ICT Literacy

 

ICT is software application and operating system: web-based information and application such as distance learning telephone and other communication product, video equipment and multimedia project that may be distributed video tape, CDs, DVDs, Email, world wide web, Fax, Calculators, Computers are distance learning programs tools

ICT is 21th century most powerful skill to make a different in students learning is tempered by the fact that many students don't yet have access its tools, instruction strategies or learning environment. All students need highly qualified, effective teachers and regular reliable access to modern technology

ICT literacy is using digital technology, communication tools and or networks to access, manage, integrate, evaluate, and crate information in order to function in a knowledge society. According it definition we have pointed some matter:

Access- Knowing about and knowing how to collect information

Manage- Appling an existing organization or classification scheme

Integrate- Representing information or summarizing

Evaluate- Making judgment about quality, usefulness or efficiency of information

Crate- Generating information by adopting, applying

   Cognitive proficiency: - the desired fundamental skills to everyday life at school, home, problem solving, fundamental knowledge of hardware and software.

Technical proficiency: - basic component of digital literacy include application and network

ICT literate students master content faster, are batter problem solvers, became more self- directed and assume greater control over learning. Beyond the classroom, ICT literacy is essential for being productive citizen in a knowledge-driven society and employers want to their employees to have skills. AS a result, college and university administrators are beginning to require them as competencies for graduation.  This focus has led to campus wide initiative to improve students, ICT literacy.

Challenges to designing and implementation effective ICT literacy instruction. First students in higher education often believe themselves to be competent user of information resource because of their daily interaction with the internet this can lead to disinterest in learning skills to improve their use of search engine and electronic research database. Second, the ease of transferring between social and academic environment using the same technology, can case disruption in classroom activities.

Finally, without effective assessment it is difficult to know if instructional programed are paying off are students ICT literacy skills improving who can be teaching ICT literacy to accept the challenge and must be prepared to:

Ø Find the strategy to reach the user who believe he/she is already proficient

Ø Make a learning relevant to the users' needs including using the technologies the students already know to anchor the learning in something familiar.

Ø Create active learning opportunities to keep the students on test.

Ø Assume the impact of instruction in students learning outcomes.

Ø Rural area's school more than in Nepal to following regularly ICT literacy.

Ø Who used traditional teaching methods these persons to convey \ motive to use ICT tools.

Ø ICT literacy is modern teaching ways so, those students and parents to agree \accept to use tools of ICT literacy.

 Submitted by:

Hari Prasad Tharu