Benefits of ICT in supporting teaching and learning in Middle School

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Permalink Reply by faryal mazhar on June 15, 2013 at 1:18pm

ICT is beneficial in supporting teaching and learning but we need careful planning, not only the organization of hardware and selection of appropriate software but also choose the activities that allow for off-computer mathematical thinking as well as on-computer exploration.
ICT gives the opportunities for pupils to explore mathematical ideas, to generalize, explain results and analyses situations, and to receive fast and reliable feedback

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Permalink Reply by Muneeza Akhtar on June 17, 2013 at 11:00am

Thank u for replying Faryal. I agree with you that ICT is beneficial in teaching and learning but what do you think about the cost of ICT tools and some times the institutions are not able to buy those tools that we can use effectively in the class and there are many other problems that comes while we are using ICT in our class e.g. monitoring of students. What are the factors that can effect the lesson when teaching ICT integrated lesson and how can teacher solve those problems?For example load shedding in Pakistan.

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Permalink Reply by faryal mazhar on June 21, 2013 at 3:12pm

muneeza I agree with you there are lots of factors but we can solve these problems with careful planning, there should be proper back up plan . as you mention monitoring of student,so I think it is again goes to your planning,If you will plan activities in your lesson keeping all those factors in your mind ,learners will be focused and monitoring  will be easy. load shedding and slow net working are common problems in our country so we should keep in touch with management to solve it . generators and solar penals  can be  used to solve it . If your system is more focusing on technology integration so they should focus to solve these problems. In my campus we are having generators and one section is working with solar system. another thing ICT does not mean you have to use only computers and internet, you can use others peripherals to meet your objective and to enhance your learner's learning .

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Permalink Reply by Muneeza Akhtar on June 23, 2013 at 7:08am

Hi Faryal,

Thank u for replying.  Faryal you are right about strong planning and back up plan, they are important factors in ICT integrated lessons. I also agree with you that management of the school plays an important role in providing facilities and resources. I think you are lucky that your institution has solar system. I just want to know that how do you monitor students in computer lab and what other peripherals do you use in your class?

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Permalink Reply by faryal mazhar on June 23, 2013 at 12:53pm

muneeza! Technology and its dynamic functions have a strong impact on students’ learning. It gives enormous benefit to learners that give wider range in outcome I found that to maximize the advantage of ICT learning it is essential to be a facilitator than transmitter, engage learners and motivate them through authentic learning experiences. The potential of ICT in learning environments can be supported by dialogue, enhanced interaction and helped students to share and revise ideas. ICT can be exploited and leaves a lesser impact on learning if not used in appropriate manner ICT has potential to simply make the task easier, more efficient and allows final product to be presented at a higher standard

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Permalink Reply by Muneeza Akhtar on June 25, 2013 at 12:52am

Faryal you are absolutely right that technology not only have a strong impact on students learning it also reduces teachers burden. I also agree that strong planning is very important for the learning environment  within a classroom setting.

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