ICT stand for Information and Communication Technologies.
Literacy in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) is fundamental to
life in our modern technological society. ICT also plays the important role in
Education, means it could help to create the variety of "Teaching and
Learning ". Educational ICT tools can be divided into 3 categories: Input
source, Output source and others. Using ICT in Education cannot be separated
with the advantage and disadvantage of it. There are advantages of ICT tools
for education; images can easily be used in teaching and improving the
retentive memory of students, teachers can easily explain complex instructions
and ensure students' comprehension and they are able to create interactive classes
and make the lessons more enjoyable, which could improve student attendance and
concentration. On the other hand, there are also disadvantages of ICT tools for
education: setting up the devices can be very troublesome, too expensive to
afford and hard for teachers to use with a lack of experience using ICT tools. ICTs
help improve the quality of education. It can enhance the quality of education
in several ways: by increasing learner motivation and engagement, by
facilitating the acquisition of basic skills, and by enhancing teacher
training. There are many specific ICT tools in education:
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The Internet is not widely available in most
LDCs; radio and TV are Broadcast technologies
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Radio and TV can have high start-up costs, and
reinforce existing pedagogical styles
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Radio instruction has been used widely and is
reasonably well studied
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TV has been used with success in a few places
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In some cases, where markets have been
liberalized, ICTs are used to distribute educational content regionally within
a country
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CAI is not highly regarded by experts and in
OECD countries, but still receives much interest in LDCs
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It is unclear where to place computers to make
sure they are used most efficiently
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Multi-channel learning is a useful concept
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Satellite is much hyped, but under-studied
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New Internet technologies hold promise, but are
not yet operational
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Mobile Internet canters (vans, etc.) are being
deployed as a way to reach rural areas
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Community telecasters are a hot topic, but
successful, replicable models have not yet emerged
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The use of handheld devices is just now
receiving serious widespread attention
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‘Free software’ holds promise, but costs and
impact are still not well documented
Nowadays ICT tools provide us with a vast variety of opportunities to
evolve students. Free online tools for teaching and learning such as :
1.
Wallwisher
Wallwisher allows users to build virtual classroom Walls. It is a simple
in usage and effective tool easily integrated with traditional language course.
2.
Prezi
Prezi is a cloud-based (SaaS) presentation software and storytelling tool
for presenting ideas on a virtual canvas.
3.
Study Blue
It allows teachers and pupils to create sets of digital flashcards, then
generate online tests based on them.
4.
Animoto is a video-creation tool that teachers
and pupils can use to make dynamic videos, either for the classroom, VLE or for
special school events such as parents' evenings and open days.
5.
Wordle is another of those tools that may have
begun life as an online novelty, but which canny teachers have since co-opted
for use in the classroom.
6.
Storybirds makes available hundreds of
high-quality artist illustrations in a range of styles, which pupils can use to
illustrate their own ebook.
7.
Popplet is used as a mind-map, Popplet helps
students think and learn visually. Students can capture facts, thoughts, and
images and learn to create relationships between them.
8.
Google docs offers an on line word processing,
spreadsheet creation and presentation package.
9.
Dipity is an interactive timeline tool that
allows students to plot text and images, as well as video and audio clips, onto
a linear timeline.
10.
Storify is a content aggregator that pulls in
social media elements from sites such as Rickr, You Tube and Twitter, to create
illustrated multimedia "stories" about current and world events.
Source :
http://www.infodev.org/articles/use-specific-ict-tools-education
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