Week1 - ICT

What is ICT ?
If you have the information and you want share this information what you will do ?
Did you use the Communication device like Phone, Radio, TV,... ?
Did you use the Technology like computer , network, satellite system, ...?

Information Communication Technology .
If we have data and we do processing in it by searching or research, analyzing or any type of processing to get information form this data it’s call Information.

If we share the information by individual or group of people that’s mean we communicate the information.

The technology is using of hardware of software to do something.

ICT is sharing the information with the people by using communication device like telephone, tv, computer, network hardware, satellite system, software, Internet, and so on. By using this technology we can do videoconference and distance learning.
Aim is to share the information and learn through the information, using the technology as a vehicle or tool. ( ref. Effective Learning Through ICT, page week2/1)

Can we say the news paper and magazines are ICT ?
No. The news paper and magazines are using the technology for designing the pages not for communicate. But there is electronic news and magazine which use the Internet for share the information.

It’s important to have technology ?
Yes. But its not everything, the most important is to us this technology in proper way.

Links :
This link give more information about the what is ICT and give examples for it.
http://tutor2u.net/business/ict/intro_what_is_ict.htm

Online networks for Australia's educators:
edna is a network of the education and training community. It includes government and non-government schooling systems.
http://www.edna.edu.au/edna/go/ictresearch

web resource capturing and sharing the ICT and eLearning expertise in cutting edge schools and learning centers around the world.
http://www.ict-register.net/