Literacy with ICT Literacy with ICT means choosing and using ICT, responsibly and ethically, to support critical and creative thinking about information and about communication as citizens of the global community. Literacy with ICT consists of critical and creative thinking, ethics and responsibility, and ICT literacy. Technology as a Foundation Skill To prepare students to become citizens of the global community, Manitoba Education, Citizenship and Youth identified technology, literacy and communication, problem solving, and human relations as foundation skills to be developed across the curriculum from Kindergarten to Grade 12.  Although students in the past have focused on developing literacy skills such as reading, writing, and numeracy, 21st-century students must develop multiple literacies that will allow them to respond to changing ideas, attitudes, and technologies as their communities and their world evolve. In 1998, Manitoba Education, Citizenship and Youth published Technology As a Foundation Skill Area: A Journey toward Information Technology Literacy. This document stated the following vision for Manitoba: The use of information technology will help enable all students to solve problems, improve their personal performance, and gain the critical and abstract thinking skills necessary to become lifelong learners and contributing members of their communities. Source:  "Literacy with ICT Across the Curriculum:  A Developmental Continuum"  -   http://www.edu.gov.mb.ca/k12/tech/lict/overview/index.html In Grades 5 and 6 the following are used within the ICT framework: - Scanner - Digital camera - "Smartboard" - "Flash" drive - Internet (including our class website) for research - "MS Word" for writing - "MS Publisher" for newsletters - "MS Powerpoint" for presentations - "MS Excel" for data presentations (charts, graphs) - "ePearl" for electronic portfolios - "Photo Story 3" - "Kidspiration" and "Inspiration" for organizing (flow charts)