ICT in Education

ABOUT ICT IN EDUCATION  

 



The developments in the use of the electronic media have influenced all walks of life. Education is no exception to this. The use of computers and the internet for enhancing the quality of education by making learning more relevant to life has been seen as an ideal by educational institutions. The citizens of tomorrow who are our students now are going to live in the age of the electronic media. How are we preparing them for the same? Are we giving them technology based Education? Are we giving them exposure to the use of computers and the itnernet? Have we integrated the ICT into classroom processes? What are the efforts made by the department in this direction? What does policy say about ICT in Education? There are several such questions which we need to probe into. An understanding of these issues will enable us to use the ICT more meaningfully in Education.

In this section you will read a detailed discussion of the issues raised above. It is assumed that a good theoretical orientation towards ICT in Edcuation will help you design your own stratagies for implementing it. ICT in Education can be seen from two angles. Brief introduction to some ICT programmes implemented in Karnataka
 * 1) It refers to the use of ICT for enhancing learning.
 * 2) Providing an exposure to the use of ICT in general which will basically include the use of computers.
 * 1) Computer Education and Computer Based Education in Schools.(Select 'Education Technology Cell' in Contents Tab of the given link)
 * 2) Intel Teach Programme.(Select COLLABORATIVE PROGRAMMES WITH NGO in Contents Tab of the given link)
 * 3) AIF-DE Programe.(Select 'American India Foundation' in COLLABORATIVE PROGRAMMES WITH NGO in Contents Tab of the given link)
 * 4) ICT in Classroom -T4(TTTT)Programme.
 * 5) Subject Teacher Forums

 

Further Readings on ICT in Education
USING & TEACHING EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY 

Wiki Books 

ICT in Education by Victoria L. Tinio 

UNESCO on ICTs In Education 

The World Bank on ICT and Education   

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 * 1) Enter the website http://dsert.kar.nic.in and find out which Programme tells us about ICT.
 * 2) Visit http://www.aif.org/and http://www.intel.com/education/teach/ prepare short notes on programme highlights.
 * 3) Visit http://www.itforchange.net/ and familiarise yourself with their activities.
 * 4) Use the references given in other modules. Save the relevant pages in your folder.
 * 5) Consolidate all your references and prepare your own write up on ICT in Education and send the same to the online facilitators.
 * 6) Consolidate Data regarding Mahithi Sindhu/RCP/EFC/ICT Phase-1 and Phase-2 Schools in your District.
 * 7) Visit Mahiti Sindhu schools and discuss the progress of Computer Education and Computer Based Education.

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