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Direct linkDangwal, Ritu; Gupta, Zuleikha – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2012
Conversation with many juvenile children residing at observation Homes exemplifies how their past haunts them and at times is a major source of them feeling unequipped to survive in the world outside the barriers of the government Home boundaries. This lack of self-confidence may also demotivate the child from returning to formal education at a…
Descriptors: Learning Centers (Classroom), Computer Literacy, Self Esteem, Information Technology
Thomas, Michael, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
There have been many attempts to define the generation of students who emerged with the Web and new digital technologies in the early 1990s. The term "digital native" refers to the generation born after 1980, which has grown up in a world where digital technologies and the internet are a normal part of everyday life. Young people…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Young Adults, Educational Change, Educational Technology
Kafai, Yasmin B. – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2008
Our work investigates the annual outbreak of Whypox, a virtual epidemic in Whyville.net, a virtual world with over 1.2 million registered players ages 8-16. We examined online and classroom participants' understanding of a computer virus using surveys and design activities. Our analyses reveal that students have a mostly naive understanding of a…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Student Attitudes, Knowledge Level, Information Technology
Download full textPanyarachun, Anand – 1999
This paper discusses information gateways and equal access to information. Highlights include: the development of the physical infrastructure of libraries; globalization as it relates to the use of software; Internet controls such as the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act; the psycho-social component of libraries; computer literacy and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Children, Computer Literacy, Developing Nations
Jha, Swati; Chatterjee, Shiffon – International Education Journal, 2005
In developing countries like India, the onus of development lies mainly with the government, which faces the predicament of multiple demands and limited resources. This leads to a situation where even fundamental objectives such as basic literacy for all are not met. On the other hand, there exists a vibrant private sector, which has resources and…
Descriptors: Private Sector, Access to Computers, Information Technology, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedFasick, Adele M. – Canadian Library Journal, 1992
Examines studies relating to two aspects of children's use of electronic information media: (1) access to print information through online (or card) catalogs and databases; and (2) direct access to information in electronic format. Gender differences are discussed, and implications of the studies for software development and equality of computer…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Computer Literacy, Computer Software Development
