You are to develop a Plan to Implement a strategy for integration of ICT in your teaching for better student learning outcomes. Your plan should indicate how you will use Contemporary and emerging Technologies and Pedagogy.
This is known as the virtual age and Information and communication technology or ICT is the process by which individuals, organizations or government run in the virtual world. It is the system by which information is processed, analyzed and sorted so that the end user gets the information they are looking for (Martínez-Caro, Cegarra-Navarro and Cepeda-Carrión 2015). Communication is a process using medium to give or take information in order to express ideas, emotions, basic information etc. ICT is an amalgamation of audiovisual networks, applications or devices that helps individuals, governments or organizations to interact with one another (Morgado et al. 2014).
The communication medium has evolved itself a lot for facilitating today’s daily activities. ICT Stands for “Data and Communication Technologies.” ICT alludes to advances that give access to data through broadcast communications (Akarawang, Kidrakran and Nuangchalerm 2015). It is like Information Technology (IT), yet concentrates principally on correspondence advancements. In a previous couple of decades, data and communication improvements have furnished society with a huge range of new correspondence capacities.
This incorporates the Internet, remote systems, PDAs, and other communication mediums. For instance, individuals can impart progressively with others in various nations utilising advancements, for example, texting, voice over IP, and video-conferencing. Interpersonal interaction sites like Facebook permit clients from everywhere throughout the world to stay in contact and impart all the time (Bandyopadhyay and Thakur 2016). Current data and correspondence innovations have made a “worldwide town,” in which individuals can speak with others over the world as though they were living adjacent. Hence, ICT is frequently examined with regards to how present day correspondence advancements influence society.
The tools that are used in ICT are a dynamic and ever changing or upgrading itself. Starting from traditional transistors and radio to the progressive technologies like artificial intelligence and robotics. ICT is regularly used for the advancement of socio-economic development, interpersonal communication and also intrapersonal communication at times. ICT has now enabled an individual to be connected to the rest of the world with just a click (Clark and Mayer 2016). The advancement of technology and modern medium has drastically changed the life of everyone. Social media is the new calling of the millennial people lead their life on social media. As it is so impactful and so diverse in nature ICT should be used consciously by everyone. It is impossible to predict or to even realize the reach and the ultimate boundaries of information technology (en.unesco.org 2017).
According to Das and Das (2015), ICT has set a new paradigm and benchmark in the education system in the recent times. It has made the learning process less monotonous and more dynamic there is a plethora of medium that are available. There is a large shortage of trained and skilled teachers, thanks to ICT there are now provisions of online classes which facilitates whiteboard collaboration along with sharing the content with pupils across the world. It is of the new parameters of quality education that is taken into consideration by parents when they admit their child to an A league school or college. The present generation is growing up surrounded with information technology hence it is much easier for this generation to imbibe the e-learning technicalities. In compared to the traditional learning process ICT has enable teachers to engage children better and have given them a wider view of the subjects. It facilitates communicative learning process. Das and Das (2015) has discussed about blended learning and how growth of ICT in the education sector is going to elevate the procedure of distance learning program. In colleges and places of higher education ICT has a special role to play as it is enabling to remove the stigma associated to distance education, rather the technologies available is making it possible to teach various subjects and offer a lot more flexibility in the course curriculum. In the report they have also pointed out the difficulties that are being faced by the digitalization of classrooms. The biggest confrontation that has been observed is from the teachers as they tend to believe in the misconception that technology is going to replace teachers in the future. The authors call this a misconception because there is already a scarcity of skilled teachers around the world and the technology is only to help the teachers in the communication process. It is not a replacement but is only a helping hand. Rather it is the other way around where the technology is dependent on the teacher for the better understanding of the pupils. Another issue with the technology that is discussed is the lack of training among the teachers. Most teachers cannot use the technology at disposal to its full capability. Tough teachers from UK, US, Japan and Australia are comparatively more enthusiastic than other countries where the resources are available.
