Hi All,
The term ICT has multiple meanings simply because people throw it around
and use it to mean several different things. Information Communications
Technologies are those technologies that allow you to be networked and
communicate using a range of interconnected technologies.
ie. mobile phones, which also allow email, text messaging and access to
the Internet, the Internet/Web, Web 2.0
Often see ITC literacy and computer literacy used interchangably when
they are in fact 2 different skill sets.
You might use ICTs in your research and teaching and learning, but ICTs
are a tool, a delivery mode and sometimes a resource - they are not a
method for instruction, that is pedagogy and the curriculum you develop
which is something else entirely. Although you may use ICTs to assist
your instruction and some of your instruction may include the
development of skills in how to use ICTs efficiently and effectively.
Hope this hasn't made it even more confusing! The main issue here is
that people from all sectors use the same terms but actually mean
different things.
:)
BC
Vice President, Advocacy & Promotion, IASL: www.iasl-online.org
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Barbara Combes, Lecturer
School of Computer and Information Science Edith Cowan University, Perth
Western Australia
Ph: (08) 9370 6072
Email: b.combes@ecu.edu.au
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From: School Library Media & Network Communications
[mailto:LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Thomas M. Stream
Sent: Saturday, 4 April 2009 2:23 AM
To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: [LM_NET] Information and Communication Technology - just what
is it?
I've been doing some reading about "Information and Communication
Technology", but I can't get a real simple, clear definition of what it
is about. It appears to be occuring under this name in Europe and
Australia. It appears to be a way of integrating technolgy into research
and learning like the new Standards for the 21st Century Learner from
AASL and the NETS from ISTE.
So, if someone out there is an Information and Communication Technology
instructor or expert, would you please share with me what it is you do?
Thanks very much!
Thomas M. Stream
Elementary Media Specialist
Grand Haven Area Public Schools
Grand Haven, Michigan USA
Vice President of Regions and SIGS
Michigan Association for Media in Education
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