Literautre Review #2

The Role of Information and Communication Technologies in Improving Teaching and Learning Pracesses in Primary and Secondary Schools

The journal article I read was basically a report and although it was not very exciting, it did contain so great information which seemed to coincide with what has been taught throughout this course. This article was a report from a study conducted with four different schools which looked at the integration and use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in schools. Not only did it look at the facts of such integration, but it also examined the thoughts of the teachers regarding the effects of ICT on teaching and learning processes. The study had several ways in which it broke down the information regarding the ICT. It found that integration of ICT favors both teaching processes as well as learning processes and that schools suceeded higher when they posessed such integration. The more that schools integrated, the higher the positive effect that ICT had.

This type of finding simply confirms what has been discussed in this course. Technology being integrated in the classroom benefits both the students' educational experience as well as the teacher's experience. The more that the ICT is integrated into the classroom, the more positive effect it has on both parties. The only issue that this article, as well as the course, did raise is the requirement to modify certain things such as modernizing technological tools, changing teaching models, and re-examining a teacher's role in the classroom. Although this article did not delve deeper into the matter, it appeared to me that these modifications are the only thing holding schools and teachers back from completing integrating schools and classrooms. The benefits of ICT in the education system has been proven to be so high that it seems unexceptable for teachers or administrators to not fully integrate their schools.