ICT: ICT (Information Communication Technology: Intervention in the Century’s Teaching)

Time after time everything changes and mutated. One of the various transformations and developments takes place in our human technology. With the bright, creative, innovative and practical minds of our fellows, technology has been modernized and digitalized. As technology changes, society also changes, our mode of communication (from telegrams to mms, sms, emails, and etc.), entertainment (from theatres to videos and movies) and socialization (facebooks, twitters and instagrams).

Furthermore, the innovation in our technology continues to arise in our present generation. Today, varieties of things are introduced; radio, television, cellular phones, computer and network hardware and software, satellite systems and so on, as well as the various services and applications associated with them, such as videoconferencing and distance learning. Because of this, the term Information Communication Technology (ICT) has been presented to everyone, especially to the students.

The Information Communication Technology concerned with the manipulation of information digitally. This is why ICT is essential to education (teaching-learning process). Through ICT, various teaching styles are readily available. Teachers will be given greater options on how to deliver instruction or information more creatively. It is also through the help of ICT, teachers will be able to make his/her teaching approaches and strategies more suitable to the 21^st century learners.

This time, teachers are not already the main source of information but the filterer instead. In addition, because tons of different information are readily available to the cyber world, it is the duty of the teacher to filter those information to avoid misconceptions to the learners. This means that teachers should provide reliable sites and links in the internet for the students to surf.

Thus, integration of ICT in the teaching and learning process should be highly considered.  One should make use of technology for better classroom management, organization and communication. That is why, all teachers should do their best to learn and be more digitally literate to make sure that their teaching styles would compromise on the learning styles of their learners.