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Would You Pass the Information Literacy Test?

Posted by timothy on from the big-stupid dept.

Grundelfeldsten writes "The Educational Testing Service -- the maker of the SAT and the GMAT -- has a new test called the Information and Communication literacy assessment. The test is designed to measure your "ability to make sense of the multiple streams of information that our computers throw at us every day," according to a Wired News reporter who just took it and described the process. The questions focus on completing tasks with Internet technologies, like using search engines efficiently and weeding out irrelevant email messages. Are such tasks really tied to technology? Or is "Information and Communication literacy" just a way for ETS to make money by selling more tests?"

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  1. AOLer by alphapartic1e · · Score: 0, Troll

    The unqualifiable answer to that question is an emPHATic...

    I agree with the PHAT part. You're FAT. n00b.

    Sincerely,
    You technically-inclined AOL web colleague

  2. I think I've taken this before... by Sialagogue · · Score: 1, Troll

    "...ETS and a group of colleges and universities have collaborated to create the ICT Literacy Assessment, a comprehensive test of ICT proficiency specifically designed for the higher education environment...

    Have you ever:

    1. Kissed a friend or stranger on their hands or their head/neck region as a friendly gesture?

    2. Held hands with someone?

    3. Had a date...

    "

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  3. Re:Tied to technology? by mike2R · · Score: 0, Troll

    "it in general". With quatation marks.

    He used quotation marks?? I hate to break it to you, but that puts him in the top 10% for computer literacy easilly.

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