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Education / Re: ICT Training For Graduates...........to Increase Job Offers by xatika: 4:05pm On Sep 14, 2017 |
Benefits/Advantages of ICT in Education Here are some of the benefits which ICT brings to education according to recent research findings. General benefits · Greater efficiency throughout the school. · Communication channels are increased through email, discussion groups and chat rooms · Regular use of ICT across different curriculum subjects can have a beneficial motivational influence on students’ learning. Benefits for teachers · ICT facilitates sharing of resources, expertise and advice · Greater flexibility in when and where tasks are carried out · Gains in ICT literacy skills, confidence and enthusiasm. · Easier planning and preparation of lessons and designing materials · Access to up-to-date pupil and school data, any time and anywhere. · Enhancement of professional image projected to colleagues. · Students are generally more ‘on task’ and express more positive feelings when they use computers than when they are given other tasks to do. · Computer use during lessons motivated students to continue using learning outside school hours. Benefits for students · Higher quality lessons through greater collaboration between teachers in planning and preparing resources . · More focused teaching, tailored to students’ strengths and weaknesses, through better analysis of attainment data · Improved pastoral care and behaviour management through better tracking of students · Gains in understanding and analytical skills, including improvements in reading · Comprehension. · Development of writing skills (including spelling, grammar, punctuation, editing and re-drafting), also fluency, originality and elaboration. · Encouragement of independent and active learning, and self-responsibility for learning. · Flexibility of ‘anytime, anywhere’ access (Jacobsen and Kremer, 2000) · Development of higher level learning styles. · Students who used educational technology in school felt more successful in school, were more motivated to learn and have increased self-confidence and self-esteem · Students found learning in a technology-enhanced setting more stimulating and student-centred than in a traditional classroom · Broadband technology supports the reliable and uninterrupted downloading of web-hosted educational multimedia resources · Opportunities to address their work to an external audience · Opportunities to collaborate on assignments with people outside or inside school Benefits for parents · Easier communication with teachers · Higher quality student reports – more legible, more detailed, better presented · Greater access to more accurate attendance and attainment information · Increased involvement in education for parents and, in some cases, improved self-esteem · Increased knowledge of children’s learning and capabilities, owing to increase in learning activity being situated in the home · Parents are more likely to be engaged in the school community · You will see that ICT can have a positive impact across a very wide range of aspects of school life.
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