Based on the reading teachers age was not an underlying factor towards the use of ICT, their attitudes and perceptions of ICT depended on their personal history and ICT training background.
Barriers of ICT use included:
1. lack of professional development training
2. lack of ICT technical assistance pedagogical support
3. lack of ICT skills at different levels
Overall the attitudes and perceptions of young and old teachers vary.
Where do I fit into all this that has been expressed on teachers attitudes towards the use of ICT?
As the main full-time ICT lecturer in the department as of 2014 and one of the future trainers of ICTs in education after this COL training, I believe that my attitude towards using and integrating ICTs in education is very important. Why? With a positive attitude and commitment to the cause I will be a leader and motivator to others in understanding that ICTs are not there to give us extra work, but are there to make the teaching learning process easier.
I know that so far my colleagues have expressed their concerns of their personal and professional development in ICT, since they have been asked many times in the last two years different ways in which they use ICTs in their lessons, and what are they ICT knowledge and skills needs. Even the few who were hesitant to use and integrate ICT in their classrooms right now are interested in knowing what is there that can be offered as support for them to be able to use their basic skills in ICT.
Overall, I must say with the national and regional push in using and integrating ICTs in education all of us at my department realize that we are important participants in this educational reform in ICT. We are not only in a higher educational institution, but in the department where teachers are to be trained with the necessary 21st Century skills, as a result we need to get with knowing and using these skills first for ourselves in order to model and facilitate the development of these skills in our student-teachers.
Therefore, ICT facilitates the teaching and learning process.
Barriers of ICT use included:
1. lack of professional development training
2. lack of ICT technical assistance pedagogical support
3. lack of ICT skills at different levels
Overall the attitudes and perceptions of young and old teachers vary.
Where do I fit into all this that has been expressed on teachers attitudes towards the use of ICT?
As the main full-time ICT lecturer in the department as of 2014 and one of the future trainers of ICTs in education after this COL training, I believe that my attitude towards using and integrating ICTs in education is very important. Why? With a positive attitude and commitment to the cause I will be a leader and motivator to others in understanding that ICTs are not there to give us extra work, but are there to make the teaching learning process easier.
I know that so far my colleagues have expressed their concerns of their personal and professional development in ICT, since they have been asked many times in the last two years different ways in which they use ICTs in their lessons, and what are they ICT knowledge and skills needs. Even the few who were hesitant to use and integrate ICT in their classrooms right now are interested in knowing what is there that can be offered as support for them to be able to use their basic skills in ICT.
Overall, I must say with the national and regional push in using and integrating ICTs in education all of us at my department realize that we are important participants in this educational reform in ICT. We are not only in a higher educational institution, but in the department where teachers are to be trained with the necessary 21st Century skills, as a result we need to get with knowing and using these skills first for ourselves in order to model and facilitate the development of these skills in our student-teachers.
Therefore, ICT facilitates the teaching and learning process.
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