ROLE OF THE TEACHER IN THE USE OF ICT
One of the areas of concern for me is
that of the promotion of collaborative learning. ICT does not necessarily
encourage collaborative learning because if each student has a computer for
use, it may well just discourage collaboration. Moreover, technology has
already proven to decrease face to face interaction. Therefore, in the
classroom collaboration must be heavily encouraged by the teacher to ensure
that it occurs.
As it relates to the role of the teacher, he or she must move away
from merely imparting information or content to one that encourages critical thinking
skills, promote information literacy, and nurture collaborative working
practices to prepare children for a new work in which no job is guaranteed for
life. In addition, the teacher must be the one to separate out quality
information from misinformation and identify authentic sources of information
for the students.