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Essay / Information and Communication Technologies in Education...
ICT stands for Information and Communication Technologies. In educational institutions, ICT provides a range of tools to support teachers and learners in all areas of the curriculum. ICT, if used correctly, attempts to improve achievement, motivation and thinking in all subjects when used as a learning tool. ICT allows students to represent and construct their own understanding from the vast amounts of information available to them. Students would integrate ICT to think, investigate, manage and access information to create ideas and assessments that could be communicated with others. As the knowledge society continues to grow at a rapid pace, emerging technologies continue to be introduced and refined. Many schools and communities have access to a wider selection of ICT tools and thus have increasing opportunities to promote quality education with and through ICT. Given that the nature of ICT is interactive and dynamic, it has the potential to effectively meet the needs of each student by providing them with the opportunity to direct their learning, complete tasks and pursue and understand information from way to meet their needs and interests. It is important for teachers to recognize the importance of the new technological learning style that students are also getting used to, namely the “click and go” generation. This new learner will be technologically savvy, obtain most of their information electronically, on the computer, interact socially with others through email or the Internet, and understand how to communicate information through the integration of various technologies. Through the use of ICT, teachers...... middle of paper ...... teaching and learning model towards a self-directed and independent learning model that encourages critical thinking and creativity with independent research. Learners should collect, select, analyze, organize, extend, transform and present their knowledge using ICT in an authentic and active learning model. Teachers are expected to create a new flexible and open learning environment with an interactive, experiential and multimedia delivery system. ICT integration would help teachers and learners communicate and collaborate without boundaries, empower learners, and enable teachers to engage the entire world in classroom activities. It is ultimately important to understand the role of ICT in this classroom, as it would promote positive pedagogical changes in student learning, but also create a much more effective classroom and learning environment..