One success story was when I observed ICT being used in a Library class. Students were asked to study a movie then respond to questions from the movie. Children learn by visual , audio and in some cases some are tactile. This medium brought the teaching medium to one that they could relate to, rather than reading a book on the same story. Here they were using ICT to engage in problem solving, which mobilized the class to engage in more discussion. In another story, I was absent at one time due to illness, I was able to use ICT , through Facebook, to teach a lesson from the comfort of my home. It was an adjustment though for the class, but eventually they began to catch on. The advantage is students can always log back in to the Facebook page to see the comments and the examples that were shared in the lesson. This means less write time and more learning...
I intend that overtime I will see students using ICT tools such as Mindmapping or Socal Networking tools for sharing and collaboration exercises. Virtual Classroom settings can be created where students can interact online with peers on assignments and teachers can choose to grade online tasks.
In the end teachers and students improve their productivity and also the quality of their work. Students are not restricted to a four (4) wall classroom setting and the barriers of embarrassment or restriction to time tabling can be totally removed.
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