Teknologi Informasi dan Komunikasi

 Pengertian TIK :

Menurut Eric Deeson, Harper Collins Publishers, Dictionary of Information Technology, Glasgow, UK, 1991 "Information of Technology (IT) the handling of information by electric and electronic and microelectronic means" Here handling includes transfer. Processing, storage and access, IT special concern being the use of hardware and software for these tasks for the benefit of individual people and society as a whole"

Dari penjelasan di atas : kebutuhan manusia didalam mengambil dan memindahkan, mengolah dan memproses informasi dalam konteks social yang menguntungkan diri sendiri dan masyarakat secara keseluruhan. Bagaimana implikasinya agar dapat menguntungkan secara individual dan masyarakat secara keseluruhan tidak didifinisikan secara lebih khusus. 

Information Technology in the National Curriculum, England and Wales, 1995
“Information technology (IT) capability is characterized by an ability to use effectively IT tools an information source to analyse, process an present information, and to model, measure an control external events.
This Involve :
• Using information sourcxes and IT tools to solve problems
• Using it tools and information source, sich as computer systems and software packages, to support learning in variety contexts;
• Understanding the implication of IT for working life and society.
Pupils should be given opportunities, where appropriate, to develop and apply their IT capability in their study of National Curriculum subjects.”

Dari penjelasan di atas : tampaknya ada acuan kemampuan TIK yang hendak dicapai dan sistem nilai dalam bekerja pada kehidupan sehari-hari yang hendak dibelajarkan, seperti nilai apa yang perlu dikembangkan dalam suatu system social masyarakat berkenaan dengan kemampuan menggunakan TIK