Conference Session

Technological Literacy for K-12 and for Community College Students: Concepts, Assessment, and Courses

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen O'Brien, The College of New Jersey

Tagged Divisions

Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

AC 2010-2311: TECHNOLOGICAL LITERACY IN A K-5 TEACHERPREPARATION PROGRAMStephen O'Brien, The College of New Jersey Page 15.1194.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Technological literacy through a K-5 teacher preparation program IntroductionAttaining a certain level of technological literacy in our society is important for a variety ofreasons. In this extremely technologically-rich age, citizenry will need to participateeffectively in our democratic society on a variety of complex problems; such as globalwarming, energy supply, quick-paced biomedical advances, complicated healthcare reformand statistical-based arguments