ICT based resource materials

1. ICT BASED RESOURCE
MATERIALS
Submitted to:
Mrs. Sushama Prabha
Lecturer in Natural
Science
Submitted by:
Sneha.S
Natural Science
Submitted on:
25.07.2015

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CONTENTS PAGE
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1 Introduction 3 - 4
2 ICT based resourced material 5
3 Educational CD developed by SIET 6 – 9
4 Educational CD developed by NCERT 10 - 11
5 Non-governmental agencies for learning
of biology at secondary level 11
6 IT @ School 12
7 Conclusion 13
8 Reference 14

3. INTRODUCTION
Gurukul System of Education was in vogue in India. The main
characteristics of Gurukul System were dedicated and knowledgeable
teachers, individualized and learner centre teaching, and self-
motivated students eager to learn. This system changed due to
increase in number of students. Consequently, the number of teachers
increased. Some teachers are born but rests of them have to be given
rigorous training so as to develop required competency to become a
teacher. Teachers have been conscious about the quality of their
teaching. To enhance the quality, some teachers use teaching aids,
like, charts, models – static & working, specimen, slides, etc. because
teachers are given training both in preparation and use of Audio-
visual Aids. It is a known fact that majority of schools do not have
appropriate teaching aids related to the school content. So teachers
have no facility to use A – V Aids during teaching. The use of A – V
Aids get further restricted due to unmotivated persons becoming
teachers. Central Government realized the need of improving quality
of education through the use of Television wherein most competent
teacher teaches the topic with the help of most appropriate teaching
aids. This helped in improving the quality of teaching in schools
having no teacher to teach the subject, less competent teacher, schools
having poor or no facility of teaching aids, etc. Programmes offered

4. through television were produced by different State Institute of
Educational Technology (SIET) in different languages. Even the
Video Instructional Materials were produced and made available to
teachers; still majority of schools did not make use of them. Some of
the reasons were no facility of TV and VCR, no electricity, TV and
VCR not in working condition, not incorporated in the time table, lack
of initiation on the part of teacher and Principal, etc. Along with
A – V Aids, the print media has to go a long way in improving the
quality of teaching and learning. Format in which the textbooks were
written was not beneficial for teachers and students. Researchers
started thinking and using different Theories of Learning for
developing Instructional Material. This gives birth to Programmed
Learning Material based on Operant Conditioning Theory of
Learning. Programmed Learning Materials were compared with that
of Lecture Method or Conventional Method.

5. ICT BASED RESOURCE MATERIAL:
A teaching aid can be defined as any action that the teacher
planned to use in the design or development of the curriculum to
approximate the content or facilitate, mediate learning experiences.
Traditional teaching aid can arrange training through information
resources, collaboration tools and learning resources. The term
information and communication technology encompasses the
advanced technologies for information processing and communication
designed to encourage information and communication processes.
ICT for teaching facilitates the creation of multimedia content,
collaborative environment and e-learning scenarios. ICT applied to
the training process can be divided in to information resources,
collaboration resources and learning resources. The use of teaching
resources is required to illustrate the construction model, integrate
data into the design process and ensure the adequacy of the
presentation of instructional content by programming teaching units.
It is noted that educational media includes the following functions
that is to motivate, arouse and maintain interest, provide information.
Guide student learning, organizing information, linking knowledge,
creating new knowledge and applying it. Provide simulations that
provide environments for observation, exploration and
experimentation. Provide environments for expression and creation.

6. EDUCATIONAL CD DEVELOPED BY SIET:
The State Institute of Educational Technology (SIET) is developing a
package of video CDs for all government run higher secondary school
in Kerala. The purpose of the video CD is to train students to crack
the entrance examinations for engineering and medical courses. The
SIET will supplies its entrance top winner package to the schools. The
package has 20 CDs each of one hour duration for the medical
entrance and 25 CDs for the engineering entrance. The SIET is in a
process to train teachers to use the CDs in class.
Brief description of Programme
Educational CD Production:-SIET Kerala has produced and
marketed around 900 Educational CDs both in English &Malayalam
language. SIET Kerala is the biggest educational CD production and
making agency in India, CD Library Project:- The SIET has
implemented CD Library project in 3500 LP Schools, 2900 UP
Schools, 1800 High Schools and 1247 Higher Secondary Schools,
Students Aptitude Test:- SIET Kerala has now acquired the
technology to conduct the Aptitude, Interest personality test for the
students, This is an online test with duration of one and half hour.
SIET Kerala has now got orders from the Tribal Department, Kerala
State to conduct this test for the entire High School and higher
Secondary School Students of the State of Kerala studying under the
schools of the Tribal department. SIET Kerala is planning to conduct
this aptitude Test for the entire 10th std students of the Kerala State

