ICT In Language Teaching (Some Questions and Answers)

 

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1. Explain the benefits of information and communication technology (ICT) in education? 

Answer: 

(1) developing technology provides a tremendous opportunity to develop education management and learning processes in schools, (2) specific student learning outcomes can be identified by the use of new technologies, and (3) ICT has tremendous potential to transform entire aspects of education in schools and use them to achieve learning goals.

2.  Describe the main obstacles faced in implementing ICT in schools? 

Answer: 

(1) The budget for early care of facilities are not available, (2) Training is usually too specific and not related to the needs in the field or a change of attitude, (3) unavailability of employees for routine maintenance and development, (4) the unavailability of qualified tecknisians and too expensive, (5) The material that is suitable for teaching is not available, and (6) poor working conditions of teachers in the field dictates that they can not devote time to develop teaching materials creatively.

3. Definition of ICT? 

Answer: 

Tinio defines ICT as a set of tools that are used to communicate and create, disseminate, store, and manage information.  including computers, Internet, broadcasting technologies (radio and television), and telephone. UNESCO (2004) defines that ICT is the technology used to communicate and create, manage and distribute information. General definition of ICT is a computer, internet, telephone, television, radio, and audiovisual equipment. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) includes two aspects, namely Information and Communications Technology. Information technology encompasses all matters relating to process, use as a tool, manipulation, and management information. Communication technology covers all matters relating to the use of tools to process and transfer data from one device to another.

4.  Explain the stages of ICT development program by the Plan of National Education Strategic fin the year 2005-2009?

 Answer: 

1) The first stage consists of (a) designing a network system that includes the Internet network, which connects schools with data centers and applications, besides that networks and the Internet as a means of communication and information media in schools, (b) to design and create the application of database, ( c) to design and create applications of education management in central, regional, and school (d) to design and create learning applications based Web, multimedia, and interactive.

2) The second phase includes (a) to implement the system at schools in Indonesia that covers the procurement of ICT facilities, infrastructure and training for technicians and teachers (b) to design and create learning applications.

3) The third and fourth stage is the stage of expanding the system implementation in schools.

5. Explain the role of ICT in School Management System?

Answer: 

application of ICT are very necessary in implementating of school management to be  more effective and efficient. Ruud (2005) pointed out that investment in ICT in schools which is then followed by the development of teacher and student competence in the field of ICT to improve the effectiveness of school management and improve performance of academic staff and students. This is understandable because the application of ICT in schools will directly contribute to improve management and administration processes, the opportunity to develop teaching materials and independent learning, a motivator for students to develop their capabilities, and as a tool to develop profession and innovation mechanisms in monitoring and evaluating the processes and learning outcomes.

6. Explain the benefits of ICT in School Management? 

Answer: 

Benefits of ICT in School Management include: 

- Benefits for Government: (a) help to prepare accurate databases and efficient information about the profiles and maps of education in Indonesia, (b) accelerate equitable distribution of national standards of educational attainment, (c) help to control educational process.

- Benefits for Schools: (a) help to improve school management and operational systems, (b) assist the school in terms of distributing information about the school profile and student learning outcomes to parents and other stakeholders, (c) assist the school to provide a source of currency and relevance information for teachers and students.

- Benefits for Teachers: (a) open the opportunity for teachers to develop ICT-based teaching materials, interesting, innovative and stimulating the curiosity of students, (b) help teachers to prepare lesson plans including the provision of a comprehensive multimedia learning resources and cutting-edge, (c) allow teachers to monitor students' progress, (d) facilitating teachers to prepare reports and communicate with parents, (e) help teachers to assess learning outcomes based on authentic assessment.

- Benefits for parents: (a) monitor the activities and their children in school, (b) view of school assignments given to children so parents can participate in children's learning activities, (c) look at various school programs which can be followed by students, (d) interactive media among schools, teachers and parents, and (e) help to control educational process directly. 

