Abstract:
Information and Communication Technology (lCT) has suffused in every
walks of life influencing the technology fields such as enabling satellites,
business, commerce, and also social networking. In this fast-growing and
fast-changing digital era, teaching has become the most challenging
profession all over the world, where knowledge is expanding and
exploring quickly and much of it is available to students as well as
teachers in their learning environment. In order to use technology
effectively, teachers need to be trained in using technology and they need
to develop a good understanding of it. As per teacher education curriculum
framework by NCF (2005) teacher education institutions are expected to
equip future teachers with latest methods, techniques and strategies for
imparting instruction, including the use of technological equipment. The
importance of ICT learning to teachers and is of the opinion that, teacher
educators require reorientation towards use of ICT in their teaching
learning process, so that these teacher educators could generate a great
deal of skill in implementing ICT.