MODULE 2

ICT
Technology for Teaching and Learning 1

POLICIES AND
ISSUES
Implications to
Teaching and
 Information and Communication Technology
- refers to the technology that provides access to information through
telecommunication. It similar to information technology or IT but focus primarily on
communication technology, this includes internet, wireless networks, cellphone and
other communication mediums.

3 CATEGORY OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES

1. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES:
includes the use of computers, which has become indispensable
in modern societies to process data and time and effort. What
we need will be computer hardware and peripherals, software
and for the user, computer literacy.
TELECOMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES:

- includes telephone (with fax machine) and the

broadcasting of radio and television often through
satellites. Telephone system, Radio and television
broadcasting are needed in this category,

. NETWORKING TECHNOLOGIES :
The best-known technologies are internet, but has
extended to mobile phone technology, voice over internet
protocol (VOIP) satellite communication and other forms
of communication are still in their infancy. In addition to
internet, this category also includes mobile telephone,
cable, DSL, satellite and other broadband connectivity.
 ICT National or International Policies
 The international policymaker joins forces to successfully implement
ICT in education practice to address individual need of students.
 A National ICT Policy is a policy put into place so that the government
and stakeholder can have access to information that committed to
bringing digital technology to all individuals and communities.
 The world bank’s System Assessment for Better Education Result
(SABER)initiative, as part of their work, attempts to documents national
educational policies around the world and their evolution over time.

- 8 POLICY KEY THEME OR FRAMEWORK AROUND THE WORLD THAT ARE

COMMONLY IDENTIFIED IN EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY POLICIES.
1. Vision and Planning 5. Learning Resources
2. ICT Infrastructure 6. Education Management Information Systems (EMIS)
3. Teacher 7. Monitoring and Evaluation
4. Skill and Competencies 8. Equity, Inclusion, Safety
THEME #1: VISION AND PLANNING
• Having a vision
• Linking ICT/education policies to other policies (including those ‘outside the sector’)
• Providing a mechanism for funding
• Authorizing authority to lead or oversee implementation
• Engaging the private sector

THEME #2: ICT INFRASTRUCTURE

• Ensuring adequate power
• Providing sufficient equipment and networking infrastructure

THEME #3: TEACHERS

• Providing ICT-related training (technical and pedagogical) for teachers
• Identifying a set of related teacher ICT competency standards
• Supporting teachers in their use of ICT
• Building awareness among and support for school administrators, as a support for
ICT use by teachers and learners
THEME #4: SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES
 Identifying ICT literacy / digital competency standards, and offering
related training, support, assessment and certification
 Articulating and supporting ICT-enabled lifelong learning
opportunities
THEME #5: LEARNING RESOURCES
 Supporting the development, dissemination and utilization
of digital learning resources

THEME #6: EDUCATION MANAGEMENT

INFORMATION SYSTEMS (EMIS)
 Supporting the collection, processing, analysis, and dissemination
of education-related data to relevant stakeholders:
 THEME #7: MONITORING AND EVALUATION,
ASSESSMENT, RESEARCH AND INNOVATION
 Monitoring ICT use in education and evaluating its impact on teaching
and learning

 Utilizing ICTs to support assessment activities

 Dedicated support for exploring innovative uses of ICTs in education

THEME #8: EQUITY, INCLUSION AND SAFETY

 Prioritizing “pro-equity” provisions and approaches related to the use of
ICTs in education

 Articulating and supporting efforts to promote ethical practices related to

ICT use in education, including the safety and security of data and
appropriate privacy provisions
 USES OF ICT POLICIES AND ISSUES:
IMPLICATION TO TEACHING AND LEARNING

In our country, the Department of Information and

Communication Technology (DICT) has formulated a roadmap
to guide all agencies in the utilization, regulation, and
enhancement of ICT. Each project has corresponding policy
statements and guidelines.

