Note; taking course participants through the fantastic concept of use of ICT in teaching and learning;
- all course participants who attended the session believed in him and abandoned the use of pens and papers for taking notes during session and started on using their ICT devices in doing that,
- the very same MEd cohort 9 (2016) got a complete dose of enlightenment that P.O BOX is a potential archive which the masses only refer to for historical references /records more so by very few conservativists and ICT illiterates,
- participants repent for their illiteracy which their former education system led them to commit against the 21st century digital information notion,
- half of the participants population remained in the hall glued on their PCs practising new ICT skills inorder to catch up with the era as they pay for their sins,
- personally I form the repentance group for I discovered I was at ICT infant stage (an armature) much as I possessed a computer for over seven years ago.
- used to tell us that he does not carry a pen. ''what for?'' he would ask. Pens are for PO BOX era.
- does not touch chalk, in fact, he has developed phobia to traditional teaching approach of chalk and talk, for the college has two working projectors and more than fifty computers. He uses these ICT gadgets for teaching and learning.
- he does not like reading hard copy materials in fear that such materials have high possibilities of getting lost or misplaced.
- he prefers teaching ICT to Social Studies Education which is his area of specialisation He is the head of department of ICT now. Now I understand,
- he tells us he learnt ICT skills informally (alone) with some few guides from friends. For us learning is formally designed. Oh! Great, Wonderful, ...
Thank you for your good observations, by the end of one year we will escape from traditional ways of teaching
ReplyDeleteWambura, a bird at hand is worth catching .at the moment,with the available resources we have in most of our schools, it may be a great uphill task to go so quickly to high technology of the use of ICT equipments like computers,projectors video conference facilities.So step by step progress will be an ideal step for us.
DeleteOdua, what we must be aware of is the challenges toward application of ICT. some of our fellow do not have skills on using some useful programs within ICT aspects. we should think of how to help them.
DeleteICT is quite relevant to all of us. I join you in the repentance group and and as you can remember, I am one of those who remained behind to pay for previous sins - not learning ICT at an early age to be able to manipulate the computer and other ICT related gadgets as expected. Dr. Wachira is hilarious and he makes us laugh not at what he uses as examples, but at our very selves. We damn irrelevant without ICT skill but one consolation still remains in him. He will make us be experts in a short while of course with our serious effort.
ReplyDeleteleonard, people are there to facilitate you, the most important thing is to make a thoroughly follow on how you can make yourself with the basic skills of ICT. it is the most important animal in the twenty one century economically, socially, culturally and politically. Our children have to be made aware of this animal. So the time for cheating to those ineffective teachers is over.
Deletethere is no way we can run away from ICT
ReplyDeleteThank you for your comments.If this is how far ICT can take us then,what will be its nature by the end of this century?
ReplyDeleteBen thank you for the well thought of observation about the ICT session.
ReplyDeleteThe beginning point is to have personal reflection about it and also personalize the conversion.
I personally felt challenged to promised to change my perception about ICT and to embrace it as the only way to go in this 21st century.
Many thanks to the great PREACHER....NICO.