Research Results
ICT Application and Integration by Pre-service Teachers Beginning to Implement the IMYM Model
Prepared by Distance Learning and Information Technologies Unit, Program Development Branch, Manitoba Education and Early Childhood Learning
Analysis of Pre-service Teachers' Self-reported Skills in Using ICT Applications
The IMYM rubric for the Self-Assessment of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Literacy (Appendix A) allows pre-service teachers to self-assess the competency level of their skills from Beginning to Exemplary levels in fifteen information and communication technology (ICT) areas
- basic computer operation
- file management
- networking
- word processing
- spreadsheet use
- database use
- concept mapping
- graphics and animation
- information searching
- Internet searching
- web page creation
- multimedia
- videography/video editing
In each of these ICT areas, pre-service teachers select from a rubric of four competency levels
- Beginning
- Developing
- Accomplished
- Exemplary
The complete rubric is found in Appendix A: Self-Assessment of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Literacy. The figure below graphs the percentage of pre-service teachers at each level of the fifteen ICT application skills.