Dear Dr. Maximus and all,

Good day,

All new Information Technology including computers and communications devices are necessary to improve and enhance the teaching and learning.

Regards

This might be best framed by age an experience of the child. Many children have exposure to mobile and stationary digital technologies early in development (before formal schooling) and are relatively adept at navigating. Our studies suggest that school aged children using technology for research need explicit instruction regarding how to construct search commands and how to evaluate the resources they find in searches.

1. Since knowledge in information society changes with speed, we should teach the students how to change believes easily and constructively.

2. We should teach them how to convert "information" to knowledge.

3. Teach them how to work in teams. This "teams" are expected to be converted to "networked science".

This discussion cannot stop with few remarks. It needs a lot of discussion.

Thank you for your answers. I believe further discusson will help a lot of readers.

Perhaps a fundamental skill - relating to any type of information - but more so for the glut of digital information available to young students is how to critically evaluate the bona fides of the information. Too often students will use information from popular sites (as served up by search engines) instead of more credible sites (with .edu or .org or .gov suffixes) and not think critically about the information it contains. By way of example, should we ask young students to support a ban on Dihydrogen Monoxide? See http://www.dhmo.org/facts.html

Kevin.

Most of our teachers in less developed contexts now have access to mobile technologies such as cell phones and ipads. Many young children are attraced to cartoons, perhaps not realising the educational value inherent to those. Could teachers design after school activities which help children think critically about the information they recieve? How could teachers help children convert information recieved to knowledge? How could teachers encourage research to be conducted by children in line with their curriculum while they enjoy information they recieve from technology?

Dear Dr. Maximus Monaheng Sefotho,

Information Technology includes computers, and communication devices with appropriate software, Internet and other digital resources, handheld computing tools and their extensions, and future and emerging forms of similar devices and applications. Technology can be used in a variety of ways to improve and enhance the teaching

and learning. 

Since today's student has been born into technology, it's very important that teachers obtain at least minimal skills in types of technology, types of instructional strategies that incorporate technology, uses of technology, and implementation of technology in their classrooms.  It is very important that teachers are not afraid or intimidated by the use and types of technology and its uses that's available for today's student.

Teachers need to stay ahead of the students in the use of technology. Make maximum use of technology to illustrate the concepts with real life or online examples. Many Open Source softwares and tutorials are available. Either we can teach them or encourage them to learn these on their own to upgrade their skills.

Dear Dr. Maximus and all,

Good day,

All new Information Technology including computers and communications devices are necessary to improve and enhance the teaching and learning.

Regards

Colleagues, thank you for your enlightening responses. I understand that not all teachers are armed with proper skills to enhance teaching and learning. Worse still, it appears that the technology is advancing at an alarming rate leaving less equipped teachers behind. Any particular cluster of skills suggested?  

The main lessons to children are based on the authenticity of fathers/teachers/educators. The technologies are an aid in some cases, but not main base.

Dear Dr. Maximus Monaheng Sefotho,

IT is a revolutionary development. Its developments are in many folds and hence IT related products have short span of usage and becomes obsolete. As far as the class rooms teachers can manage and teach students about the usage of useful applications of IT.

Dear Dr. Maximus Monaheng Sefotho,

We instructor, should direct and or orient our students about "How to take benefits of IT skills in the learning of their courses".

WISHING YOU ALL A VERY HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR - 2016.

The era of blended learning forces us to be computer literate.

What skills do teachers need to teach children in the area of information technology?

Teachers should teach children the following useful IT skills:

I think the most important thing is how to transfer the information and the idea to the student. The method and the psychic side are also very important.