Incorporating Information and communication technologies (ICT) has benefited in the process of learning (Pohio, 2009). However, the impact of ICT has also brought bad influences to children. Children are gaining access to inappropriate content for their ages. This leads to violence and aggression among children (Van Evra, 1990). Children often use computers as a communication tool and use abbreviated forms and incorrect spellings, which lead to corruption of language and the degradation in spelling among youth (Vosloo, 2009).
This is what our older generation thought.
As a future educator, I believe that the advancement of technological gadgets has brought many noticeable changes towards teaching and learning. Now learning can be taken anywhere, any place, as technology is part of our daily lives. ICT are valuable tools for developing thinking skills, and facilitate critical thinking and higher order learning (Chan, n.d.). Besides this technology helps to teach students with learning difficulties such as visually impaired students, kinesthetic or tactile learners, deaf and hearing-impaired learners and other special need children (Smart technologies, 2006). This enables students to develop higher order thinking skills increasing the ability to better present the learning material, provide clarification, using models and explanations to teach complicated concepts (Kennewell et al., 2007; H. Smith et al, 2005).
Below are very useful websites that will help us understand better the importance of ICT for our future education. Tell me what you think
Reference
Chan. P., (n.d.). the role of ICT in a Constructivist Approach To the teaching of thinking Skils PDF , School of Information and Communications Technology. Nee Ann Polytechnic
Computer-Mediated Communication in Distance Education. The American Journal of Distance
Education, 9(2), 7-25.
Kennewell, S. (2001). Interactive whiteboards - yet another solution looking for a problem to
solve? Information Technology in Teacher Education, 39(Autumn), 3 – 6.
Prof. Jamieson, R. (2010). Lecture 6-Number Sense & Numeration. Retrieved
September 18th, 2010 from
http://usqstudydesk.usq.edu.au/file.php/15747/Week_6/Lecture_6_notes.pdf
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