Lesson with and without ICT Integration:

 

A study conducted by Blanskat, Blamire, Kefala (2006) in national, international, and European schools  to draw evidence regarding the advantages of ICT in school learning achievement, it has been  found out that ICT has a positive impact on students’ performances. In this context, the Ministry of Education, in partnership with colleges of education is doing all possible to help us instructors understand the significance of ICT in modern teaching and learning. As a result, as teachers, we must provide a platform for our pupils to investigate and adapt to the demands of the environment.

In class VI, I delivered a lesson on “Diseases Caused by Microorganism.” On the 31st of May, I taught the topic without incorporating ICT; however, on the 6th of June, after receiving a video tutorial topic on the same topic, I created a power-point presentation using ICT and also re-taught the topic as an extended lesson by downloading a YouTube presentation on the same topic. I discovered that ICT integration in lessons made a big difference.

So, after teaching the same topic in two different ways (traditional and ICT-integrated), I'd like to reflect on the benefits and drawbacks of employing ICT modalities for future reference. When I compared the traditional way of teachers teaching with hard copy teaching-learning aids, I could detect a significant difference in the children's learning. Students were observed to be very active and lively during the lesson as a result of the ICT integrated teaching. When they watch the powerpoint presentation on how micro-organism diseases are spread, as well as a brief video instruction on YouTube, they are blown away. The classroom was buzzing as students saw a film demonstrating on how micro-organism causes diseases, which was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for them. When activity instructions were on the screen, I used energizer clips in between the lessons to break their monotony and boost their learning efficiency. As previously said, it not only aided in enhancing children's curiosity during teaching, but it also helped to lessen workload and the hear-talk process.

Despite the numerous advantages of incorporating ICT into the teaching-learning process, limited resources, electronic transit from one classroom to another after each session, and a lack of IT competence are some of the minor problems that I face in schools. Regardless, I began to believe that ICT plays a critical function in making our instruction more effective and achievable.