▁Canada , ▁the ▁Ministry ▁of ▁Education ▁has ▁de - list ed ▁the ▁Information ▁Technology ▁K ▁to ▁ 7 ▁IR P ▁ ▁as ▁a ▁stand - alone ▁course . ▁ ▁It ▁is ▁still ▁expected ▁that ▁all ▁the ▁pres cribed ▁learning ▁out comes ▁continue ▁to ▁be ▁integrated . ▁ ▁This ▁integration ▁of ▁technology ▁across ▁the ▁curr icul um ▁is ▁a ▁positive ▁shift ▁from ▁computers ▁being ▁viewed ▁as ▁boxes ▁to ▁be ▁learned ▁to ▁computers ▁being ▁used ▁as ▁technical ▁communication ▁tools . ▁In ▁addition , ▁recent ▁learning ▁ped ag ogy ▁recogn izes ▁the ▁inclusion ▁for ▁students ▁to ▁be ▁cre ators ▁of ▁knowledge ▁through ▁technology . ▁ ▁Unfortunately , ▁there ▁has ▁been ▁no ▁clear ▁direction ▁to ▁implement ▁I ML . ▁ ▁The ▁BC ▁Ministry ▁of ▁Education ▁published ▁the ▁Information ▁and ▁Communic ations ▁Technology ▁Integr ation ▁Performance ▁Stand ards , ▁Gr ades ▁ 5 ▁to ▁ 1 0 ▁I CT I ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 5 . ▁ ▁These ▁standards ▁provide ▁performance ▁standards ▁expect ations ▁for ▁Gra de ▁ 5 ▁to ▁ 1 0 ; ▁however , ▁they ▁do ▁not ▁provide ▁guidance ▁for ▁other ▁gr ades , ▁and ▁the ▁expectation ▁for ▁a ▁Gra de ▁ 5 ▁and ▁Gra de ▁ 1 0 ▁student ▁are ▁the ▁same . ▁ ▁Arab ▁World ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁Arab ▁region , ▁media ▁and ▁information ▁liter acy ▁was ▁largely ▁ignored ▁up ▁until ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁when ▁the ▁Media ▁Studies ▁Program ▁at ▁the ▁American ▁University ▁of ▁Be ir ut , ▁the ▁Open ▁Society ▁Found ations ▁and ▁the ▁Arab - US ▁Association ▁for