Contents

1. Information and
Communication Technology
2. Meaning
3. Scope
4. ICT in education
5. Advantages
6. Disadvantages
7. Digital Divide
8. Digital Natives and Digital

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Information &
Communication
Technology
1. Information and Communication
Technology or ICT is often used as an
extended synonym for Information
Technology (IT).
2. ICT can be defined as the combination
of information technology with other
related technologies, specifically
communication technology.

Meaning of ICT
1. ICT is defined as a diverse set
of technological tools and
resources used to communicate
and to create, disseminate,
store and manage information.
2. These technologies includes
computers, the internet,
broadcasting technologies

Scope
1. The Indian ICT sector has been
instrumental in driving the nations
economy on to the rapid growth curve.
2. The roll out of 3G of mobile phones in
India has been a positive development.
3. Elementary schools and secondary
schools are using computers to way
multimedia educational programmes to
teach the kids.

ICT in Education
1. ICT has become one of the
basic building blocks of
modern society.
2. ICT can contribute to
universal access to
education, equity in
education, the delivery of
quality learning and

ICT in Education

Advantages
1. Promotes learning by doing approach.
2. Enables self-paced learning.
3. Provides access of wide range of upto-date learning materials.
4. Enriches learning through a
combination of audio, video, images,
text and animation.
5. Teacher can easily explain complex
instructions.

Disadvantages
1. Too expensive to afford.
2. Setting up of the devices
can be very troublesome.
3. Hard for teachers to use
with a lack of experience in
using ICT tools.

Digital Divide
1. It is an economic and social inequality with regard
to access to, use of, or impact of ICT.
2. The term digital divide describes a gap in terms of
access to and usage of information and
communication technology including the skills to
make use of those technology with in a geographic
area, society or community.
3. It was traditionally considered to be a question of
having or not having access of technology.
4. Now ,with a global mobile phone penetration of
over 95%, it is becoming a relative inequality
between those who have more and those who have
less.

Digital Natives & Digital

Immigrants
1. The concept was created by Mark Prensky in a
2001 article, Digital Natives and Digital
Immigrants.
2. These are terms used to describe where people
fall on the technology timeline based on when
they were born, before or after 1980.
3. The digital native/immigrant analogy can help
us to understand the difference between those
who are comfortable with technology and
those who are not.

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Digital Natives
1. The digital natives are defined as
those born after 1980 following the
introduction of digital technology.
2. They are born into it.
3. Digital natives are surrounded by
technology, often from their
childhood, and their daily activities
include learning using digital
technology.
4. They are savvy to smart phones,
facebooks and other technologies.

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Digital Immigrants
1. A digital immigrant is an
individual who was born before
the widespread adoption of
digital technology.
2. They are those who born prior
to 1980.
3. The term may also be applied to
individuals who were not
exposed to it at an early age.
4. According to Mark Prensky,

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