Is the integrated approach an alternative (different form of) computer literacy or is it not the same thing at all?
Reading the blogs and the reading piece, it is the general view that the integrated approach is not the same thing as computer literacy. As mentioned on the discussion page as my contribution I see computer literacy as learning to use computers. Here the the students will learn about the use of computers - how to use documents, surf the web etc.
On the other hand, integration is using the computers to learn. Here students use their computer literacy skills to help in their learning development. They surf the web to gather new information, they use documents to make presentation or organize ideas etc.
These are some of the areas that I see will be challenging in an integrated approach:
Lack of technical and staff support.
Inadequate technology resources.
Planning especially for a multi-modal classroom.
Teacher readiness i.e. does teacher has the necessary skills and knowledge?
I think that a specific teacher should be designated to teach computer literacy. The reason being that some of the teachers are just getting acquainted with using the computers and they may not be well equipped to teach computer literacy. However, I also think that teachers, while doing integration can impart whatever knowledge they have. As one person mentioned computer literacy is multifaceted and will have different applications for different subjects.
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