The Importance Of Information Communication Technology In Education

Introduction

Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) in education helps to teach current student valuable knowledge and skills via computing and communications tools. Such as websites, apps, software in devices and other ICT tools help teachers to teach and kids to learn through learning theories.

Information Communication Technology (ICT) in education helps to spread the education globally and allows a greater right to use to it. Moreover, ICT increases the flexibility which means anyone can access knowledge at any time and disable the geographical obstacles.

As (Weert, 2005) have pointed out, learning is an ongoing lifelong activity where learners change their expectations by seeking knowledge, which departs from traditional

It allows teachers to control the presentation or a video many other operating applications in more flexible way. Smart board and the projector is directly connected to a computer and there is special soft software for the smart board to make more interactive. In the smart board screen, the teachers are able to click the button, highlight texts, drag and drop items anywhere in the screen, by using a special pen (Marker) in the smart board. Some other features of the smart board are software, video player, recorder, on screen keyboard and screen shades. It allows teachers to save what they have written or drawn and be able to send to students email via the internet. Science and mathematics students generate graphs and measurements can be displayed easily in the smart board.

The Smart board can be used in all subject areas and even it is a good tool for students with special needs. The Smart board plays a vital role to storing information for long-term memory (cognitivism) by playing interactive educational games, videos, and other activities. The Smart board helps to develop the constructivism by allowing students to constructing projects by using an interactive educational web page or

Even this website or app helps to store information into learner’s long-term memory.

This website focuses mainly on four area that is phonetics, flashcard maker, English idioms and cartoon maker.

Phonetics

In phonetic focus, section includes phonetics chart with a preferred accent of English, phonetic chart quiz which focus on consonants, vowels, and diphthongs. Phonemic hangman is an interesting interactive hangman game customize based on phonetic symbols and there are other games like phonetic Pelmanism, phonetic matching with alphabets, phonetic puzzle, phonetic flip, phonetic link, phonetic maze, shoot a phonetic symbol, half and half and odd Phon’ out.

Some of the special features are phonetics record and practice and chart poster. Can create customized flashcards based on levels and necessary for the lesson. After doing an exercise can share it with friends with email and it has self-evaluating exercises.

Flashcard