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Director
Bill Stewart
281-489-7944
Computer Literacy Initiative
"Order and simplification are the first steps toward the mastery of a subject."
—Thomas Mann
Computer Literacy is one of the most misunderstood issues of our time. As a result we live in a computer driven society that is essentially computer illiterate. See "Myths and Facts" and "The Real Digital Divide".
The CL-USA goal is to see to it that everyone over the age of 14 is computer literate according to a simple and realistic set of standards. See "Setting Standards."
The Computer Literacy Initiative is a project of CL-USA that is achieving global computer literacy with the help and consensus of interested businesses and individuals. To accomplish this, the following steps are being taken.
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Establishing a realistic definition of computer literacy.
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Setting the standards that form the basis for computer literacy.
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Creating free on-line computer literacy testing.
- Making
computer literacy certification
available.
- Securing endorsement from sponsors.
CL-USA wecomes comments and suggestions by e-mail. To find out how to get involved, see "Become a Sponsor."
Computer Literacy
Sample Tests
Created
by CL-USA for the University of Phoenix, Certiport and others.
What is Computer Literacy?
The following definition has been adopted by Computer Literacy USA.
"Computer literacy is an understanding of the concepts, terminology and operations that relate to general computer use. It is the essential knowledge needed to function independently with a computer. This functionality includes being able to solve and avoid problems, adapt to new situations, keep information organized and communicate effectively with other computer literate people."
There are many and varied definitions for computer literacy. To see how the CL-USA definition compares to others see "Establishing a Definition."
