Blog 2

Blog 2: Importance of the 3 Masterplans for ICT in Education

The 3 Masterplans for ICT in education is important for the benefit of both the teachers and the students. This will ensure that students are educated in a manner that stimulates their interest. Generally we live in a society that is very advanced in terms of technology and more and more young people, especially teenagers are becoming more IT savy. Through the incorporation of ICT in education, it will create a more direct platform for students to study and learn. The web is a huge pool of resource that is waiting to be tampered and used. By starting this desire and independence to research at the class level, we will be creating independent learners who are not afraid to ask questions and venture on their own.

ICT also creates greater convenience for teachers as it is easy to access and use. The only arduous task is teaching and training people. Once that is done successfully, ICT will indeed provide greater convenience for teachers and the school in the long run. It allows for easy reference and for sharing of resources among teachers. This is already done in almost all the schools in Singapore through the sharing folders. It will lessen the workload of the teachers and lessens wastage in terms of paper resources. Currently there is still a lot of data that is preserved through the written medium. Through tapping on ICT this will lessen and more information can be stored virtually that will benefit the environment as well.

What ICT really does for the student is very beneficial. It prepares the student for the future. It allows them to be exposed to the various means and mechanisms of approaching anything. It shows them how things can be done faster through technology and also shows them the pitfalls of it through the wastage of time that occurs in searching for specific information via the web. It also shows how through technology there is a greater chance to be distracted and strayed from the actual focus. The visual and auditory senses of both the students and the teachers can be stimulated through ICT and this leads to a better remembering of the content in a subject.