IMPACT OF ICT ON EDUCATION

IMPACT OF ICT ON EDUCATION

IMPACT ON CURRICULUMShared learning resources: Television monitors provide details of timetables, projects and assessment, mealtime menus and a host of other useful up-to-the-minute information. There are also regular play-outs of short films and videos created by children, and some schools can use several channels for broadcast purposes.Shared learning spaces: Networked computing facilities create a distributed environment where learners can share work spaces, communicate with each other and their teachers in text form, and access a wide variety of resources from internal and external databases via web based systems through the Internet.The promotion of collaborative learning: Reasoning and intellectual development is embedded in the familiar social situations of everyday life so the social context of learning has a great deal of importance. Collaborative learning is therefore taking an increasing profile in the curricula of many schools, with ICT playing a central role. Schools are already starting to use discussion lists, and other forms of computer mediated communication (CMC) to promote collaboration in a variety of learning tasks and group projects.The move towards autonomous learning: At the same time, computers - and the power they bring to the student to access, manipulate, modify, store and retrieve information - will promote greater autonomy in learning. Inevitably, the use of ICT in the classroom will change the role of the learner, enabling children to exert more choice over how they approach study, requiring less direction from teachers. Students will be able to direct their own studies to a greater extent, with the teacher acting as a guide or moderator rather than as a directorTEACHING USING ICTThere are various tools of ICT like white board video conferencing systemweb-based resourceselectronic and digital libraries and many more, which supports learning and teaching.

Teachers benefit from it, as it helps in reducing the duplication of effort when preparing lesson plans, worksheets and reports as well as it provide method for teaching like through Multimedia presentations of the content, by audio and through video conferencing and even they can share there view, resources

LEARNING USING ICTThe development of various intellectual skills is noted e.g. reasoning and problem solving, learning how to learn and creativity.Specificity of what is learned using the new technologies is broadened and deepened.Students demonstrate a greater spontaneous interest in a learning ActivityThe time and attention devoted to learning activities increases when students use ICT.The ease of access to information sources develops the research spirit.Broader co-operation among individuals within and beyond school is enabled through technologies.

CHANGED ROLE OF TEACHERS AND MODERATORSThe changes that took place in schools have changed the roles of teachers, too. In the past teachers used to be the major source of knowledge, the leader and educator of their students' school life. Teachers would organise after-school activities. They used to be the authority in the class and often took over the role of parents.Nowadays, teachers provide information and show their students how to tackle them. Although they are still considered to be a kind of leader in the class, they can be thought of as facilitators in the learning process. They are supporters rather than educators and also advisors towards parents.

IMPACT ON TEACHERSSelf-improvement.Changed role as mentors