Technology in Education

Dr.K.Nachimuthu, Asst.Prof

Dept .of Education, Periyar Univ,Salem.

NEEDS OF ICT IN CLASSROOM TEACHING

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Contents Overview

• How technology is changing today’s classrooms

• Current Status

• Challenges for technology integration

• Support system

• Conclusion

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Communication • A chain network e.g formal contact

Communication• A circle

network e.g. between people at the same level

Communication• A wheel network e.g. sales teams

report to head office

Dilemmas

Qs about Value of ICTs

Myths

Pressures

•Belief

•Doubt

•Wait

•Belief

•Doubt

•Wait

•Monolithic

•Automatic

•Computers

•Substitute

•Monolithic

•Automatic

•Computers

•Substitute

•Vendors

•Parents

•Business

•Techies

•Vendors

•Parents

•Business

•Techies

Realities

Analyze Educational objectives

Determine Objective for ICT

Understand Potential of ICTs

Examine suitability of ICTs

Plan program of investment

Implement prerequisites and corequisites

Evaluate and adjust continuously

Decision

Maker

Necessity of ICTs

•Globalization of •Economy•Information

• Tech Innovations• Knowledge-based

•Economy•Society

•Escalating Demand for Education

Effective Learning

For All

Anytime

Anywhere

Challenges of Teacher Education• Globalization

– Worldwide and meta-regional convergence

– Market with two distinctive elements: • Integrated and operating in real

time. • Communications, knowledge and

culture – Marked by accelerated and intensified

cross-border mobility of people, commodity trade, norms of policy and practice.

• Technology enabled knowledge economy

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PotentialOf

ICTs

Access

Efficiency

Learning

Teaching

Skill Formation

LifelongLearning

Planning &Management

Community Linkages

Need of ICT

• ICT removes problems concerning space and time– the students can communicate any where, any time– the students can contact the teacher any where, any time– the students can collect and exchange information any

where, any time

• ICT gives access to knowledge– in principle the students can draw on a global pool of

knowledge

• ICT makes saving – and sharing – knowledge easier– the students can, individually and/or together create

records of notes and presentations (portfolio) and thus register their progress and use it for exams

Hello - this is your teacher…

Students work in the ClassesMost successful Clearing House of ICT in education via varied media : ICT in Education Website e-Newsletters Print publications CD-ROMs Online Community

Utility

• To Tech or not to Tech Education

• ICT ――►Education More Effective and Responsive

ICTs

X

Using ICT to Run …

– Spreadsheet– Graphics– Word Processing– Desktop publishing– Database– Accounts– E-mail– Internet browser

Online Shop

ICT Online Companies

New roles of teachers

• Facilitator• Collaborator• Curriculum developer• Team member• Community builder• Educational leader• Information producer

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How Technology is changing today’s classrooms

• Collaboration (Resource, Institution

level, Student level)• Real time communication• Integration of multiple media• Student driven information access• Customized learning/ Individualized degree

program.(Teaching will become more outcome based and student centered)

• Availability of updated Knowledge (Expanded access to educational and reference resources)

• Distance learning • Stronger bonds among faculties and students• Networking 20

How Technology is changing today’s classrooms• Shifting of instructional

paradigm: – Focus of application of

knowledge to particular

problem rather than memorization

• Increased greater number of interdisciplinary majors

• Increased Inter-university collaboration among students/faculties from multiple institutions

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Technology Integration

• Tools• Interactive whiteboards• Student response system• Online collaboration tools• Video conferencing• Sophisticated learning-

management systems • Podcasting• Wikis • Instant messaging • social networking• Search engine

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What are the tools used by student and teachers?

• Students– Search Engine– Office tools– E-mail

• Teacher– Search Engine– Video Tutorial– E-mail – MIS – Office Tools

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How student and teacher updates their technological knowledge?

• Students– Overusing and Misusing (Music ,

video, hacking

/cracking) – Networking (Social

networking, Chat)

• Teachers– Need base and individual directed– Specific training

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What are the barriers that preventing the student and teacher from adopting technology?

• Cost• Lack of vision or plan• Inflexible Thinking By

– Teachers– Parents– College boards

• Lack of teacher training• Entrenched organizational cultures• Technology – affordance rather than

demands of subject matter

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5. Support system

• Academic Institutions– Involvement of teachers in different activities– Need for both in-service and pre-service

teacher training– Teacher preparation should not be based on

training for ‘computer literacy’ but should prepare teachers for using technologies to construct, represent and share knowledge in real life authentic contexts

– Teachers should not be taught about technology but how to use technology for constructing, organizing and communicating knowledge

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Conclusion

• Continuing old practices

with new technology will

neither change nor

improve education• Technology drives reform in

education, but also education reform makes a school ripe for technology

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Thank You / Queries

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