The ICT for Education (ICT4E) is a program under the DICT

that supports all the efforts of the education sector in
incorporating the use of ICT as well as in determining and gaining
access to the infrastructure (hardware, software,
telecommunication facilities and others) which are necessary to
use and deploy learning technologies at all levels of education.
 Among the policy recommended programs that have applications
to education teaching –learning is:

1. ICT in Education Masterplan for all levels, including a National

Roadmap for faculty Development in ICT in Education. A
National Framework Plan for ICTs in Basic Education was
developed.

2. Content and application development through the Open Content

is Education Initiative (OCEI) which converts DepEd materials into
interactive multi-media content, develop application used in schools,
and conduct students and teachers competitions to promote the
development of education- related web content.
3. PheDNET, is a “walled” garden that hosts educational learning
and teaching materials and application for use by Filipino
students, their parents, and teachers. All public high schools will
be part of this networks with only DepEd-approved multi-media
applications, materials, and mirrored internet sites accessible from
school’s PCs.
4. Established Community eLearning Center called eSkwela
for out of school youth (OSY) providing them with ICT-enhance
alternative education opportunities

5. eQuality Program for Tertiary Education through

partnerships with state universities and colleges (SUCs) to
improve quality of IT education and the use of ICT in education
in the country, particularly outside of Metro Manila.
6. Digital Media Arts Programs which build digital media skills
for government using Open-Source technologies. Particular
beneficiary agencies include the Philippine Information Agency and
the other government media organizations, the Cultural Center of
the Philippines, National Commission for Culture and Arts and
other government art agencies, State Universities and colleges and
local government units.

7. ICT skills strategic plan which develops an inter-agency

approach to identifying strategic and policy and program
recommendations to address ICT skills demand supply type.

All the seven programs were guided by the roadmap that embeds policy statements that
relate to education specifically in the enhancement of developments for teaching and learning.
 
 Some Issues on ICT and Internet
Policy and Regulations
Issue no. 1: Freedom of Issue no. 3: Surveillance and
Expression and Censorship Date Retention

Issue no. 2: Privacy and Issue no. 4: E-pollutants from

Security Privacy policies E-waste
Issue no. 1: Freedom of Expression and Censorship-
Under international human rights conventions, all
people are guaranteed the rights for free expression.
However, with the shift from communicating through
letter, newspaper and public meetings to electronic
communications and on-line networking, a need to
investigate how these new means modifies the
understanding of freedom of expressions and
censorship.
 Issue no. 2: Privacy and Security Privacy policies
are an issue. Most commercial sites have a privacy.
When someone uses a site clicks “I agree” button, it is
as if you have turned over private information to any
authority that may access it. For most, privacy means
“personal privacy” the right of individuals not to have
their home, private life or personal life interfered with.
Issue no. 3: Surveillance and Date Retention
The use of electronic communications has
enhanced the development of indirect
surveillance. The new and powerful form of
indirect surveillance is dataveillance.
Dataveillance is the use of personal information
to monitor a person’s activities while data
retention is the storage and use of information
from communication system.

Issue no. 4: E-pollutants from E-waste Large

amount of e-waste in generated by ICT. These are,
terminal equipment used for computing (PC’s,
laptop), broadcasting (television and radio sets),
telephony (fixed and mobile phones), and
peripherals (fax machines, printers and scanners).
 Implications to Teaching and
Learning
How do the policy guidelines,
projects and issues relate to the teaching
and learning? There are great
implications of this lesson to both the
teachers who are teaching and the
learners who are learning. A few of these
are as follows:

For the Teachers and Teaching

Technology should never replace any human teacher. The tools are support
instructional materials for the teachers which are available for use. The teacher should
learn how to appropriately use them.
There are rules and regulations that govern the use of technology. Caution should be
observed to protect individual privacy. As teachers, you must be aware that the use of
technology may jeopardize your privacy and security.
 For the Learners and Learning
The learners of the 21st century is even more advanced than some of the teachers.
However, learners still need guidance on how to use, and regulate technology .
As there are positive and effects of technology use, learners should know the
difference. Learners should not only know the benefits of technology, but they should also
know how they can be protected from the hazards that technology brings to their lives.
Learners should take advantage of the potential of learning support they can derive
such as the development of higher order thinking skills, the development of learning
communities through collaboration, the enhancement of skills to manage the vast resources
as 21st century learners and many more.
Both the teachers and learners should be mindful of the e waste that are being thrown
away to the land and to the atmosphere.
 SAFETY ISSUES ON THE USE OF ICT
INCLUDIG E-SAFETY RULES
Some Risks in the Use of ICT  and e-networking
Technology
There are so many risks that we must be
aware of in the use of digital technologies.
These may include the following:
 Exposure to inappropriate content,
including online pornography, extremism
(exposure to violence associated with
racist language).
  Lifestyle websites including like
self-harms and suicide sites
and hate sites

