My understanding on integrating ICT in our teaching.

Students today are connected through computers, laptops, instant messaging, intranets, Internet, and cell phones. In order to cater to the students' experience with technology, corresponding changes in pedagogy and curriculum should happen (Lee, 2002,p.2). Students in Bhutan are also exposed to technologies like almost any other student in the world.
However the usage of such facilities at primary label in our school are very minimal, this is all because of the low income background of the children's family, lack of resources in school.
Recognizing the important role that education plays in shaping a nation’s future, our visionary Monarchs have always accorded the highest priority to the education sector. Investments in education have equipped our people with the knowledge and skills that have created opportunities for them to contribute to the nation building process. Bhutan has a vision of becoming a knowledge based society; to achieve this vision the education system must address the needs of a rapidly changing world driven by dramatic technological revolution. The purpose of developing the iSherig (Education ICT Master Plan) is to provide a road map to ensure that all our children have equitable access to quality education.

ICT in education is not about technology but teaching. It is the teacher’s innovativeness that makes lesson delivery meaningful. The purpose of integrating ICT is to improve the quality of teaching and learning and to equip learners with 21^st century skills.

ICT classrooms are essentially designed to assist the teachers to utilize the class time by encouraging the student to participate in interactive exercises, while enabling them to review lectures at home on a laptop or a computer for revision purposes.

I believe that the development of both teachers' and students' motivation in schools settings is a crux issue that we must cope with in our educational practice. In doing so, we cannot skip to using Information and Communication Technologies (ICT’s) in the learning process. Some of the advantages of integrating ICT in our teaching are:

·         Easy student management.

·         Better teaching and learning methods.

·         Interactive and collaborative teaching and learning methods.

·         Independent learning platforms for students.

·         Teachers can teach better with images, videos, and graphics while delivering lessons.

·         Educators can create engaging, interesting and well-designed classroom activities.