Advantages and Disadvantages of ICT

Actually, ICT gives us some advantages in teaching learning process, such as we can do our assingments through e-mail, we can search materials of our study on the internet and many more. But, in the other hand, ICT brings some bad effects or disadvantages for us. Here the list of Advantages and Disadvantages of ICT.

Advantages of Students Using ICT for Learning

As was pointed out previously, the Internet provides students with the tools they need to discover and own knowledge. And give students the hooks and templates they need to fasten information to the long-term memory. There are some advantages of student using ICT for learning :

1. Motivating Factor.

The Internet can act as a motivating tool for many students. Young people are very captivated with technology. Educators must capitalize on this interest, excitement, and enthusiasm about the Internet for the purpose of enhancing learning. For already enthusiastic learners, the Internet allows you to provide them with additional learning activities not readily available in the classroom.

2. Fast Communication.

The Internet promotes fast communication across geographical barriers. Your students can join collaborative projects that involve students from different states, countries or continents. This type of learning experience was not possible before the Internet. This is a unique learning experience very essential for each of our students, as the world is becoming one big community.

22nd Century Education

it will interesting to imagine where education and society will be in 85 years, but we have a feeling that we are already seeing the very infantile stages of a few of these already. But without looking forward, we get stuck in the present. And unfortunately, in education at least, the present is already past. If innovation lags any more in education, the world will see the 22nd Century before education fully implements the best of 21st century thinking.
There are some predictions about 22nd Century Education :

• Computers are largely light-based and portable, so they can be used in any situation, in any size. A small projecting device will be added to glasses, wristbands, or embedded in the skin.

• Students are still monitored by a central agency, but control education themselves. For instance, they can log hours at a veterinary clinic, do virtual human dissection, or create hybrid grapes for a biology credit. Experiences are logged into a cloud-based database, and audited by educators who help students evaluate the quality of their learning.