7. from the year 2012 onwards., Kerala State Children’s Educational
Film Festival:- Seen as the hall mark of the past couple of years,
Children’s Film Festival conducted by SIET has set an example in
the field of video literacy across the country and helped in bringing
out the untapped potential in students. Festival which was first
organised in the year 2008 is the largest children’s Film Festival in
Asia. One of the major objectives behind the festival is to provide a
broad platform for various films made for children and by the
children. During the past four years the festivals with the theme”
Children have something to see, “hear and say” were held in four
different districts of the state at Thiruvananthapauram, Kollam,
Malappuram and Kozhikkode, Free and Open Learning Web Portal:-
SIET Kerala developed free and open learning web portal
www.sietkerala.gov.in for the High school, Higher secondary and
vocational Higher secondary school students of Kerala. Interactive
Multimedia Programmes based on academic subject such as Maths,
Physics, Chemsitry, Biology and other seven vocational subjects are
available in the portal, Around 20 lakh students will be benefited from
this free and open web portal.
The Educational Programmes produced by the SIET have won
wide acclaim and appreciation from the student – teacher -parent
community of the Kerala State. At present the SIET telecasts
Educational programmes through Doordarshan from 6.30 AM to
7 AM on DDI on a daily basis. These programmes through the
EDUSAT Channel of the Department of Education, Govt.of Kerala

8. from 7 AM to 11 PM every day. The SIET has been implementing
CD Library project with the prime intention of initiating our children
into E – learning that is currently being implemented across the
world. This is mainly to promote the level of learning of our students
to the international standard. The Prime objective of the project is to
start CD libraries in all the Educational institutions in our state. It is a
matter of pride for the SIET that CD libraries have been introduced in
2500 high schools and 3000LP/UP schools in our state. It is worth
mentioning that Kerala is the first state in India to implement a project
of this kind.
The State Institute of Educational Technology, SIET was constituted
by Government of India in all the States with an intention to promote
the level of learning and also to educate the students eith the help of
radio and Television. SIET Kerala is the latest in the array of 7
SIET’s in the country. Department of Education, Ministry of Human
Resources Development, Government of India SIET Kerala was
constituted under the Travancore Literary Scientific and Charitable
societies Act 1951 on 08.09.1999 as an autonomous society with
register No. T. 1373/99. It works as an agency under the Department
of Education, Government of Kerala. It is responsible for the
planning, research, production and evaluation of educational software
like video, audio programmes and computer multimedia. It also aims
to implement schemes to generate teaching technologies and learning
process in the modern context. The Institute has adopted itself to play
a catalytic role in fostering as well as supporting as well as supporting

9. and supplementing the educational movement in the state particularly
in the arena of primary education. Its arena of operation covers the
preparation of video/audio programmes for the children of 5 to 17
years of age (class 1 to class 12) and the teachers in the regional
language in the form of supportive factor for the conventional class
room teaching. * Production of Educational / Enrichment programmes
for Telecast/ Broadcast through TV / Radio and communication
through CD/ DVD * Designing and production of teaching Aids * To
administer the Educational Technology Programmes and assignment
of work to agencies in both Govt. and Non- Govt. Sector * Imparting
training to production personnel and teachers * Conduct research and
evaluation of new media education materials. * Assist schools to set
up infrastructure to schools and monitoring their utilisation activities
* Dissemination of TV / Radio (Audio Visual) programmes through
available commercial channels * Patronizing production of TV and
Audio educational materials * Implement CD Library project in all
the 140 constituencies of Kerala state and declare Kerala as the 100
percent- learning state. * Research and develop learning materials for
blind students.

