The role of ict in education

ICT in Schools
Introduction
It is generally agreed that ICT is a crucial resource in education.
Children use computers from an early age and continue to university level.
Children taught practical ICT skills that are transferable into the work place.

More advantages
Teachers upload course documents so that students misses a lesson, they can download information and do the work in their own time.
Encourages student-driven lessons, where students take responsibility for their learning.

Even more advantages!
Government sponsored learning tools available to students .
Government promises high-speed broadband internet access for every university, hospital and doctors' surgery which would allow schools to be linked and to share resources.

Advantages of ICT in Education
Use of packages: word-processing, dtp, spreadsheets.
Special facilities for pupils with disabilities.
Teacher and pupil communications improve.
ICT provides links with other schools or with businesses.
Computers in schools provides wider access to ICT and encourages new ways of learning
Can repeat work again and again and again

CD-ROMs in schools
Interactive Learning packages are available on CD for different subjects.
Children can learn in varied ways in the classroom.
There are many CD-ROMs available for each level of the national curriculum.

By RTM TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE LIMITED

Evolution of Education Technology
TIME
IMPACT

Chalk-and-board has long
ruled the classrooms
will not be eliminated
Less emphasis
Interactive Digital Content:
more emphasis
on demand learning
interactive

National ICT Agenda
KNOWLEDGE-BASED
ECONOMY
PEOPLE
- Work Culture
- ICT Skills
- Knowledge worker
- Learning Society
- United, moral & ethical
INFRASTRUCTURE
- Communication
- Fibre-Optic Cabling
- Gigabit ATM
- Satellite
- Transport/Logistic
- etc
APPLICATION &
CONTENT
- Smart Schools
- e-govt.
- Smartcard
- Tele-medicine
- Others

NATION’s ICT EDUCATION VISION

RTM Objectives
Quality
Leading-edge Research,
Best Staff and Students,
Good Facilities & Services, etc
Private
Market driven courses &
Research, Collaborations
with industries,
Prudent Spending, etc,
Speed
Responsive to change,
shorter time to achieve world-class,
Application of technology,
Good Information System, etc
RTM

RTM: Preparing students for lifelong learning

Learning models will need to change
How do people learn in a digital environment?
Is e-learning effective?
Are learners ready?
New learning model are needed

Traditional & E-learning Approach

Delivery mode will change
Lack of facilities and
funding
Increase in tuition fee
Growing student population
Privatisation of education
Cost effective solutions
(e.g. e-learning)
More virtual universities
Delivery Mode
100 : 0 (F/T)
80 : 20 (F/T)
20 : 80 (DE)
BRICK
CLICK

Teaching aids will change
Blackboard
OHP
TV/VHS
LCD
PC
Whiteboard

Interactive
Intelligent
Multimedia
Virtual Teacher
(Learner Centred)
Video/Animation
Audio/Text
Graphics
Computer
Multimedia Learning System (MMLS)
Web-based
Concept: Virtual Teacher within a virtual classroom environment
Intelligent Learning Management System (iLMS)
Home grown system

Teacher’s Obligation

Building an e-learning culture
Learner:
Self-directed
Self-motivated
Self-regulating
Lifelong learning
Teacher:
Develop knowledge & skills
Understand learning and its need
Facilitate learning
Create learning opportunities
Administrator:
Create Learning environment
Provide ICT infrastructure
Resources for lifelong learning
Building an
E-learning
Culture

Tools: Learning Management System (LMS)
Management of content
Tracking students
Administrative features
Integration with various tools such as chat, forum, e-mail, etc.
Reporting
Demo... of Multimedia Learning System (MMLS)

Conclusion
ICT and e-learning offers opportunity to raise educational standards in schools
Large range of ICT tools are available for teaching and learning
Closes the gap of “Digital Divide”
Involvement of teachers and parents is important
Schools will need funding, access and training

Company Profile (RTM)
RTM TECNOLOGIES PVT LTD a professional agency with a proven track record, adequate infrastructure and resources. We are capable to install and maintain a broad spectrum of computer machines, Network and System. Further, we have the infrastructure and professional expertise to impart technical training wherever required for the operations and maintenance system.
RTM TECHNOLOGIE PVT LTD has a comprehensive and diverse of products including desktops, laptops, servers, lifestyle products like dig cams, plasma TV, scanner, MP3 players, 5 in 1 flash drive, Mobile jammers , security equipments, walkie-talkie, video conferencing systems the PC camera and various accessories like pen drive, mouse, etc.

