The impact of using ICT/wireless technology in education

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This task is quite challenging for me, that why I took more time to finish it. I took a lot of time searching for information through online database. As we all know, Technology has take place in many aspect and has been used in our daily life nowadays. Either in society, in business, health and in education technology has become part of them.

I have chosen the topic ‘The impact of using ICT/wireless technology in education’. Information and communication technology (ICT) and wireless technology can bring positive impact in education and can improved student’s learning. It’s not just only for student who already have got experience with computers and ICT, but also for student who are new with this modern technology.

Nowadays, students have enjoyed the flexibility and freedom accompanying the school's wireless laptop distribution program. The "universal access" provided by IBM and Cisco has allowed students and faculty to easily interact using IM tools and e-mail, fostering enhanced student-professor relationships. Peer relationships have also improved as students find themselves collaborating on assignments, sharing expertise and helping one another. Students also have the opportunity to incorporate wireless technology into their everyday lives. Connecting to wireless hotspots to check e-mail between classes, researching assigned topics during class, and getting a jump-start on homework during their commute borne, students are taking advantage of these new wireless tools(James Benson).

For some advantages, more school start to implementing this ICT/wireless technology. Some of the advantages that state in the online journals are:

1. Flexibility. Where teachers and students can roam freely about the building with a wireless device and connect up at any time.

2. Wireless allows teachers to set up wireless labs in classrooms, auditoriums, common areas and even outside of the building if there is a network drop near a window.

3. IP wireless telephones allow teachers and administrators to roam anywhere in the building as they make and receive phone calls.

4. During parent-teacher nights, teachers have access to online grade books and digital portfolios wherever they are set up.

5. Wireless PDAs are used by teachers to submit daily attendance into online student administration systems. They are also used by administrators and deans to access student information and for submitting discipline referral information while away from the office.

6. Time savings. Think about how much time is in a class period, and then consider the time lost by having students go to and from the library to find the information. You gain valuable learning time when the technology comes to the students.

References:

1. St. John's University outfits students with the technology needed to learn and succeed.(Applications).James Benson. T H E Journal (Technological Horizons In Education) 31.8 (March 2004): p38(1). (566 words)
2. Wireless technology in K-12 education.(The Final Word).Darrell Walery. T H E Journal (Technological Horizons In Education) 31.8 (March 2004): p48(1). (679 words)
3. Wireless technology in education.(EduHound Extra).Judith B. Rajala. T H E Journal (Technological Horizons In Education) 31.3 (Oct 2003): pNA(3). (603 words)

4. Benson, James. "St. John's University outfits students with the technology needed to learn and succeed." T H E Journal (Technological Horizons In Education) 31.8 (March 2004): 38(1). Computer Database. Gale. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.

5. Rajala, Judith B. "Wireless technology in education." T H E Journal (Technological Horizons In Education) 31.3 (Oct 2003): NA(3). Computer Database. Gale. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.

Computer assisted writing

Dear viewers,

Today’s topic is Computer Assisted Writing. Years ago, before computer have created, students used type writer to do their writing. At that time, it is an easy way to do their work with type writer than to write on their own. But nowadays, there is one tool that can help them more than type writer do. It is computer.

Computer not only can help students to do the writing work faster but also helps to improve student's skills in writing and grammar. Work processor is one of the tools or program that we can found in a computer which can helps student to improve their writing skills. Most students can experience success in writing through the use of a word processor (Bright, 1990). Word processing allows rapid alteration and manipulation of the text, helping writers sustain the mental images they are trying to capture while experimenting with language (Newman, 1984). According to Marjorie Simic, the word processor was designed for revising and manipulating language. For inexperienced writers (who tend to make corrections at the word level), proofreading is easier on the computer.

As for me, I found work processors are so benefiting because we can do anything with it such as free writing, brainstorming, and organizing. We can check our writing work for some errors in spelling and grammatical mistake, also can feel free to take risks in our writing because we know that we can edit it anytime.

You can visit this website to try some activities that related to this topic. www.manythings.org . This website provided some interesting and useful activities such as games, grammar quizzes, and puzzles that can helps to improve our English skills.

References:

http://www.indiana.edu/~reading/ieo/digests/d97.html

http://www.k8accesscenter.org/training_resources

www.manythings.org