Literature Review Introduction

Literature and daily observation has shown the growth of technology of classrooms throughout the world. In the last 20 years, we have seen classrooms going from the Apple IIE with programs being on floppy disks to laptops with the Internet to reach out to the world. While experts are arguing if it is more important for today’s students to be able to operate the computer and have a thorough understanding of how a computer operates to another camp that is arguing that information literacy is more important for our students. This literature review will focus on three different areas that are at the forefront of utilizing computers in classrooms. Even if you are a supporter of information literacy, there needs to be an understanding that it is important to assess a student’s ability to operate the computer and use the software and concepts available on it. It is also important to look at the differences between web-based instruction (WBI) and Virtual classrooms of the future.