Vision statement technology and literacy

What are they saying about literacy?

Literacy is changing everyday

The development of numeracy and computational devices emerged as early as 8000 BC in Mesopotamia

In England, written record keeping began during the Norman Conquest in response to concrete needs.

Jefferson felt strongly enough about the important relationship between literacy and success as a people and a nation that he presented an amendment to legalize federal support for public education.

In the current age of information we are in, literacy is essential to enable groups, societies, and individuals to access the best information in the shortest time to identify and solve problems, and then communicate this information to others.

Technological literacy drives the education and society. It is necessary for individuals to not only gain knowledge about math, science, English, etc., to integrate successfully into modern society, but to understand and be fluent in technology.

Integrating technology into education allows us to teach not only the traditional skills required, but also provide individuals with the vital skills in technology they also require.

Using technology in the classroom is the best way to teach future generations not only the information and skills vital to their success in society, such as math, science, English, history, etc., but to also increase their technological literacy in a way that is critical to their future success in the workforce and society.

Technology provides a give and a take. It provides new ways to teach individuals information and skills, allowing us to reach students and individuals in ways that we have only just become available. It also, though, requires knowledge and technological literacy to use properly and to its fullest capabilities.

As the nature of literacy continues to change and advance, we continue in our goal to teach individuals the skills necessary for their success. This involves not only learning to use technology, but using technology to learn.