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IT Literacy Test
crumley writes "The Educational Testing Service just announced a new
test that is designed to measure information technology literacy. The test is supposed to measure the ability of students to use software to solve problems, and not just how to use particular programs. So has anyone out there taken a test like this? Did it seem to measure critical thinking and problem solving skills?"
Take the test but ya be warned: Failing even one question will result in a one year suspension of your Geek Licence.
They got the URL wrong - of course if you can't figure out how to fix it, you fail the literacy test. anyway it's a slash, not a backslash. (If you can't tell those apart, that's an automatic fail, too.)
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
Whoever designed Slashdot's IT colorscheme fails!
...it's pencil & paper based!
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
The ETS created a test to see whether or not people deserve to live. To take the test, one has to fork over $5k and a kidney, but ETS says that this test is necessary, "For the continuation of our species"...who am I to question the ETS.....
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I always thought spatial IQ tests checked one's capability for critical thinking.
a polar bear is a rectangular bear after a coordinate change.
"TUI"
Gazunteit.
But of course, since the low-budget public schools can't afford the computer technology, they will have to lower the standards bar yet again to be fair. I hope you all remember how to use the Apple II.
-- Saturn SL1-WNY -- Propz: GNAA
When we were kids we had MAN this and MAN that. Now you whippersnappers have your fancy F1, and ICT literacy assessments. We didnt even have F keys and we had to flip switches both ways, in the snow!
Now get off my lawn j00 l33t whippersnappers!
and something about an onion on my belt
Im dreaming ofa big bndwdth, That can resist the
Question 1:
File Edit View Favorites Tools Help.
What does this mean?
Question 2:
What is that little X thingy in the upper right hand panel?
If you can answer these questions correctly, you're technically competent. If not, you have a bright future as a technology patent examiner.
Yeah? Well I think you're overrated too.
I haven't finished my MCSE. I'm thinking about giving up on it after I had to help an MCSE install a server. He didn't know the basics, like installing Active Diredory, configuring of the DHCP service, or even installing third party drivers. NOTE: This was to replace the DC in a smaller network (100-150 workstations/win2k/xp) Then he tried to argue with me about other aspects of configuration. I can't find a permanent job and these Microsoft Clown School Educated losers keep snapping up anything that does come open, I feel so defeated. Maybe I'll just become middle management. *Convulses*
Yeah ok whatever... IT today is tomorrows trash. There is no test for an industry that moves this fast. You either get it or you don't What's next? A hacker test? How are you going to test that? The person that steals the answers first from the school files gets the highest grade?
||| I still can't believe Parkay's not butter.
Dude, you can tell in 30 seconds if a person is computer literate just by observing how they use a computer.
I.e. when you say "click that link", and they ask "which (mouse) button"?, you know you're in trouble...
Your hybrid is not saving the environment. Its purpose is to make you feel good about buying something.
Q: You're browsing your favorite site full of neat little applications that will tell you the weather, customize your windows, and even let you download music for free when a pop up box tells you that your computer may be infected with DANGEROUS SPYWARE... You should...
Let's get one thing perfectly clear, I did not vote for George W Bush, and I do not endorse what he does or says.
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My carefully cultivated bullshitting skills... now rendered useless!!!
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It's even worse when the test computer is a Mac.
(based on personal expieriance).
Wow, sent an e-mail as suggested when clicking on "use classic" banner, and got a fast response that addressed my msg
I beg your pardon! They prefer to be called "Management".
Height: 38U, Weight: 0 Newtons, Eyes: #0000FF, OS: Gray Matter 1.0 (Alpha)
Perhaps it can serve as a model for a test.
sigs, as if you care.
Um...this is from the ETS, dude. You know, the same folks who brought us the uber-useful SAT and GRE. Of course, those are both completely unbiased and highly accurate exams that let universities see the true potential of their applicants. Given that, we can all rest assured that this test will be a truly wonderful addition to the pre-employment screening process. Besides, it will dramatically lower the ROI, and that, my friend, is key.
*cough*
I'm not sure about the "flip the switch again." Maybe once but many end users take this approach to print jobs. ...okay, you have like 100 print jobs in there.
User: I can't print.
Tech: Okay, are you getting an error?
User: No.
Tech: Okay, let me check the queue and see if...
User: I know, I kept trying and trying but it wouldn't print so I called you.
Tech: Cool. Now 50 other people can't print either.
There your skills are in demand.
In soviet russia stale jokes recycle you!
I'm the network admin for a school. I've been doing this for seven years and have been teaching computer classes for five. I teach the 7th grade how to do simple programming in LOGO
People are still teaching LOGO? Holy 1982 Batman! Do they use a mouse to move the turtle nowadays?
Press any key? Where's the any key? Phew, all this computer hacking is making me thirsty. I think I'll order a Tab.
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Did it seem to measure critical thinking and problem solving skills?"
Apparently, these have already been tested elsewhere.
The answer shocked a few people
.is to download pr0n without the proctor noticing and to destroy all evidence on the computer before the test is finished.
These days CLI can be easily mistaken for Common Language Infrastructure
In that case, you should avoid confusion by calling it:
Command Line Interface Text
You can take it here. Free reg required.
The good and new comes from no quarter where it is looked for, and is always something different from what is expected.
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I'll wait till the Transcender's come out for it before I attempt it... Is there a Boot Camp training being offered for it yet?
"Unheard of means only it's undreamed of yet,
Impossible means not yet done." ~~ Julia Ecklar
If I say I licked that test, and it was the Command Line Interface Test, do I get in trouble?
Reality is all that stuff that doesn't care if you believe in it or not.--Solomon Short
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/041108/nym043_1.html
.. So much for IT literacy..
Anyone else notice the literacy article has a mistyped url at the end of this story, thus it does not work correctly?
"http://www.ets.org\ictliteracy"
From TFA:
"Proudly Posting Without Reading The Article"
In the class I'm teaching, knowing what "clicking a link" means, will put one at the top of the class. Actually, of the 12 people in the class, I don't think anyone would know how to do that. After 4 weeks, (one hour per) I still have one person that has trouble with how you "left click" with your right hand.
Mod it funny if you like, 'cause "Pathetic" is not an option.
CLIT
Then I can say things like:
"I am the CLIT master!"
or
"I prefer to use the CLIT - it's faster and more direct."