Paper Session 2005-08-30 211 Curriculum for Introducing Information Technology in Lithuanian Primary Education: Role of Logo

During the last years a need of a new policy for implementing information technology (IT) in education has emerged. The Strategy for ICT implementation in Lithuanian education for 2005-2007 has been developed. Standards for school students ’ as well as teachers ’ computer literacy have been prepared and implemented. Teaching and learning IT course in schools is one of the most relevant issues in information society. The paper deals with the goals and nature of the IT introduction into curriculum. It discuses the links with other school subjects. Regarding the decision to shift the compulsory IT course to younger grades (5th and 6th), the main attention is paid to the curriculum of the course. Logo as a design activity is the most important part of this curriculum