Importance of ICT in Primary Education

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is important in primary education because it enables kids to search for the information they need and to organize what they have found. As children progress through the school system, they become increasingly responsible for their own learning. Many believe that ICT needs to be better integrated into curriculums so all schools produce computer literate, independent learners.

ICT is a global phenomenon, and children who are computer literate at an early stage of their lives might deal better with the modern world. A sound knowledge of ICT makes it much easier for children to find and organize information. ICT is important in primary schools because it can help kids to achieve better results in other subjects and to find what they need and use information in particular ways. Some of the ICT activities that makes lesson fruitful are

 PowerPoint

PowerPoint is a fantastic presentation tool: easy to use at a basic level, immediately gratifying presentations look impressive very quickly) and offering many different designs and visual enhancements. This software is a must-have in the classroom. It is important that children become familiar with ICT at an early age, because they will need those skills for the remainder of their education and in adult life.

Video

Making films is an exciting and challenging activity for the classroom. Traditional stories can be performed (and recorded), scenes from plays or books can be acted out and recorded for whole-class discussion, interviews can be filmed for media projects can be brought to life with film and non-fiction reports can be backed up with film-based ‘evidence’. ICT allows higher quality lessons through collaboration with teachers in planning and preparing resources.