ICT Tools, Roles, and Application

ICT tools can be divide into 3 categories: input source, output source, and other source. In ICT input source is the media or electronic device, such as PC, laptop, digital camera. Whereas output source is the media or tools which used by teacher to give information or explain something in video, picture or animation to make students interesting. Other source is supported tools or device to improve the technique of teaching using modern technology.

ICT is very awesome to improve students knowledge and interested them. Because ICT is modern development technology in teaching the material simply and paperless. Even though, teaching using ICT for education has advantage and disadvantage, ICT for education is important to create global teacher or student.

Actually, ICT for education began in along time ago. In that era ICT for education using magazine, TV, and radio. Then technology has been developed widely in internet technology.

The role of ICT is multi faceted and it has to be exploited to the maximum potential. ICT will be success if there are role and application to support the ICT for education to improve the teaching method. An application of ICT is mean application which is support the ICT teaching method or presentation in teaching process, such as application which connected in internet, etc.