Information and

Communication Technology in
Basic Education
Information and Communication
Technology (ICT)

- It is a broad subject
concerned with technology
and other aspects of
managing and processing
information and its impact on
how knowledge is
disseminated in a society.
Five Priority Areas for ICT
Services:

 Contact Centers
 Animation and Software
Development
 Business Processes Outsourcing
 Engineering and Design Services
 Medical/Legal Corporate
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Areas in which ICT can be fully tapped:

 E- Governance
 Teleservices
 Health
 Education
 Environment
 Agriculture
 Industry
 Business Warehousing and Business
Intelligence
E-Governance

- Public’s access to facilities

and online information,
virtual access to frontline
services, information
sharing, networking and the
use of databanks.
Teleservices

- Databases and decision

support for urban/rural
development
Health

- Telemedicine, teleradiology,
patients’ e-records, medical
expert systems.
Education

- Intelligent tutoring systems,

online training, digital
satellite radio services,
digital terrestrial television.
Environment

- Geographic information
systems, global positioning
systems, remote sensing
and telemetry.
Agriculture

- Expert systems for crops,

land information system,
market information systems.
Industry

- E-commerce applications in
sales and marketing,
procurement, order
management and customer
service and support.
Business Warehousing
and Business Intelligence
- Ability to further data
processing decision support,
slice-and-dice, OLAP,
ROLAP – all directed toward
making informed decisions.
Focus areas and interacting
goals in using ICT in education
 Education
 Training of Teachers Education
 Teaching and Learning
 Non-Formal Education
 Monitoring and Measuring Change
 Research and Knowledge Sharing
Focus areas and interacting
goals in using ICT in education
Research
Monitoring and
and Knowledge Education
Measuring Sharing
Change

Enhancing the Reach

and Quality of
Teaching and Learning
through ICT Training of
Teachers
Education

Non-Formal Teaching
Education and
Learning
State of ICT in Philippines
 Internet Penetration Rate
 Technology devices
 Wireless Connections
 Broadband Connections
 NGO and private corporations
 World Wide Web
Reviewing the Internet
 Internet’s fundamental technology
 Initially created in the mid 1970s
 Architecture is continually evolving
 Backbones are constantly being
upgraded
 Increase in population of internet users
Reviewing the Internet
 2006 report published by eMarketer
notes that the number of internet users
worldwide has grown to more than one
billion.
Internet Users and Penetration 2006

Country Internet Penetration

Users (M) (%)
US 181.9 63.6
China 133.5 10.2
Japan 87.2 68.4
Germany 39.4 47.8
Canada 21 63.4
Internet Usage in Asia

Country Population Users Internet Growth %

year Users 2000- Population
2000 Latest 2003 Penetration
Data %

Hongkong 6,827,000 2,283,000 4,571,536 100.2 67

Malaysia 24,014,200 3,700,000 7,800,000 110.8 32.5
Philippines 81,636,000 2,000,000 2,000,000 0 2.4
Taiwan 23,614,200 6,260,000 11,602,523 85.3 49.1
Thailand 63,393,600 2,300,000 4,800,000 108.7 7.6
 US Average Online Retail Spending by
Gender 2007

Year Female Male Average

2000 $477 $510 $492
2003 $515 $551 $532
2004 $559 $597 $576
2007 $718 $767 $741
ICT in Basic Education
The role of ICT in basic education has 5
applications according to function:

 Administrative applications
 Management support applications
 Classroom support applications
 Academic institutions
Administrative applications

It refers to back-end applications

such as payroll, enrolment,
financial/ accounting, and asset
Management.
Management support applications

These applications enable dashboard

reporting whereby administrators,
owners and other executives are able
to keep track of and make
instantaneous changes to business and
administrative strategies based on day
to day captured and generated by their
systems.
Classroom support applications

it refers to all technologies that

serve to interface teacher and
student relationships through
online learning and/ or
computer-based training.
Academic institutions

including cash-strapped ones-

embarking on full-blown
automation have more choices
in terms o deciding for their
technology platforms.
Uses of IT Basic Education

• Gaming tools
• Teacher tool
• Research tool
• Communication tool
• Training tool for repetitive tasks
Uses of IT Basic Education

• Teaching tool for the

development of intellectual and
thinking skills.
• Teaching tool for computer use
in itself
Gaming tool

computers are used for games,

especially in primary education
where a playful approach to
computers helps students
prepare for future computer use
and stimulates their creativity
and imagination.
Teacher tool

teachers themselves may use

computers for administration
tasks, production of
documents, and the creation of
lessons.
Research tool

computers are used to provide

students with access to
information on the internet.
Communication tool

the use of computers in the

classroom helps students get to
e-mail and it facilitates
communication among
students, teachers, etc. Both
within and outside of class.
Training tool for repetitive tasks

this includes the use of drill and

practice programs in the fields
of reading, grammar, or simple
arithmetic.
Teaching tool for development of
intellectual and thinking skills

computers may used for

interactive games and real-
world simulations, that is,
interdisciplinary explorations
that cannot be provided by any
medium other than the
computer.
Teaching tool for computer use in
itself

students have to be prepared

for computer use in their future
lives, that is, they must learn
ease of use when dealing with
both software and hardware
tools.
 Four Principal Rationales for
Introducing Computers in School

 Social rationale
 Vocational rationale
 Pedagogic rationale
 Catalytic rationale
Social rationale

It is concerned with the

overwhelming importance of
the computer in modern society
that seems to make it
imperative for all students to
become familiar with it and
accept it in everyday use.
Vocational rationale

It relates the need for computer

education to the possibility of
better access to the job market.
It sees the teaching of
computer applications or
programming as providing skills
vital for employment.
Pedagogic rationale

It asserts that computers assist

the teaching-learning process
and enhance the instruction of
traditional subjects in the
curriculum.
Catalytic rationale

It sees the introduction of

computers as improving the
overall performance of schools
thus having a positive impact
on the education system in
general.
Key elements in ICT strategies

o Policy
o Teaching and learning
o Teacher training
o Performance indicators
o Technologies
Approaches to ICT Education

o Emerging
o Applying
o Infusing
o Transforming
Models of Stages of teaching-
learning with and through ICT

o Discovering ICT tools

o Learning how to use ICT tools
o Understanding how and when to
use ICT tools
o Specializing in the use of ICT
tools