With the advent of the information age, people's life, study and work have been inseparable from information technology, computers, networks, mobile communications, electronic banking, digital television ... In the face of such a rapidly changing society, our students will need to have the knowledge, skills, awareness and ability to adapt to the information society after entering the society;
The information technology courses in primary and secondary schools in the basic education stage are designed to meet these needs of students. The information technology course is reformed from the computer course. The original computer course in primary and secondary schools aims to teach students various computer operation skills, but with the increasing popularity of computers;
The proportion of computers owned by families is increasing year by year, the update of computer software and hardware is faster and faster, the operation of computers is simpler and simpler, and the application opportunities of computers in various disciplines are increasing. Therefore, relying on limited computer courses to teach computer skills is unnecessary and can't meet the needs.
A large number of facts show that the demand for talents in the information society is not only to simply operate computers, but more importantly, to be able to use various information technology tools (including computers and networks) correctly, effectively and flexibly according to needs, collect, process, transmit and express information, and creatively solve various practical problems;
The computer is just an important and widely used information technology tool. Therefore, in the second phase of curriculum reform, it is an important decision to change computer courses into information technology courses to meet this need.