ICT in Education

The 1990s was the decade of computer communications and information access, particularly
with the popularity and accessibility of internet-based services such as electronic mail and
the World Wide Web. At the same time the CD-ROM became the standard for distributing
packaged software (replacing the floppy disk). This allowed large information-based
software packages such as encyclopaedias to be cheaply and easily distributed. As a result
educators became more focussed on the use of the technology to improve student learning
as a rationale for investment.Today computers in schools are both a focus of study in themselves (technology education) and a support for learning and teaching (educational technology). Rationales can be presented for both computer literacy and using computers as part of educational technology.
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