to specific software applications. Even if Microsoft hadn't turned Excel inside out this year, they would surely have done so eventually. Updating instructional materials to teach Office 2007 isn't the answer, because there will surely be another UI change before today's third graders enter the workforce in 10 or 15 years -- and even more before they retire in 2065. There is some value in teaching kids skills they can apply immediately, while they're still in school, but there's more value in teaching them deeper concepts that will benefit them forever, regardless of changes in specific applications. Teaching life-long computer skills in our schools offers further benefit in that it gives students insights that they're unlikely to pick up on their own. In contrast, as software gets steadily easier to use, anyone will be able to figure out how to draw a pie chart. People will learn how to use features on their own, when they need them -- and thus have the motivation to hunt for them. It's the conceptual things that get endlessly deferred without the impetus of formal education. Following are some general skills that I think we should teach
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useit.com -> Alertbox -> Feb. 2007 Life-Long Computer Skills Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox, February 26, 2007: Life-Long Computer Skills Summary: Schools should teach deep, strategic computer insights that can't be learned from reading a manual. I recently saw a textbook used to teach computers in the third grade. One of the chapters ("The Big Calculator") featured detailed instructions on how to format tables of numbers in Excel. All very good, except that the new Excel version features a complete user interface overhaul, in which the traditional command menus are replaced by a ribbon with a results-oriented UI. Sadly, I had to tell the proud parents that their daughter's education would be obsolete before she graduated from the third grade. The problem, of course, is in tying education too tightly to specific software applications. Even if Microsoft hadn't turned Excel inside out this year, they would surely have done so eventually. Updating instructional materials to teach Office 2007 isn't the answer, because there will surely be another UI change before today's third graders enter the workforce in 10 or 15 years -- and even more before they retire in 2065. There is some value in teaching kids skills they can apply immediately, while they're still in school, but there's more value in teaching them deeper concepts that will benefit them forever, regardless of changes in specific applications. Teaching life-long computer skills in our schools offers further benefit in that it gives students insights that they're unlikely to pick up on their own. In contrast, as software gets steadily easier to use, anyone will be able to figure out how to draw a pie chart. People will learn how to use features on their own, when they need them -- and thus have the motivation to hunt for them. It's the conceptual things that get endlessly deferred without the impetus of formal education. Following are some general skills that I think we should teach
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Neil O'SullivanExamples of life-long learning skills for schools to focus on in the short term.
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Dennis OConnorNielsen's ideas on education are hardly revolutionary, but certainly worth listening to.
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Tom Hemingway"there will surely be another UI change before today's third graders enter the workforce in 10 or 15 years" suggestions for "big picture" skills for constantly changing ICT environment
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y campbellThere is some value in teaching kids skills they can apply immediately, while they're still in school, but there's more value in teaching them deeper concepts that will benefit them forever, regardless of changes in specific applications. (Jakob Nielsen)
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Schools should teach deep, strategic computer insights that can't be learned from reading a manual.
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benjamin friesenSchools should teach deep, strategic computer insights that can't be learned from reading a manual.
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Thomas Vander WalJakob talks about educating youth on needed information skills. This is one of the few articles I find of his worth sharing.
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Andrius MazeikaSchools should teach deep, strategic computer insights that can't be learned from reading a manual.
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Cristov Russell(Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox)
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Bryce PayneSchools should teach deep, strategic computer insights that can't be learned from reading a manual.
Following are some general skills that I think we should teach in elementary school:
1. Search Strategies, 2. Information Credibility, 3.Information Ov -
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jans janxesgeneral skills that I think we should teach in elementary school.
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taylor banksSchools should teach deep, strategic computer insights that can't be learned from reading a manual.
computer education jobs lifehacks technology learning #delicious
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Reuven WerberNielsen on what we should be teaching kids about computers. Some good points but "dated". No relationship to social computing - Web2.0.
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Michael PowersGreat article on the concepts (not skills) that elementary students should be working on. Since most people don't have these skills, though, this kind of education is needed right on through college at the moment (and for the foreseeable future).
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