Introduction It is generally agreed that ICT is a crucial resource in education. Children use computers from an early age and continue to university level. Children taught practical ICT skills that are transferable into the work place.
Teachers upload course documents so that students misses a lesson, they can download information and do the work in their own time. Encourages student-driven lessons, where students take responsibility for their learning.
Use of packages: word-processing, dtp, spreadsheets. Special facilities for pupils with disabilities. Teacher and pupil communications improve. ICT provides links with other schools or with businesses. Computers in schools provides wider access to ICT and encourages new ways of learning Can repeat work again and again and again
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EDUCON is a product developed specifically for Indian schools and aims to achieve the following objectives: To encourage the use of computers as a means of delivering consistently good and revolutionary education. To create and deliver content that is as good as any other international product but for use by specially Indian students. To develop a nurture a brain trust of concerned parties in the Indian educational system so as to create a product that meets all its needs as they arise. To use the most current and the complex technologies available to develop the product while keeping the user interface simple, attractive, and uncluttered. To encourage the spread of this form of education by being extremely economical and cost effective.
ECONOMY TIME INFORMATION SOCIETY KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY COMPETITIVE SOCIETY 2005 2020 2010 ICT based Economy Knowledge Products & Services Competitive Knowledge Economy NATION’s ICT EDUCATION VISION