The part and capacity of utilisation Information Communication Technology (ICT) in precise instructing and learning in the classroom is to accomplish the targets of dialect educating and teaching. These days, schools and organisations give PCs as learning instruments to understudies to pick up information and experience (Rislana et al. 2016). By utilising PC, the understudies could without much of a stretch comprehend what their educator or speaker have instructed in class. The Web mainly gives more data and substitutes can achieve that data speedier than regular. It likewise offers many sorts of evidence and in the meantime, it is likewise could be advantageous learning instruments in training. Understudies could accumulate data from the web and trade their perspectives and suppositions with other individuals. This movement regards be a hone among understudies. Around then, the objective and target of instructing and learning process in the classroom could be accomplished. Likewise, there are many sorts of ICT devices, for example, original CD and interactive media programming.
For instance, Microsoft Power Point and Quran-in Word could bolster the dialect educating and learning in the classroom. With a specific end goal to enhance their Arabic Language, for instance, the utilisation of Information Communication Innovation (ICT) in the Arabic Language should be urged to understudies (Said et al. 2016). Doing practices in the classroom as far as gathering talks and introductions are among the primary practices in instructing and learning the process. Ordinarily, as a piece of the learning procedure, home work and in-class practices are given to understudies to enable them in changing the lesson what they to have realised in the classroom. A portion of the destinations of the activities is to set them up in taking care of issues. Numerous techniques can be utilised as a part of instructing and learning the process. One of the strategies is by utilising sight and sound exercises in legitimate strides of teaching and learning process in the classroom (Schulte 2014). Instructors could draw in the understudies’ enthusiasm by applying courseware and media programming in 8 appropriate strides for the dialect class exercises. The eight significant progress in dialect educating, what’s more, realising could satisfy instructional method angles and the educators can know whether the showing results have been entirely accomplished. Step One, educators need to get a quick lesson before going into the classroom. Step Two the teachers need to make understudies upbeat to learn, and that is by arranging intriguing set acceptance. Step Three and Four urge educators to comprehend and ace the subject and also conceivable because the lesson will be instructed utilising addressing and noting strategies. Step Five and Six will animate under study to be more innovative, helpful and dependable when they talk about and display their work. Step Seven will quantify and assess the educating and learning results or goals (Suzuki 2015). Step Eight will let understudies comprehend the fundamental indicates and prepare them to do their home work. In this way, applying mixed media exercises could enhance understudy’s dialect capability, and at the same time, they will acquire encounters utilising ICT.
Teaching is a profession that has been practiced from a long time. The student-teacher equation changes as the student grows up. In many cultural teachers are regarded above parents it is a profession to be respected and cultivated. Spreading knowledge requires skills, not everyone who is an expert in a subject has the ability to impart the knowledge. First of all it is important to understand that by learning people perceive the conventional classroom teaching. In order to cultivate the e-learning system what is important is a proper training for the teachers to enable them to use the facilities to its full capacity (Balta and Duran 2015). Dedicated time should be allotted to every teacher in the institution to learn the technicalities of using digital media to teach children. Based on the subject expertise of the teacher the training session should be held. Because teaching math is a lot different form teaching history even in the digital space (Cherner, Dix and Lee 2014). The idea of teachers being replaced by technology should be wiped out and the teachers should learn to use the technology at disposal to enhance their teaching abilities and make the student understand better. Some of the tools which can be used in the teaching medium are:
It is an expensive installation but one of the most widely used ICT components. It is a device more like a white board which can be attached to a laptop or a tablet. The elements can be moved and change places according to the need of the teacher, so that it is easy to explain it to the children. One of the most innovate feature of this board is that it can also work as the traditional black board where the teacher writes to explain (Mangano et al. 2014). Here the instructor can not only write but this text can be saved as a document. So after erasing the text from the board the information is not lost. This is very helpful, in case of young kids most of the time it is a problem that they cannot keep up with the pace of the teacher and miss out bits and pieces of the notes that the teacher is putting up on the board (Surjono 2014). After installing the board every teacher should receive a through training for at least 10 days to learn the optimum utility of the device. If it is used creatively it can prove useful, informative, fun and also interactive. This should training period should take place while there is a long vacation for the students, so that it doesn’t hamper the curriculum of the students. It is also important to incorporate the e-learning method from a fresh academic session instead of implementing it mid-way. Students may get confused and may not behave positively (bbcactive.com 2017). Though this is an expensive installation, it can also be deemed as cost effective because a fully equipped IT classroom is way more expensive than a whitebo
Audiovisual medium has grown in leaps and bounces with the advancement of technology. Technologies which are available to create audio or visual elements are also becoming less expensive and are widely used by common people. The availability of these audios or videos is also just a click away. If a lecture is accompanied by an audio or visual clip of the relevant subject then it is much easier for the student to grasp the concept and remember it. This is where the usage of the white board is also important. It is much more effective as it binds the knowledge that the lecturer is trying to impart (De-Marcos et al. 2014).
