Teaching ICT LIteracy Skills

Remember, the debate resolution is: "The technological innovations of the information & communication revolution (1990s - present) have improved the economy more than the technological innovations of the industrial revolution (1800s) did." Stay focused on the actions that must cause an impact (the industrial revolution or the ICT revolution), and the value premise that your evidence must link back to: economic improvement.

This quote is not useful for two reasons: first, it only provides a claim (the IR caused longterm changes to human society) , there is no evidence provided to substantiate that claim. Second, the claim itself isn't directly relevant because it simply says that the was a change, it doesn't present any reason to believe that these changes were improvements (which is the value premise of the debate).

This quote provides EVIDENCE because it states specific facts like the one about increasing number of people employed, and the listing of types of goods being produced. It's RELEVANT to the debate because the facts are about an IMPACT that the industrial revolution had on the economy (# of employed people, types of goods produced), and they LINK back to the value premise (improvement) because you could argue that the economy was improving because the increased number of employed people would have more money in their pockets with which to buy things and continue the cycle of growth. A REBUTTAL might be that the evidence just says that there was a growth in the number of people employed in industrial manufacturing. This does not explicitly say that more people were working overall--they could just be switching the type of job they have, and we don't know that they're getting paid more. An ANSWER to that rebuttal could be that even though the article does not specify the growth in citizens' incomes because of the new type of employment, it is safe to say that people's economic lives were better somehow because they chose to go into these jobs, they were not physically forced, so it must indicate an improvement in their economic lives even though we may not know exactly what kind of improvement that might be.

This sounds like it has a relevant link and impact, because it says that the ICT revolution is causing "impressive" and "encouraging" changes (both of which sound like an improvements). However, there is no evidence of what it is that is so impressive and encouraging- or that those changes are economic in any way.

Use ellipses to join this quote with a quote from above or below that states how this ICT club is teaching kids' skills that are economically valuable. Then, you can argue that the ICT revolution made it possible to have these kinds of clubs, and not only are kids immediate qualities of life being improved (because they like the classes), but they are also gaining more marketable skills so they can have improved economic job opportunities in the future.

The reliability of this source could be challenged. First, we don't know what Olubamise's profession or educational experiences are--all we know is that he's a pastor, and religious training doesn't make someone an economic expert. Secondly, the home page of the organization that hosts this blog states that it's mission is to use social media to connect people in learning. It's whole existence is based on the ICT revolution, so it may be biased in its perspective that the ICT revolution has brought benefits. Finally, there are no citations in this source, so we don't know where the evidence came from.

Note taking for research

Comparing Google and Database searches

Really? I haven't heard of half of these.

This is a resource already located within our group of resources.

Hoping to discover what Higher Ed believes is important in terms of ICT skills. Attending the 23rd webinar

Do these match with our objectives? Maybe something to consider if ICT skills becomes part of 10-12 grade classes 

These match the pitfalls we are finding

there is a need for consistency