Analysis of elementary school ICT textbooks in Taiwan and the importance of content about computer virus

Due to the popularity of computers and internet, different kinds of computer viruses were created by hackers or cyber criminals, and it caused great damage to the society, like: The lost of great amount of money, and the leak of personal information. It has become important to teach students know more about computer virus. This study analyzed the current status of elementary school ICT (Information and Communication Technology) textbooks in Taiwan, and analyzed ICT teachers' opinions about the importance of integrating the content of computer virus into ICT textbooks. The result showed that the issue of computer virus did not mention much in the related textbooks in Taiwan, and many related issues were not included. Besides, through analyzing the opinions from ICT teachers, most of the teachers considered that it was important to integrate the content about computer virus into ICT textbooks. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.