This project introduces the concept of digital literacy at a practical level to a group of EFL teachers within the context of a single work place; a technologically well-resourced upper secondary school in Sweden. English teachers were provided with a theoretical and practical overview of the digital literacy concept as described by Dudeney,…

The Children of the Future project is a 3-year (1990-1993) study of the attitudes towards and experiences with computers of nearly 200 children between 7 and 12 years of age at 13 leisure centers, or after-school day care centers, throughout Sweden. The major aims of the project are to: (1) develop an educational method to help children work…

This paper addresses some of the problems that society in general, and child care centers in particular, must confront due to the effects of the computer and mass media on the modern world. Children today live in a society increasingly dominated by computers and the mass media, and it is important that they be able to utilize these new…

Describes possibilities for including computer education in primary and secondary schools in a small Swedish town, and presents a model for cooperation between schools and industry. Topics discussed include software; teacher training; computer literacy; use of computers in school system administration; and future plans. (Author/LRW)