Social media is a revolutionary invention of this century, people from all over the word with an internet connection is connected to one another with a string. This is a set up ideal for distance education and learning purposes. This is mostly advisable for higher education, for students who are willing to learn and put that extra effort. Google plus or Google hangout is a popular platform and is being widely used for educational purposes. Seminars are held and participants from around the world are welcome to join. A seminar can also include a guest lecturer from another part of the world to the platform without being physically present through Skype or any other such medium (Hirsh-Pasek et al. 2015).
There are many free applications which can be used by students and educators for learning purposes but Google has come up with one exclusive application which is custom built for the purpose of teaching. It is effective and saves a lot of precious time of teachers and students it allows submission of paper less assignments and notes. Circulation of notes is also easy as it automatically programmed to create folders and slip in the notes through Google drive. It allows the student to work in an organized way and keep track of the curriculum and assignments that are due (nytimes.com 2017).
The foundation of the orderly approach to instructing and learning is a push to build up an effective instructing and learning an in-class framework that reflects four academic variables considered for its usage are:
Moreover, the talked with educators particularly underline the instructors’ disposition concerning the utilisation of ICT in training. New things are threatening and are causing resistance. The professors call attention to an ‘expert state of mind’. Imperative components of this state of mind are open for advancements as a rule and of ICT specifically (McGill, Koppi and Armarego 2014). In the distributed writing, there are signs for this too. Inside this theme, one of our respondents called attention to the way that ICT is the most central of changes (in training) up until now. Surprisingly, youngsters can accomplish something their folks can’t and which guardians really will never learn it similarly. Commonly for professional instruction in The Netherlands is the way that schools regularly give little-scaled courses, for the most part for the local work advertise. This requires an open state of mind with a solid emphasise on trading data and a different offer of chances. Notwithstanding for this, the instructor needs particular abilities (Reddy and Kumar 2014). It concerns skills like developing and looking after systems, social aptitudes and sensitivity for the issues organisations are confronting. An advanced driver’s permit and other particular ICT-aptitudes. From the writing and our meetings, we grabbed motions about alleged essential ICT information and abilities an instructor needed to have. Consequently, so-called ‘ICT drivers licenses’ have been made to fill in as instruments for proficient improvement of trainers. Nonetheless, a few inquiries can be gotten some information about their handiness. The feelings vary on this issue.
Conclusion
The difference between an animal and a human being is the presence of a conscious mind with which we have the ability to learn and adapt to the change and upgrade ourselves to live in a society. Knowledge is precious it empowers an individual to live a life of wellbeing. Hence teachers play an important role in the lives of every individual from a very young age. With the advancement of technology now there are several ways with which we can learn more easily. ICT like any other sphere of life has also changed the education system worldwide. Many argue that the traditional way is the most effective teaching method but it is this is a subjective behavior. It depends up on the circumstances, the subject and the person who is teaching along with many other circumstances.
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