INFORMATION & COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES

Technologies Used in Education

Junhel Dalanon, DDM, MAT

What is ICT?

• The term, information and communication technologies (ICT), refers to forms of technology that are used to transmit, store, create, display, share or exchange information by electronic means. This broad definition of ICT includes such technologies as radio, television, video, DVD, telephone (both fixed line and mobile phones), satellite systems, computer and network hardware and software; as well as the equipment and services associated with these technologies, such as videoconferencing, e-mail and blogs.

What is IT?

• Information technology (IT) is "the study, design, development, implementation, support or management of computer-based information systems, particularly software applications and computer hardware", according to the Information Technology Association of America(ITAA).

Important Considerations

• Educational goals• Professional development• Students per classroom• Special needs or disabled

students• Funding resources• Electrical system• Other physical conditions• Physical security• Technical support and

management

• Movement of students throughout the school

• Climate• Connecting computers

together• Student-to-computer ratio• Community use• Internet connectivity• Space and electricity issues

Technology Strategy to Support Pedagogical Approaches

• Using tools and templates• Using models/simulations• CSCW environments

(computer-supportedcollaborative work)

• Electronic mail• Video- and/or audio

conferencingand audio graphics

• Lecturing/demonstrating• Broadcasting

• Hypermedia resources• Didactic courseware• Automated testing/feedback• Intelligent tutoring systems

(ITSs)(adaptive courseware)

Computer Hardware

• How to configure hardware in schools• How to network computers• What hardware?

Computer Software

• Operating system software• Apple computer systems:• • Apple’s own network operating system

• Linux• For Intel-based computers:• • Microsoft NT

• Novel Netware• Linux

• Open source• Open Source is the most accessible and free of all, as it permits copies of the original source,

so that anyone can use it and can contribute to its binary format.

• Basic computer application software• Educational software• Internet-related and delivered software

Modes of Connection

• Simulated Internet• Dial-up Connection• Dedicated Connection and Other

Connectivity Options• Satellite Technologies

Taken from:

http://www.unescobkk.org/education/ict/