USE OF ICT IN EDUCATION

  USE OF ICT  IN EDUCATION

INFORMATION  AND  COMMUNICATION  TECHNOLOGY

ICT: Meaning, Advantages, disadvantages and Uses.

 General abbreviations and terminology

 Basics of internet and email

ICT: Meaning :

UNESCO has defined ICT as  a  forms of technology that are used to transmit, process, store, create, display, share or exchange information by electronic means. It includes not only  the  traditional technologies like radio and  television, but also modern ones like cellular phones, computer and network, hardware and software, satellite systems and so on, a s   well  as  various services and applications associated with them, such as videoconferencing.

Information	Technologies
Creation	Personal Computers,  Digital camera,  Scanner, Smartphone
Processing	Calculator, PC, Smartphone
Storage	CD, DVD, Pen drive,  Microchip, Cloud
Display	PC, TV, Projector, Smartphone,
Transmission	Internet, Teleconference,  Video conferencing, Mobile technology, Radio
Exchange	e-mail, Cellphone,

ICT is represented in more details in the table below

ICT
TRANSMITING	LAN ;WAN ; MAN ; WiFi ; GPRS ; Internet ; Bluetooth ; Infrared ;
STORING	Hard Disk ; CD/DVD ; Flash Drive ; Cloud  Storage
CREATING	Blog ; Camera ; Website ; Screencasting ; Digital Recoding ; Multimedia Audio ; Video ; Text ; Graphics ; Animation
COLLABORATING	Wikipedia ; Wiki ; Chats ; Forum ; e-mail ; Web Conferencing ; Social  Networking
PROCESSING	CPU ; MIS ; ERP ; GIS ; GPS ; DATA ; PC ; Spreadsheet ; Stastical Tools ; Data Analysis ; Data loggers ; Laptop ; Phablet ; Smart Phone ; Computing Devices ;
DISPLAYING	LCD ; CRT ; LED ; Projector ; TV ; Touch Screne ;  Monitor ; Printer ; Interactive Board ; Google Glass ; Document Camera ; VRD ; OLED ; Holographic ;
RETRIEVING	Browser ; Data Base ; Meta data ; Meta search ; Book making ; Data mining ; Search engine ;

ADVANTAGES  OF  ICT

1.Communication - Speed , time   money can be saved because  it’s much quicker to move information   with the help  of ICT

2. Globalization - Video conferencing saves money on flights and accommodation. ICT has not only brought the countries and people closer together, but it has allowed the world's economy to become a single interdependent system to contact either a business or family member.

3. Cost effectiveness - It feels free to send an email; it’s without doubt cheaper than phone calls. ICT has also helped to automate business practices, thus restructuring businesses to make them exceptionally cost effective.

4.Greater Availability -  I C T   has made it possible for businesses to be automated giving clients access to a website or voicemail 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

5.Bridging the cultural gap – Greater access to technology has helped to bridge the cultural gap by helping the  people from different cultures to communicate with one another, and allow for  th e  exchange of views and ideas, thus increasing awareness and reducing prejudice.

6.Creation of new jobs

7.Education – Computer  along with their programs and the Internet have created educational opportunities not available to previous generations.

8.Through ICT , images can easily be used in teaching and improving the retentive memory of student.

9.Complex structure - through ICT, teachers can easily explain complex structure ,instruction and ensure students comprehension.

10.Through ICT , teachers are able to create  interactive classrooms and make the lesson more enjoyable..

DISADVANTAGES  OF  ICT

1.Education – Computer’s along with their programs and the Internet have created educational opportunities not available to previous generations.

2.Lack of job security – Experts in a wide variety of fields believe that ICT has made job security a big issue, since technology keeps on changing nearly every day.

3.Overriding Cultures - While ICT may have made the world a global village, it has also contributed to one culture consuming another weaker one.

4.Privacy - Though information technology may have made communication quicker, easier, and more convenient, it has also brought along privacy issues.

5. Reliance on Technology –  P rofessor Ian Robertson, a neuropsychology expert based at Trinity College Dublin who carried out the study, said: “People have more to remember these days, and they  a re   relying on technology for their memory but the less you use of your memory, the poorer it becomes.

6. Reliability of Information – Anyone with the  access to a computer and an internet connection internet can start a blog or post something up on a website, so just because something’s on the web doesn't mean it’s reliable.  E xample   of this is  the open source  encyclopedia, Wikipedia, although considered a good source of information it is not recognized by academic institutions  as a trustworthy reference.

7.Computer viruses, Trojans, worms,  malware, spam, phishing- any or all can cause chaos and disrupt our daily lives

8.Setting - setting up the device can be very trouble some.

9.Expansive - too expansive to afford.

10.Lack of experience - hard for teachers to use with a lack of experience using ICT tools.