ITEA News
ICON
By Steve Johnston
Nov 1, 2003, 10:32

The National Science Foundation has provided funding to establish a digital library that does not currently exist: a central source and comprehensive digital collection for technological literacy resources. The International Technology Education Association (ITEA) and the Eisenhower National Clearinghouse (ENC) are creating ICON,

click here http://www.icontechlit.org

The National Digital Library for Technological Literacy, so that K-12 classroom teachers and college and university faculty will be able to locate digital resources concerned with technological literacy content and pedagogy. The ICON project will contribute its resources to the National Science Digital Library (NSDL) www.nsdl.org, and will gather technology education resources contributed to the NSDL concerning technological literacy for access via ICON.

ICON, or the Innovation Curriculum Online Network, is a central source for information dealing with technology and innovation. It serves as an electronic roadmap to connect users, such as teachers, professors, students, museum staff, and parents with information about the human built and innovated world.

ICON also provides a broad and deep collection of technological literacy resources for teachers and educators, digital resources informed by educational and digital library standards, necessary descriptors, metadata, and developmentally-appropriate content for technological literacy support. ICON's collection is populated and classified according to the Standards for Technological Literacy.

For more information, go to http://icontechlit.enc.org/http://www.icontechlit.org




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