Contrasting views on IT literacy as a strategy for global competitiveness
{"Image DocumentName": "Contrasting views on IT literacy as a strategy for global competitiveness", "Image ImageDescription": "Computer literacy for competitiveness in the workplace: For many Filipino youths, high school is the highest level of education that they will be able to afford and attain before they join the work force\u2026.[W]ork force productivity and competitiveness depend much on the modern worker s ability to harness the tools and resources available on the Internet. It is imperative that our public high school students gain basic literacy in the Internet environment as early as possible. (GILAS, 2005) Technology literacy is only one of eight types of literacy that individuals need to be able to use and produce knowledge in the 21st century. (NCREL, 2003) The global knowledge-based economy requires highly skilled knowledge workers (Olssen and Peters, 2005, p. 333), and highly trained scientific, technological, and processing personnel\u2026with sophisticated research skills, who can understand fully material, scientific, technological, managerial, and social developments, and who can take the lead in their assessment, adaptation, and local application. (Haddad and Draxler, 2002)", "Image XResolution": "37", "Image YResolution": "37", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Centimeter", "Image Software": "SlidePlayer", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered"}