This publication presented a framework for what every student should know and be able to do in order to be technologically literate.
Technological literacy is much more than just knowledge about computers and their application.
It involves a vision where each citizen has a degree of knowledge about the nature, behavior, power, and consequences of technology from a broad perspective. Inherently, it involves educational programs where learners become engaged in critical thinking as they design and develop products, systems, and environments to solve practical problems. Agreement on the need for technological literacy is just the beginning. The more difficult problem is determining how to develop this literacy. Within this framework, there is a knowledge and process base for technology that is identified.