A deeper understanding of technology is needed for workforce readiness - Playing games, texting, and tweets aren't enough to make students Tech-Savvy

• Published in: Proceedings of the 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education pp. 1 - 8
• Main Authors: Piliouras, Teresa, Yu, Raymond, Villanueva, Kristin, Yingxin Chen, Robillard, Holly, Berson, Michael, Lauer, Jeanne, Sampel, Garret, Lapinski, Daniel, Attre, Maigh
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01.04.2014
• Subjects: Collaboration; college and workforce readiness; Computers; Computers in K-12 education; Educational institutions; Internet; Media; Robots; technology skills and proficiency

Technology skills are critical for workforce readiness and are a key predictor of job success. What does it mean to be workforce ready? To answer this question, definitions of workforce readiness and methods used to measure it are examined. Application of these definitions and methods reveals substa...