ABSTRACT
Literacy in the information age calls for competency in using information to address problems and make decisions that require deep understanding within a dynamic environment. Education in a democratic society is charged with preparing children for the workplace, for citizenship and for daily human interaction. The automated workplace requires very different skills than the industrial workplace. Citizenship and participation in the democratic process, also, has changed in important ways. The technological information age is characterized by vast amounts of information and rapid change of events. Television, of course, is the most pervasive information technology, reaching a broad spectrum of the population. Information technologies intended to expand our knowledge may result in an overload of information that can inhibit understanding and meaningful learning. The concept of an information-age school calls to mind classrooms filled with the latest computer and video technology for advancing instructional mediation.
