Reflection on ICT integration

Reflection on ICT integration

Information and communication technology has gone through innovations and transformed our society that has totally changed the way people think, work and live. Schools and educational institutions which are supposed to prepare students to live in a knowledge society need to consider ICT as an important part of their life. So in conjunction with preparing students for the current digital era, teachers must act as a key players in using ICT in their daily classrooms. 

There is no doubt that ICT in this contemporary society is used more and more widely, especially for the purpose of teaching and learning. This is because ICT or modern technology offers many tools that can be used in classrooms to improve teaching and learning. In addition ICT has the potential in preparing students for the life in the 21^st century. In teaching students through the use of ICT, students will be prepared to face future challenges, as it develops students’ skills, boosts up their motivation and widens their knowledge and information.

We are always with the use of ICT in our daily teaching and learning process. The integration of ICT in teaching and learning at first glance was a complex task due to its dynamic nature. As the time went by, the integration of ICT in teaching seemed so interesting and the lesson as a whole goes better than the previous version of teaching. Students too faced a lot of problem in handling the technologies, but as the time went by, they got used to it and are now a better technology user.

ICT in general helps us in improving teaching skills, helps in innovative teaching. It also helps in effectiveness of classroom. In my case I teach English and other subjects with the use of ICT, and in the process two subjects are taught in one go. Electronic dictionaries are used for teaching students both professional vocabulary and reading in a special setting. It also provides interaction between teachers and students, making learning more of student cantered.

Language learning and teaching is considered to be a complex process. So to make such a complexity easier, well-advanced teaching aids should be available as it is the need of the hour. The recent and great development of the internet led to a technological revolution in all fields of our life and teaching and learning in which gradually became more reliable. ICT has its noticeable impact on the quality and quantity of learning process. In concrete term ICT has made teaching and learning dynamic, interactive and engaging. My traditional way of teaching in the classroom now is replaced with the use of ICT, and it has bought a great positive impact to my learners, as ICT provides the platform for the students to explore and learn by their own.

Figure 1.1: Teaching and learning English with the use of ICT. Figure 1.1 shows students typing letter in a computer.

Figure 1.2: ICT in my lesson is used to browse for additional information apart from the information provided by myself. Figure 1.2 is the evidence showing students browsing information on internet.

 Figure 1.3: I teach ICT as a subject for grade IV. In figure 1.3 students are exploring MS Paint to draw images of their interest.