- The benefits for students: (a) help students to use ICT skillfully in their lives, (b) helping students to see and examine learning materials per meeting, (c) help students to work on assignments and exams given online by the teacher , (d) help students to develop collaborative work, (e) motivate students to develop knowledge and skills related to the developing of science and technology. 

- The benefits for theschool committee: (a) facilitate the committee to monitor and evaluate educational programs in schools, (b) facilitate the committee to communicate with educators about education in schools, (c), facilitate the committee to be involved in drafting and designing school management program and improve the quality of learning.

7. Explain Matters to be considered by teachers in using compiuter / laptop in teaching? 

Answer: 

a. If you had never used computers in teaching, talk with students about it. Try to find out who among them has ever used it and who has not, how their feelings and attitudes. You also have to try to share experiences with them.

b. To familiarize and give students experience with computers, have students to work at computers in pairs. Through this pair work, try to make the less experienced students work with a more experienced.

c. For each new activity at computer, ask them to work in pairs so that they can help each other. 

d. Consider how to obtain materials for your students.

e. Consider how you use these materials for computer activities. In accordance with the level of students' computer skills, you can assign a particular treat with different learning levels in different groups of students.

8. Explain the benefits of ICT in the Learning Process?

Answer: 

With the use of ICT promises a fairly interactive activities and fun for students because these tools are not only capable of displaying text, but also pictures, sounds, graphics, animation, and video recordings. Even with the internet connection, can be a real interaction that would bring real experience for students as well. Interaction over the Internet can be sinkronos or asinkronos. Use of this information technology in learning is known as e-learning, whether in the form of a dedicated program, or in the form of LMS (Learning Management System) which offers a dynamic interaction between teachers and students. 

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9.  Please list and describe software that can be used as a medium of learning? 

Answer:

a. CD-ROM is an optical disk diameter of 4.75 inches which is used as a medium for storing information in a fairly large amount (600 MB), which can be accessed and read on a monitor, or printed via the printer.

b. The Internet is an international network that connected the thousands and even millions of computers with a variety of cargo contents, such as education, government, business, culture, and technology.

c. Learning Management System (LMS) is software in the form of the learning portal. In general, the LMS provides a space for teachers to store material (upload) the following tasks assigned to students.

d. Authoring Program is the template used to develop teaching materials. The program can be in the form of freeware (free tool) or the package must be purchased.

e. TV Education, Ministry of National Education has provided one source of learning in the form of educational television broadcast, which was named Television Education (TVE). 

10. Describe some aspects that can affect the management of ICT in school? 

Answers:

1. ICT skills, In order to maximize the utilization of ICT in schools, the principal must designate person in charge / coordinator of ICT that have adequate ICT skills.

2. ICT Handbook, The purpose of this handbook is to inform the staff about prosodur use of ICT.

3. Security Hardware and Software, Tools of ICT requires a fairly expensive investment that needs to be guaranteed safety, both in terms of damage or theft. 

4. Helpful displays, many computer room is decorated with posters with the consideration that seems interesting regardless of their emergence. Posters are intended to benefit and make it easier for the role of ICT management. 

5. Maintenance and routine, and routine maintenance issues important to keep the devices remain durable. Any individual who frequently interact with ICT tools in schools need to know and implement mechanisms and routine maintenance. 

6.  Management factors that affect achievement in ICT, this factor is largely determined by those responsible for ICT which are assigned by school management. 

7. Manage the recording work that has made students, ICTs can help archival recordings for assessment purposes. Records of students can be stored in the form of diary, in which students record the activities of ICT that he had been doing every day. 

8. Infrastructure Management, Infrastructure Management is critical to ensure the success of the procurement, installation, and utilization of infrastructure. 

9. Financial Management, Finance in the field of ICT is also important because well-managed maintenance and operational cost is quite expensive. 

10. Good practice in administrative duties, Good practices in administrative tasks must be one important indicator in creating an effective school management. 

11. Promoting ICT.

12. Managing Use of the Internet, Internet usage in the institution would have an effect also on cost management.