3. Outline
What is technology?
What does it mean to teach or learn using ICT
tools?
How to source information or resources?
Skills that can be acquired through the use of
ICT tools.
Advantages of Technology in the classroom
Disadvantages of Technology in the classroom
Conclusion
Reference
-1-
4. “We cannot solve our problems with
the same thinking we used when
we created them”.
Albert Einstein
“You must be the change you
wish to see in the world”.
Mahatma Gandhi
-2-
5. -3-
What is technology?
Technology refers to the collection of
tools that make it easier to use, create,
manage and exchange information.
“Technology is just a tool. In terms
of getting the kids working together
and motivating them, the teacher is
the most important”. (Bill Gates, 2010)
6. It means the use of:
Computers
What does it mean to teach
or learn using ICT tools?
-4-
7. What does it mean to teach
or learn using ICT tools?
It means the use of:
Laptops
-5-
8. It means the use of:
Notebooks
What does it mean to teach
or learn using ICT tools?
-6-
9. It means the use of:
Smartphones
What does it mean to teach
or learn using ICT tools?
-7-
10. It means the use of:
PDAs
What does it mean to teach
or learn using ICT tools?
-8-
11. It means the use of:
LCD Projectors
Or Beamers
What does it mean to teach
or learn using ICT tools?
-9-
12. It means the use of:
Internet and email
What does it mean to teach
or learn using ICT tools?
-10-
13. It means the use of:
Software
What does it mean to teach
or learn using ICT tools?
-11-
14. Teachers and students can find information on
Anything, Anytime, Anywhere using…
How to source information
or resources
-12-
15. How to handle information
or resources
Teachers and students can find information on
Anything, Anytime, Anywhere using…
-13 -
16. Skills that can be acquired
through ICT tools
Teachers and students can get the
following skills…
Blogging
Podcasting
Programing
Designing
Tagging
Uploading
Twittering
Bookmarking
-14-
17. Teachers and students can get the
following skills…
Searching
Editing
Downloading
Subscribing Linking
Experimenting
Commenting
Crowdsourcing
Skills that can be acquired
through ICT tools
-15-
18. Technology Promotes individual learning.
Technology bridges the gap between
teachers and students
Technology Encourages group learning
Technology simplifies teachers work
Advantages of Technology
in the classroom
-16-
19. Distraction in the classroom
It is expensive: Schools with small
budgets can not afford.
Requires Training: Both teachers and
students need extra training on how to use
various educational technologies.
Disadvantages of
Technology in the classroom
-17-
20. In today’s society, the use of ICT has become
part and parcel of human life and is fast
becoming the digitalized enhanced teaching
and learning norm in education.
Conclusion
-18-