Cyberbullying in all forms,

receiving sexually explicit
images or messages.
PREPARE
-The eSafety Toolkit for Schools is
ENGAGE
designed to support schools to create
safer online environments. EDUCATE
- The resources are backed by evidence
RESPOND
and promote a nationally consistent
approach to preventing and responding
to online safety issues.
 Health and well-being (amount of time spent online, internet
gaming and many more);
 Prolonged exposure to online technologies, particularly at an
early age.
 Addiction to gambling and gaming
 Theft and fraud from activities such as
phishing
• Spear Phishing • Whaling • Smishing • Vishing

 Viruses, Trojans and spyware and other

malware; and

 Social pressure to maintain online networks

via texting and social networking.
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Minor Misuse of ICT
In schools, some minor misuse made by learners include the
following:

 Copying information into assignment and failing to acknowledge the source

 Downloading material not relevant to their studies

 Misconduct associated with subject logins, such as using someone the
password
 Leaving a mobile phone turned on during class period.

 Unauthorized taking of picture or image with mobile phone career

still or moving.
 E-safety
E-safety takes care not only of internet technologies but also of electronics
communication via mobile phones. Here are some issues of e-safety:

 E-safety helps safeguard children and young people in

the digital world
 E-safety emphasizes learning to understand and new
technologies a positive way.

 E-safety educates children about the risk as well as the benefits

so we can feel confident online.
 E-safety support young learners and adult to develop safe
online behavior, both in or out of school.
Network Management
Network management is defined as the process of managing a network for fault
and performance using various tools and technologies to keep up with the
business requirements.

1. Safety in the use of network in schools

1.1. Make clear that no one should log in as another user.

1.2. Require all users to always log off when they have finished
working
1.3. Maintain equipment clean to ensure health and safety.

1.4. Provide students with access to content and resources

through guided e-learning
2. Password Policy
Only authorized users will have individual passwords. Users are not permitted to
disclose their passwords unless they got permission from the owner or from the
management. The equipment that keeps the personal information shall be locked when
unattended to prevent unauthorized access. Computers should be set to a time out if they
become unused for a certain period.
3.Personal mobile phones and mobile devices
All mobile phones shall be kept away in a box away from the children or learners and
access is only allowed at break time or at the end of classes or when needed during the
class period.
4. Cameras
4.1. Taking picture only from parents or caregivers and not from any other
family member or friend while the child attend class.
4.2. Any picture taken of children shall be on cameras solely for the purpose
Setting up an Educational Technology Room
School that plan to dedicate a room where the students can access technologies for
learning should include the following safety rules.

1. Provide tables, these tables can be tilted and

adjustable to the height of the users.
2. Provide anti-glare screen filters.
3. Provide adjustable chairs.
4. Provide foot support.
5. Make sure lighting is suitable.
6. Make sure workstations are spacious.
7. Create a work plan at a computer laboratory to
maximize its use.
More specifically, safety rules that can reduce risk of
accidents in the working stations should include:
1. No trailing wires across or around the room which people can trip on.
2. Electrical sockets should not be overloaded.
3. Electrical equipment should be safety-tested at least once a year.
4. There should be an adequate space around desk for people to move.
5. Bags and obstacles should be stored out of the way.
6. Food and drinks should not be placed near machines.
7. Heating and ventilation should be suitable for the working environment.
8. Fire extinguishers should be available.
9. Fire exists should be clearly marked and free from clutter.