As you could see on the topic, I have searched the information to support this statement that I think no one refuse to accept it. For your information ICT (Informations and Computer Technology) is the term used to refer to the integrated use of information, informatics, and communication tools and infrastructure to assist in the dissemination of knowledge (Franklin,2006). According to (Heeks,1999), ICT can also be viewed as ‘the electronic means of capturing, processing, storing, and communicating information’. With the advent of globalisation, ICTs are sometimes seen to be divided into ‘old’ technologies such as radio, television, telephones and public address systems and ‘new’ technologies such as computer hardware, software, networks, and the Internet. Gersten and Zimmermann (2005), as well as Harris (2004), point out that, under suitable conditions, ICTs have the potential to induce social and economic developement in terms of health care, improve education, employment, agriculture and trade, enrich local culture, provide access to relevant information and so on.
Everyone know about the useful of ICT even for kindergarten and tertiery students. For examples, at the kindergarten nearest to my house, it were accomodated with technologies which is includes computer, and LCD projector. My aunt who as a teacher at the kindergarten there told me that nowadays, there are ways to make the children love and enjoy their education. So that, the children are happy to go to school as their know that education are interesting.
With ICT, lecturer and teacher can encourage a greater degree of conctructivist learning within their format. There are way to do this by posing questions and problems, offering visual imagery to stimulate a creative response to issues, and teaching across Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences (Gardner and Hatch 1990).
Other than that, the creative use of ICT, especially presentation software such as PowerPoint can be renewed energy and change direction to the lecture format Clark (2008). ICT can creatively enhance the lectures in tertiary institutions and help bridge the divide between direct and conctructivist learning models. The key element in use of PowerPoint as a presentation tool is its potential to increase and maintain student interest and attention to the lecture when combined with active teaching and student involvement.
In summary, ICT have brings alot of increase in educational as for kids at the kindergarten althought the students in tertiary institutions. ICT can remaining student focus rather than presenter focus that will encourage interest students to understand.
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Franklin,M (2006) Suggested Best Practise for Pursuing Developement and Poverty Reduction Through National ICT Strategies Journal of Eastern Carribean Studies VOL. 31, No. 4, December 2006, pp. 85-104.
Heeks,R (2004) ‘Information and Communication Technologies, Poverty and Developement. Developement Working Paper series, Institute for Developement Policy and Management, University of Manchester. (accessed on http://www.man.ac.uk/idpm/diwpf5.htm )
Gersten.R and Zimmerman.S (2005) ‘Upscaling Pro ICT Policies and Practises.’SDC and MSSRF’.
Harris,R (2004) ‘Information Communication Technologies for Poverty Alleviation’. UNDP-APDIP, Malaysia.
Gardner,H., and T.Hatch (1990) Multiple Intelligences go to school: Educational Implications of the theory of multiple intelligences. CTE Technical Report Issue no. 4. http://www.edc.org/CCT/ccthome/reports/tr4.html
