So that is an interesting deal. Somehow I was in my "learning new technology bliss" when this article shows up and suddenly I am jolted back into the awareness that technology in the classroom is still part of the great political agenda as it pertains to education. It seems that this definition of Media or Technology Literacy is very important.
From T.H.E. Journal: http://thejournal.com/Articles/2009/09/11/SETDA-Urges-NAGB-To-Reconsider-Tech-Literacy-Test.aspx?Page=1
SETDA Urges NAGB To Reconsider Tech Literacy Test
How does your education system define technological literacy? Chances are, whatever the definition, it doesn't align with what the National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB) is proposing as it develops a nationwide test for technological literacy among students. And that's going to cause serious problems, according to the State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA), which is now publicly urging the group to reconsider its position.
At issue is a framework being developed by NAGB staff as part of the NAEP Technological Literacy Assessment, which is currently expected to be administered for the first time in 2012. To date, as has there has been no national standard for technological literacy, states have adopted their own definitions, generally based on definitions and standards developed by the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) or SETDA. They're using these definitions to fulfill the NCLB mandate to report "the percentage of students who meet state technology standards by the end of the eighth grade."
However, now NAGB, which sets policy for NAEP (the National Assessment of Educational Progress, commonly known as "the Nation's Report Card"), has developed its own definition--one that, according to SETDA, does not align with established practice.
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