VISION
RTM Technologies Pvt Ltd is having a vision to use I.T. and computer education as a vehicle for economic development and to create a high tech society with a high quality of life in Tamil Nadu.

MISSION
To bridge the digital divide in the country and increase the PC penetration providing a computer to all

OBJECTIVES
Growth of Software, Hardware and services industry in the state has not been consistent with the potential. The objective of the Aesthe-tech Multi Media is to support/encourage IT education and would thus be as follows:
Bringing IT to masses especially to the Secondary and Sr. Secondary Students of Tamil Nadu.
Accelerate the use of information technology in schools, colleges and educational institutions
Spurring the Domestic demand for software, hardware and services
Making Software, Electronics/IT Hardware and ITS/ITES Sectors globally competitive and thereby increasing export earnings
Facilitating the industry for addressing global markets
Facilitate formation of value additions for growth of the industry
Help businesses realise full potential in creating wealth.

STRATEGY
The strategy of RTM Technologies Pvt Ltd is to achieve economic growth through development of nationally and globally competitive industry by facilitation and providing confidence, dedication, purpose and a fertile ground in which investments would flourish.

AMS School Software's
A Package of Multimedia Educational School Software's.
For Primary, Middle, Secondary and Senior Secondary Schools.
The Software includes subject from Science, Math's, Languages, Social Science, Astronomy to Yoga
Based on Global Education
Easy to understand

Multimedia Education
EDUCON is a product developed specifically for Indian schools and aims to achieve the following objectives: To encourage the use of computers as a means of delivering consistently good and revolutionary education. To create and deliver content that is as good as any other international product but for use by specially Indian students. To develop a nurture a brain trust of concerned parties in the Indian educational system so as to create a product that meets all its needs as they arise. To use the most current and the complex technologies available to develop the product while keeping the user interface simple, attractive, and uncluttered. To encourage the spread of this form of education by being extremely economical and cost effective.

Multimedia Education
EDUCON is a fully voiced, full multimedia product, with thousands of pictures, animations, videos and other features.
EDUCON is India specific, based on Indian CBSE & State curriculum.
EDUCON has a Teachers-Aid module to help a teacher to teach better.
EDUCON will be upgraded monthly based on user requirements.
EDUCON is very economical and finally.
EDUCON is a monopoly and is likely to remain one for many years. In fact most other company use our contents as the center of their product offering.
Essentially EDUCON is a fully configured computer deliverable multimedia software package. It is programmed to be deliverable over a number of computers connected in a local area network. The entire package is 100% based on the prescribed syllabus on the Indian school board, and in this situations, it is a unique product. Each module of the product uses full color with thousands of graphics, hundreds of videos and animations, Indian professional voices that are easy to understand for Indian children's.

AMS with RTM
Easy to learn and understand
Students have different levels of learning and retention abilities. The programme therefore encourages learning at once own pace. A huge number of self - assessment exercises allow the student to assess himself without an exam phobia. Thousands of pictures, videos, animations and graphics, all in full color are used to make learning easier and pleasurable.
Subject available
The Teaching-aid module offers many full color, animated and fully voiced sequences that a teacher can use to explain to students concepts that are difficult to explain in on blackboards. To begin with at least 100 such modules will be available and they will be added to monthly as mentioned below.
At this point of time, these modules cover in detail, Science, and Mathematics syllabus from 3rd to10 class. Social Science is upto 5th class and E.V.S is upto 2nd class The coverage is comprehensive and exhaustive. The users of this product will be allowed to access a number of value added programs aimed at improvement of General Knowledge, English, Hindi and vocabulary etc.

Some Visuals of EDUCON Multimedia Software's

Some Visuals of EDUCON