Benefits for integrating technology in teaching and learning

Forth Reflection
Through integrating ICT in teaching methods, students gain a genuine learning experience, collaboratively constructing their own knowledge and applying their learning’s in a real-world context. The use of ICT techniques in learning/teaching has a very positive influence on a student’s learning capabilities as well. It is established that students reflect in a very positive manner towards work and education when they are using computers to complete tasks given to them, encouraging and motivating them to soak in the knowledge.

The refined and present-day systems, such as, video conferencing, virtual reality and 3D animation, it empowers students and teachers to work together in ways that mirror a 
comprehensively constructive way to deal with training.



It augments the student’s quick learning environment, offering extraordinary chances to push learning past the bounds of the classroom. This improves the retention capacity of the students, brings in more focus, and makes the whole process enjoyable.

Self Reflection on communication tool

Third Reflection

Through ICT, the work can be done more effectively and easily. As a teacher or an instructor, we can develop material and the way of teaching to the students in the simplest form so that the students can understand the lesson clearly. For instance, our ICT tutor taught us with one video clip on how to design an effective PowerPoint presentation. Sir told us in this generation the students are more advance and according to it, we have to design our lesson by using different ICT and communication tools rather than following the practices of digital immigrants.

The use of ICT enhances the student’s creativity, become competent enough, explore and motivate them towards positive learning. Fortunately, I feel blessed that I am introduced to the ICT module in this final semester which changed my entire notion of ICT. Before I never thought that ICT can be integrated into teaching and learning as I thought it was used differently. So with the help of ICT, I have learned how to use different multimedia software such as PowerPoint, to create presentations by using different designs. Moreover, I have learned how to create a simulation. Even I knew that a simulation can be utilized as a platform to showcase our own knowledge and skills to advertise something new.

• The following is the PowerPoint presentation that I have made.

Learing Through ICT

Second Reflection

In today’s generation ICT is an important component of student’s education. So with enthusiasm, confidence, and skills, teachers can provide the best knowledge and skills to their students. From the ICT class, I learned the importance and levels of ICT integration in the field of education. How can we use ICT in our particular subject to make our teaching more effective and interesting? With the help of ICT, we can interact and share information among people all around the world. For instance, during the pandemic time, most of our tutors were using ICT to teach students.

This video proves that how our tutors provide the knowledge and skills to students through ICT.

         
                      

According to Jehlen and Christensen (2007), one specific way to motivate students to learn in the class is to use a variety of computer technology in the classroom. This is something I too now feel very strongly about as we are about to be a teacher in future, so we should make good use of ICT in our classroom in order to make the lesson interesting.

The knowledge and skills that I got through ICT are fun, interactive, and stimulating ways to learn. By now with the knowledge that I got from ICT, I feel confident to learn more with fun and interesting. Even in the future, I am excited and ready to let go and take a student-centered approach to teaching, not to a teacher-centered approach.

ICT as a source of information

First Reflection 
In this twenty-first century generation in the field of knowledge and computer-based society, information and communication technologies play an important role in the development of cognition of an individual and the source of inspiration to blooms the life through the path of positivity. We can view the world through technologies, hear about the world, read information about the world, and write about the world with the help of the ICT we are using. similarly, like the way technology shapes the habit and conduct for life, ICT has become my daily source of information.

With the integration of ICT, there are a lot of different opportunities that bring to us as students. In our classes, we can use our own laptops and mobiles that can put many files and other things that are very helpful in todays generation to take down notes and use it for online class activities. It makes our life easy and comfortable since we could get the information from everywhere. 

Through the integration of ICT, I learned how to use different techniques and applications that can be used in different opportunities. I found ICT is truly essential in our lives, we not only learn how to use technology, but we learn different information's in life that helps us move forward towards life. We are able to get information from Google, YouTube, Face book page etc...which contain ICT development.  

Moreover, we were able to see pictures videos and attain online class from our home rather than the live classroom that is related to the lesson for the subject. For instance we are learning our Foundations of early childhood educations, Mathematics, ICT module through the video tutorial that our tutor had uploaded on a virtual learning environment (VLE). 

The opportunities brought about by ICT  integration is that we are able to experience the new technology in today's generation. I could comprehend that its similar to the VLE that the college use for many purposes. The lectures upload the notes, assignments and anything related to the course and the related authorities make an announcement for any kind of program. Four years of life in the college by using VLE gives me the idea that ICT act as a tool for information which would really be an effective tool for exploring different information.

Looking back to the times of my school days, due to the lack of ICT facilities, the materials for the exploring were only the textbooks, Libraries and teacher are the only source of information. But now, the time has changed, the facilities are enhancing by every minute and we are being exposed to various ICT facilities now and then. I think that we as a learner can make efficient use of ICT as an additional tool for exploring different information's by our self. 

Due to the ICT integration, we can read a text or information online or stored in our laptop, listening to an audio, watching a video lesson or tutorial on popular sites like YouTube are all receiving information on the particular topic but through different means based on choice. Therefore, through my own experiences, I came to assure that ICT does play a vital role in one's life for exploring information.