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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.'"
...it's pencil & paper based!
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
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.
My carefully cultivated bullshitting skills... now rendered useless!!!
The US Army: promoting democracy through unquestioned obedience
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)
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.
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?