"ICT as Medium for Advocacy"

 

How Information and Communications and Technology (ICT) has transformed the educational methodologies when I was in grade school and now in Senior High School.

    Nowadays, Schools use a diverse set of ICT tools to communicate, create, disseminate, store, and manage information. In some contexts, ICT has also become integral to the teaching-learning interaction, through such approaches as replacing chalkboards with interactive digital whiteboards, using students’ own smartphones or other devices for learning during class time, and the “flipped classroom” model where students watch lectures at home on the computer and use classroom time for more interactive exercises. When teachers are digitally literate and trained to use ICT, these approaches can lead to higher order thinking skills, provide creative and individualized options for students to express their understandings, and leave students better prepared to deal with ongoing technological change in society and the workplace. ICT issues planners must consider include: considering the total cost-benefit equation, supplying and maintaining the requisite infrastructure, and ensuring investments are matched with teacher support and other policies aimed at effective ICT use.

Consider the following for comparison

a.) The singing of national anthem

    

    Back then, when singing the national anthem there's no background music or some rhythm. Usually, School bands provide music for us students to sing along to the anthem. But now, media platforms are present and we can easily download instrumental music from Youtube. 

b.) Concept notes

I think one of the most significant benefits of tablets or mobile phones in education is convenience. Rather than carrying around several heavy textbooks, students can carry all of their digital textbooks in one lightweight device.  Mobile devices can also hold a student's homework, quizzes and other files. This will help students stay organized, as they will not have to keep track of multiple papers, notebooks or folders. School districts and educators can also save money by eliminating the need for these additional classroom materials. Teachers can also easily download items from one tablet to another, making the transference of files a quick, simple task. Files and digital textbooks can be stored on a server that teachers can access from other devices.

c.) Presentation of Visual aids

Before, in order to present school reports we usually use some large kind of paper and wrote our ideas and explanations there. Now, with the help of technology we can easily make PowerPoint presentation on our laptops or mobile devices and present it on our school television or even connect it to a projector. With that, presenting visual aids by the help of technology help our audience to understand more and remember information that you talk about. Most people learn through visuals, perhaps even more so than through listening.

d.) Class Records

Making class record are very stressful for teachers. Seeing multiple numbers and computing school grades of each student is very frustrating to them. With the help of laptops, they can easily now compute the grades of their students in a productivity tool called Microsoft Excel.

e.) Class Dismissal

    

       Sound systems for schools are designed to ensure that everyone in the building is capable of hearing a message loud and clear, whether it is delivered to the entire school or focused on the occupants of a particular room. 

f.) Assignment and Research

    Now this is the most common of all, While technology can positively impact learning outcomes, it may be even more effective for some students if it's instructor-led and integrated into a well-designed curriculum. Technology is rapidly changing the educational environment and challenging students to adapt accordingly. In just one click on the web a lot of information will be providing you. This can help doing your school activity and do some research.