“INTEGRATION OF ICT IN TEACHING-LEARNING PROCESS-TEACHER’S PERSPECTIVE”

Abstract

Today’s children are growing in a globalized world where technology is accessible by majority. The rapidly changing world wants the students to improve their information gathering and analysing skill. collaboratively working skill, sharing, and publishing their ideas and more importantly learning from one another. A student now can learn physics from the best teachers of the world through computer and internet. They can get exposure to good practices from different corners of world. The expectations from the students are changing and the emphasis is not on the rote learning as it was before. Thus, in this dynamic world, it is very essential to include ICT properly in the school curriculum and the administrators are increasingly doing that too. But are they doing enough to leverage the technology? ICT (information and communication technology) is a buzzword in teaching and learning since early 21st century. The technological tools and resources available for teaching and learning have increased substantially in the last few years (Lenhart, Madden & Hitlin, 2005). From the last year, the demand for technology has increased substantially in education. But the increasing demand, the implementation and utilization of ICT puts some bigger questions before us.