Module 8 Activity 2 - Learning in ICT - Enabled Classrooms

ICT has the potential to transform learning in and beyond the classroom.  The new ways of acquiring and accessing information and transforming the information into useful knowledge are having an increasingly important impact on learning and teaching.  However, there are pros and cons to ICT use in classrooms.

PROS:
1.  ICT can enrich the teaching and learning environment.
2.  Students become involved in their own learning.
3.  Teachers can plan for differentiated learning.
4.  ICT can track a student's progress and proficiency at certain skills.

CONS:
1.  Teachers are often ignorant of what is available and also how to use technology they already have.
2.  Insufficient finances to upgrade and maintain existing ICT infrastructure.
3.  Teachers do not plan for the unexpected where ICT integration is in place.