Importance Of Ict In Teacher Education

Since the beginning of the school, the teachers have been a very necessary asset for a school. In today’s world technology and teachers are seen as the biggest assets for a school system. The technology is a very important tool in the school system if it is applied and used correctly. The success of the technology is based on the teacher's use of the technology. All together teachers and technology go hand in hand in the roles of the students.

In education: technology has change the way teacher teaches and how students learn. Technology has been proven to put teachers in a better position in monitoring and tracking their student’s progress and achievements. For example, the use of technology has made it possible for University of People to be in existence. Without technology we will not be here today discussing about its impact on

ICT has become one of the most common resources in daily life. ICT has transformed the way people communicate and learn in almost every aspect of modern life for education (Higgins, 2007). Many countries have recognised ICT as a core part of education, along with writing and reading (Amin, 2008). The term ICT has had misconceptions that ICT refers to computers only, in circumstance this is incorrect. According to Pelgrum and Law (2003) during the 1980’s the word computers was given the title of IT (information technology), this demonstrated a shift of focus from computing technology to the ability to store and recover data. The term ICT was then introduced in 1992 (Pelgrum and Law, 2003).

Teachers can use technology to teach various subjects and to find out more information on how to present a topic in a new and exciting way. Teachers can also allow students to use technology to broaden their learning experiences tremendously.

Education is one of the areas of greatest benefit with the implementation of the technology. In the classroom technological means are used to offer students a teaching dynamic, versatile and efficient, making one innovative teaching-learning process. A variety of technological equipment that is used in the classroom and in libraries, such as televisions, video cameras, projector, computer, video, recorders, digital camera among other technological systems.

It likewise upgrades the relationship in the middle of teacher and student. At the point when technology is successfully coordinated into branches of knowledge, teachers develop into parts of counselor, substance master, and mentor. Technology helps make teaching and adapting more serious and fun. Technology has a few advantages. Anyhow teachers who will by and by administer students can't be supplanted. It is difficult to walk far from technology as it has effectively entered the general public, especially the procedure of getting

The use of ICT technology in teaching instruction is expanding rapidly in the twenty-first century. Studies about the importance of technology in teaching and learning are also appearing in a growing numbers. Previous research indicates that technologies, particularly computer could “facilitate communication, reduce anxiety, encourage oral discussion, develop the writing/thinking connection, nurture social or cooperative learning, promote egalitarian class structures, enhance student motivation, facilitate cross-cultural awareness, and improve writing skills” Ynag & Chen (2007,p.2) . In light of these positive effects, an increasing number of scholars have examined the importance of ICT in teaching and learning.

Technology involves using tools to solve problems. From the perspective of a teacher, technology helps present information to students. A smart board or a Promethean board is a form of technology that helps present materials during a lesson. Students with visual impairments and visual learners benefit from the usage of smart boards and Promethean boards. For example, while doing observations for a second-grade class I noticed a teacher using an electronic version of their math textbook. Students had their textbooks out and the teacher had it up on the smart board so that they could all work on problems together. When I was in elementary school there were only black boards. However, I did take computer classes all throughout elementary school and all my classrooms had computer centers. I was not exposed to a smartboard until I reached middle school. One goal of adding the smart boards was to make both students and students more technologically savvy. Another goal was to increase the interaction and interest of students within the classroom. Midway through the seventh-grade, the classrooms got Promethean boards. At first, they were confusing to use, but by the time the year ended I was able to use them, so I achieved the goal of being more technologically savvy. Despite the initial confusion, they were fun to use in the classroom. My reading teacher would get electronic books and put them on the board as we read a story. At the end of a unit, this teacher would create Jeopardy

TEACHER’S AWARENESS ON THE UTILIZATION OF ICT FACILITIES FOR BIOLOGY TEACHING IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN MATAZU LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, KATSINA STATE

Technology is useful to have around like when kids get lost or when parents need them to track their kids. Technology can be useful in other ways, like technology is better for education. Also, keeping touch with family and friends, and for emergencies.

Management uses ICT to keep records of students, students’ progress, to address problems and notices regarding education. Teachers use ICT to make lesson plans, worksheets, and attendance, daily records of class, to find and store resources and to assign different assessments furthermore ICT is also used by teachers to motivate students and also the role of the teacher has changed due to ICT. For example Khirawada, 2005 states that “In the context of ICT usage in school the teacher becomes often mediator for student activities promoting team work, stimulating student’s self-control, promoting project work and independent learning and acting as a resource facilitator mediating collaborative learning.” (Khirwadkar, 2005). Moreover Students use ICT for discussions, to make assignments, to do quizzes and to submit

Technology also provides new resources for learning the overcome distance and time. The addition of this valuable tool, technology into our education system is a slow process, that one single idea of how to use technology in education, that one soon becomes noted as a meaningful addition and so more curriculum.

The world of technology and communication has changed quickly during this millennium time in history. We cannot avoid that and actually, we will be falling behind if we do not follow it. Information Communication and Technology has become the big part to bring the world into a more modern and develop. Information Communication and Technology has also shaped the world to be more energetic/changing than ever before. The world of education gets the effect of the fast changes of Information Communication and Technology. Education now has to change a little and get better with the Information Communication and Technology, if not, then there will create gaps within education and the (community of people/all good people in the world). The education world now is also getting more improve by using Information Communication and Technology.

Teacher education courses deal with both theory and practical subjects. The teacher education curriculum framed has changed little over the years. While the children and their learning abilities have been ever changing, in teaching only the age old methods are still practised. Though teaching has moved from the teacher centric learning to child centric learning, teacher education still lies somewhere in between the two. In the present scenario this has formed a wide disparity between the education system and teaching education

ICT is considered as the most important element of the education system. The Government, educational authorities and educational institutions are taking various measures to integrate Information and Communication Technology into education in all possible ways. But, all the efforts will be worthless if the teachers do not have the favorable attitude towards technology. The B.Ed. student teachers, as future teachers, can meet the needs of this twenty first century education only if they have a right attitude towards ICT and the competencies of ICT. This study of student teachers’ attitude towards ICT is of great significance as the attitude seems to influence not only the initial acceptance of Information and Communication Technology,