Selasa, 31 Maret 2015
Sabtu, 21 Maret 2015
ICT Tools, Roles, and Applications
A. ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) in Education
"ICT in Education” means “Teaching and Learning with ICT”. Educational ICT tools can be divided into 3 categories: Input source, Output source and Others. Worldwide research has shown that ICT can lead to improved student learning and better teaching methods.
The followings are the advantages of ICT tools for education:
1. Through ICT, images can
easily be used in teaching and improving the retentive memory of students.
2. Through ICT,
teachers can easily explain complex instructions and ensure students'
comprehension.
3. Through ICT, teachers
are able to create interactive classes and make the lessons more enjoyable,
which could improve student attendance and concentration.
The
followings are the disadvantages of ICT tools for education:
1.
Setting up the devices can be very troublesome.
2. Too expensive to afford.
3. Hard for teachers to use with a lack of experience
using ICT tools.
Integrating ICT into education seems to be a necessary
issue for educators/education administrators in the world. However, if teachers
cannot make good use of the ICT tools, the money and time spent on the ICT is
going to be a waste. Also, if the educational budget is limited, looking for a cost-effective and
high-performance ICT tool can be the first priority.
B. Free Online Tools for Teaching and Learning
Below are the free online tools that might change your teaching for the better revealed by Louisa Mellor:
1. Wallwisher
2. Prezi
3. Study Blue
4. Animoto
5. Wordle
6. Storybird
7. Popplet
8. Google Docs
9. Dipity
10. Storify
C. Role of ICT is Multi Faceted in Education
In the twelfth plan, The Planning Commission has stressed that ICT tools must be used for significantly improving the educational services and for streamlining the admission process. Says Dr Veera Gupta, Secretary, Central Board of Secondary Education, “ICT is integral to the teaching learning process. In an age where massive expansion of education is required, we cannot do without the use of technology. ICT is vital for dissemination of knowledge, for evaluation and for keeping data and records. The role of ICT is multi faceted and it has to be exploited to the maximum potential.” The draft of 12th five year plan document states, “Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) should be harnessed to enrich teaching-learning experience, to extend and diversify delivery, improve research quality and collaboration by making knowledge and information widely available, and ensure effective governance both at the institutional and systemic level.”
D. ICT in English
To implement ICT successfully in their classrooms teachers also need to:
1. Identify how ICT can be used to meet specific objectives within the
English curriculum to improve pupils attainment (Moseley et al,1999)
2. Understand that successful use of ICT depends on other factors such as
pupils’ work in the classroom away from the computer, discussions between
pupils and between pupils and their teacher, and the ways in which pupils
interact with each other at the computer (Mc Cormick and Scrimshaw,2001 cited in Becta, 2005)
Because of its interactive and dynamic nature, ICT has the potential to meet the needs of individual students by providing opportunities to direct their learning and to pursue information, or complete tasks, in ways which meet their own interests and needs. (Computer based technologies in English KLA, 1997, p6)
The use of ICT in the English classroom extends beyond its motivational value to address key outcomes of the syllabus, and allow students to become competent users as well as consumers in English. Research suggests that incorporating ICT into the English curriculum can:
1. Improve
writing and reading skills
2. Develop speaking and listening skills
3. Support collaboration, creativity, independent learning and reflection (Becta,2003a, Becta,2003b, VTC,2003) (cited in Becta 2005)
2. Develop speaking and listening skills
3. Support collaboration, creativity, independent learning and reflection (Becta,2003a, Becta,2003b, VTC,2003) (cited in Becta 2005)
As an interactive and collaborative medium, ICT allows responding, composing, and publication to be easily shared and offers students the opportunity to explore the language of texts more creatively and develop as speakers, writers and readers for an ever widening range of purposes and audiences. There can be no doubt as to the importance of ICT to English. However its integration into the curriculum raises serious questions concerning access and equity and the following issues must be addressed:
1. Access to
ICT within and amongst schools
2. Access to
ICT in students’ own homes
3. Access to
effective models of ICT teaching and learning
4.
Skilling
teachers in ICT
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