The use of Technology in Education The Importance of ICT in Education Advantages and Disadvantages of ICT in Education

2.  refers to technologies that provide access
to information through
telecommunications. It is similar
to Information Technology (IT). This
includes the Internet, wireless networks, cell
phones, and
other communication mediums.

4. According to Williams (1997), technology
can be seen merely as a social product rather
than a technology which is separate from
society.

5. According to Alasuutari and Ruuska
(1999) these global processes can be
understood only from the co- existence of
the uncontrollable economic development,
its cultural consequences and the policy-
based development related to these
phenomena.
These processes are influencing the
education system at the same time, but not
necessarily in the same direction.

6. How does ICT in Education
Initiatives Contribute to the
Millenium Development Goals?

7. Education and policymakers alike agree
that information and communication
technologies are of paramount importance
to the future of education.

8. 1. Increasing access through distance
learning.
2. Enabling a knowledge network for
students.
3. Training Teachers
4. Broadening the availability of quality
education
5. Enhancing the effectiveness of
educational administration and policy

10. Computers in education enable us to:
1. Teach more effectively.
2. Reach and teach more students.
3. Make the world our classroom.
4. Turn latchkey kids into connected kids.
5. Get ready for the future.

11. Computers in education disable us because:

12. Effective teaching all but
disappears. Good teaching requires
a personal connection. A teacher
who is gazing at a computer screen
is not teaching effectively. The
internet is unmonitored, filled with
erroneous information, political
propaganda, and phony research.

13. Computers are a health risks.
Computer use is associated with
increased eyestrain, repetitive
motion injury, and the obesity that
comes from a sedentary lifestyle.

14. Fundamental skills are sidelined.
As spelling and grammar tools
correct student writing and
computer screens replace
engagement with books, real
learning is compromised.
Tomorrow’s workers may become
powerless automatons.

16. According to Lewis Parelman, he argued
that knowledge acquisition is no longer
something that happens only in school;
now it occurs everywhere and is lifelong.

17. 1. Multimedia learning resources available
via information networks will proliferate
and become as essential feature of
education.
2. Students will become active learners,
collaborating with one another and with
more experienced members of society, to
seek out information and gain knowledge.

18. 3. Students will become active learners,
collaborating with one another and with more
experienced members of society, to seek out
information and gain knowledge.
4. Education will become a lifelong process,
important and accessible to all, and schools will
become centers of learning – not just for children,
but for all members of the community.