10. EDUCATIONAL CD DEVELOPED BY NCERT:
It is well accepted that Information and Communication Technologies
(ICT) have an immense potential to impact education – of children, of
teachers, of teacher educators and others, and provide newer and more
effective ways of mitigating some of the challenges being faced by
the educational system of our country. These technologies distinguish
themselves by their rapid evolution, continuously changing the modes
of engagement with them. A decade long infusion of computers, and
more recently ICT, have demonstrated varying impacts on learning.
Besides, ICT are also among the most expensive of investments,
causing much confusion regarding practices that have the best returns
on investments. Under these circumstances, the recent National Policy
on ICT in School Education is a beacon which directs future
implementations. Guided by the Policy, and anchoring firmly on the
National Curriculum Framework, this document unveils generic
curricula for the school system. The school context is riddled with
disparities emerging primarily from socioeconomic sources, but
manifested as denial of access. At any given instant of time, therefore,
one encounters schools at different levels of preparedness for ICT
infusion, teachers with varying levels of awareness of and ability to
use ICT in education and students with varied levels of exposure.
Fitting a curricular prescription into such diversity calls for an
openness in approach. The present document shares the resolve of the
National Curriculum Framework to respect the right of every learner
to negotiate learning spaces on their own and develop their unique

11. world views. Accordingly it underscores the need for opportunities of
exploration, exercising of imagination and creativity and connecting
to and being a part of the larger community of learners, thereby
influencing and impacting human understanding. The NCERT
appreciates the work done by the ICT Curriculum Group in
articulating a response to the emergent need. Several persons have
contributed to the development of the curricula; we are grateful to
each of them. We hope that the curricula laid out here will not only be
found relevant but also help orient technology use towards more
meaningful applications in education.
NON GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES FOR THE
LEARNING OF BIOLOGY AT SECONDARY LEVEL;
A non-governmental organization, maintains an International
Directory which "contains contact information of about 467 quality
assurance bodies, accreditation bodies and Ministries of Education in
175 countries. The quality assurance and accreditation bodies have
been authorized to operate by their respective governments either as
agencies of the government or as private (non-governmental)
organizations.

12. IT @ SCHOOL
IT @ School provides ICT enabled education to 1.6
million students per year in the state . It endeavors to enhance the
intellectual productivity of teacher and the curricular comprehension
of students. The work of the project saw 4 million students and 0.2
million teachers empowered in ICT through a network of dedicated
200 Master Trainers and 5600 IT Co-ordinators. IT @ School is the
nodal agency for implementing EDUSAT network and runs an
exclusive channel for education called 'VICTERS' (Virtual Classroom
Technology on Educate for Rural Schools). The project has now
associated with BSNL to provide Internet broad band connectivity to
all high schools in Kerala. The success of the Project can be
visualised by the conduct IT practical examination in free software for
about 4 million students, first of this kind in the world with so much
vast resourceful deployment of free software. The efforts of Project
saw deployment of adequate IT infrastructure to all schools including
computers and other accessories. Single largest simultaneous
deployment of FOSS based ICT education in the world.

13. CONCLUSION
The modern technological features of the Interactive White board
have advanced in line with other ICT media and the possibilities of
future use in the classroom are endless. Already it is possible for a
class of students to collectively participate in Interactive White board
lessons through the use of e-note books. Meanwhile programs
designed specifically for use with Interactive Whiteboards enable
students to manipulate 3-D images around the board.
It is undeniable that we have a fascinating future ahead of us as
ICT technology takes us forward into the 21st century. It is therefore
the responsibility of all educators to maintain high levels of ICT
fluency, particularly of all educators to maintain high levels of ICT
fluency, particularly in regard to the use of the Interactive
Whiteboard.
Our goal must be to create a sound basis for pedagogical and
curriculum outcomes for all students of all ages through the
integration of ICT across all fields of teaching and learning.

14. REFERENCE
1. http://wes.elestonline.com
2. Wikipedia