Abstract: The “ Infommation Technology” course in vocational colleges is an upgraded replacement courseof the original “College Computer Basies" course in vocational colleges. The course is a compulsory gen-eral education course for all the enrolled students, and the faculty in charge of teaching remain un.changed. However, the teaching objectives and course content under the new curriculum standards haveundergone significant changes in both quality and quantity, resulting in the problem of insufficient teach.ing ability of teachers, the problem of insullicient classroom time to complete the teaching task, and theeontradiction between the content of the computer rank examination and the course content. Aiming atthe similar problems existing in a higher vocational college in Southwest China, a series of teaching andeducation reform researches from the preparation of teaching materials to the improvement of teaching areconducted and practiced, and effective teaching practices are carried out to meet the requirements of thenew cuiriculun standards of information technology course.

Key words: new curriculum standards, information technology, teaching improvement