The Essentiality of Ict in Philippine Education

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ICT ICT or Info Inform rmat atio ion n and and Communications Technolo! Technolo! is an um"rella um"rella term that includes an! commun ic ication de#ice or a$$lication% encom$assin& radio% tele tele#i #isi sion on%% cell cellul ular ar $hon $hones es%% com$uter and net'or( hard'are and soft'are% soft'are% satellite satellite s!stems s!stems and so on% as 'ell as the #arious s er er #i #i ce ce s a nd nd a $$ $$ lili ca ca ti ti on on s associ associated ated 'ith 'ith them% them% such such as #ideoconferen #ideoconferencin cin and distance distance learnin) In *+,* *+,* -econs econstr truct ucted ed .asi .asic c Educ Educati ation on Curr Curric icul ulum um / conc concei ei#e #ed d as an inte inter rat ati# i#e e c ur ur ri ri cu cul um um t ha ha t $ ro ro mo mo te te s inte ra rate d teachin % % a nd interdisci$ interdisci$linar! linar!%% conte0tual% conte0tual% and authentic authentic learnin) learnin) 1hat ma(es ma(es the curriculum interacti#e is the use of inform informati ation on technol technolo! o! and and the the rea reater ter em$ha em$hasi sis s on com$ com$ut uter er lite litera rac! c! in all all the the learnin learnin areas 'here e2ui$ment e2ui$ment is a#aila"le)

In the Phili$$ine Education% ICT has "een interated to some learnin learnin areas li(e li(e EPP or T)L)E) Others ha#e alread! $ut this as a lone su"3ect area) A"out ,4)*5 6 in elemen elementar! tar! and hih hih school school%% "oth "oth $u"l $u"lic ic and and $ri#a $ri#ate te ha#e ha#e alre alread ad! ! com$ com$ut uter ers s in thei theirr schools) 1h! 1h! is there there a need need to em"race em"race ICT ICT es$eci es$eciall all! ! in the Phili$$ine education7 In toda!8s *,st  centur!% ICT has has "eco "ecome me more more and and more more interal in the li#es of all $eo$le) From rom the the trad tradit itio iona nall to ICT ICT assisted assisted techni2ues techni2ues come more meaninful meaninful insihts and a more realistic #ie' of the thins around us) It has im$ro#ed the s$eed of communication communication)) From From the old mode of communication li(e the snail mail in 'hich messaes ma! "e deli#er deli#ered ed 9#e or more more da!s da!s come the e:mail or the electronic electronic mail 'hich ma! "e deli#ered on a "lin( of an e!e de$endin on the s$eed of the internet connection)

ICT is hel$in man to ful9ll his needs) A $erson from #illae has also can can refer refer the lates latestt i nf nf or orm at at io io n a nd nd re se se ar ar ch ch e#er!da!) Tele#ision Tele#ision "roadcast is one of the "est "est commun communica icatio tion n media to educate students% coo(% farmers% and all (inds of $eo$le)  The di;cult e0$eriments% ad#an ad#ance ce sur surer! er! for medi medica call stude students nts and the the li( li(e can can "e #ie'ed) #ie'ed) LCD LCD $ro3ec $ro3ector tors s can "e used for e
an!time) Students use interacti#e 'hite"oard in classroom) Throuh the use of multim multimedi edia a lesson lessons s usin Po'erPo Po'erPoint% int% #ideos% #ideos% audio cli$ cli$s% s% the stud student ents s ain ain more more meanin meaninful ful insih insihts ts a"out a"out the lessons) The! are also moti#ated more "ecause all their senses are "ein used) Students also use ICT as refe refere renc nce e tool tool)) The! The! use use com$uters to "ro'se the internet to loo( loo( for inform informati ation% on% $ro3ec $ro3ectt i nf nf or or ma ma ti ti on on a nd nd l it it er er at at ur ure sur#e!s)

 Teachers  Teachers ha#e fast access to less lesson on $lan $lans% s% net' net'or or( ( of  teachers% $edaoical techn techni2 i2ue ues% s% and and info inform rmat atio ion n resources)  Teachers  Teachers use ICT in research research for $re$arin $re$arin teachin teachin materia materials> ls> $artici $artici$ate $ate in online online forums forums and online online confer conferenc ence) e)  The! can also com$ute rades easil easil! ! thro throuh uh the the use use of ?S E0ce E0cel) l) 1ith ith the the corr correc ectt and and a$$ro$r a$$ro$riat iate e formul formula% a% one dra a'a! and 'hoala@ The rades of 

all the students no matter ho' lare the num"er or $o$ulation is% all the rades are therefore com$uted)

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) ADBANTA=ES OF ICT Student EBALUATION

acce$t more res$onsi"ilit! for t he ir o 'n le arn in  a nd it s assessment% de#elo$in e0$ertise  Tea ch er in t he $rocess) a$$lication of curriculum can "e monitored "! anal!in test results) This can "e used "!

teachers for assessin and im$ro#in their o'n $erformance meetin state and national standards) ,+)     -esearchers use ICT tool to collect %$rocess

and an al! e data) School administrators use ICT tool for administrati#e $ur$ose to ma(e sure that the entire o$eration runs smoothl!) E)) to et student details at the clic( of a "utton)