FIRST REFLECTION

The educational system in our country is adopting new technologies to incorporate ICT in the teaching and learning process, to set up students with the comprehension and skills they need in their subject matter. In this way, the teaching profession can promote the shift to a learner-centered environment. Even the use of ICT into the learning environment has made a greater focus on the teamwork among students, increase learning motivations and engagement.  And I believe that the use of ICT in the classroom is very prominent as it provides opportunities for both mentor and students to access, to manipulate and retrieve information. Moreover, it also encourages independent and active learning.

Technologies (computers, laptops, mobile phones, etc) can be used effectively in a series of different ways to advance teaching and learning. ICT can help to widen one's thinking in a range of various ways including reasoning, understanding, and creativity. They also have the potential to transform the nature of education where and how learning takes place and the roles of students and teachers in the learning process. Though ICT plays a vital role in shaping students learning, the assistance and support from the teacher should remain constant. In a way, it creates a conducive learning environment.

Though it has got a huge positive and negative impact on teaching and learning yet more importantly learning through ICT is always fun, easier to comprehend, and foster internal and external collaboration. ICT caters the needs of everyone, everywhere if we use it positively. Use of ICT in teaching and learning makes lessons interesting and livelier. And tools like social networking site (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, blogs) offer opportunities for people to express our creativity, showcase our works and makes it available to the large audience.

During our school days, our teachers use the traditional way of teaching. There was little opportunity for us to explore but, now technology has developed so fast and it has a great impact on teaching and learning. For instance, if we have to look for information, we need not have to depend on teachers but we can always browse through the net and get any information we want. This has made the learners to get the relevant information and learn on their own making teaching and learning much easier. The use of ICT in the classroom helps to make teaching and learning interesting through the use of PowerPoint presentations, video clips, google classroom, wechat discussion forum, vle forum and many more.