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Index.
0. Justification
1. Introduction to new information technologies and communication (ICT’s)
2. Why call New Technologies in information and communication (ICTs)?
3. Developments in information technology and media (ICTs) throughout
history.
4. The importance of information and communication in the development of a
society.
5. Economic, political, cultural and social psychological impact of information
technology and communication. (ICTs)
6. ¿Cómo influyen e influirán en un futuro próximo las tecnologías de la
información y las nuevas formas de comunicación en la educación?
7. Conclusion
8. Bibliography
9. Websites consulted.
0. Justification
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Max Weber, creator of the company Atticmedia, twelve years of experience
“separating wheat from chaff” by helping their clients find new ways and develop
strategies using the Internet, which is the primary channel of communication and most
important business created in the past times. Its customers include companies such as
Discovery Channel, Disney, Burger King, Lego, Mattel …
The presents us with a question, if you can apply all this new technology to culture
and education to improve student learning, to that question I will try to answer in this
workpaper and as the future of education also depends on the ICT's
1. Introduction to new information technologies and communication (ICTs)
According to Núñez, J (2000): "Modern technology is at the heart of contemporary
civilization. She keeps changing the world we live in, from production to social
communication and human sensitivity."
Today there is talk that there are multiple revolutions: scientific, economic,
political, technological and given a special place in the revolution of the field of
information and communications
The introduction into society of so-called new technologies of communication and
information, is bringing about the unexpected changes caused at the time by other
technologies such as were once the printing and electronics. Its effects and scope, not
only are in the field of information and communication but to reach beyond the cause
and propose changes in the social, economic, employment, legal and political.
Therefore, the presence of the Technologies of Information and Communication
Technology (ICT) is unquestionable, are part of the technological culture that surrounds
us and with which we live.
2. Why call New Technologies in information and communication (ICTs)?
For Marques, P (2000) Concept Information Technologies and Communication
Technologies (ICTs) encompasses not only computers and associated technologies,
telematics and multimedia, but also the media of all kinds: social media (“mass media ")
and traditional interpersonal media with technological support such as telephone, fax ...
According to UNESCO New Technologies of Information and Communication
Technologies (ICTs) are the "set of scientific, technological, engineering and
management techniques used in managing and processing information, their
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applications, computers and their interaction with men and machines, and content
associated social, economic and cultural development "
3. Developments in information technology and media (ICTs) throughout
history.
We assume that these changes are present, remember that a thousand years ago the
man had four types of media: music, painting, writing and oral language.
In the fifteenth century printed book appeared, in the eighteenth century
newspapers and magazines in the nineteenth century was a revolutionary stage in the
media: they invented photography, radio, telephone, in the twentieth century this
rhythm of "multiplication" is considerably strengthened: they released the tape of
records, making of films, recording tapes, television (even cosmic), the personal
computer ...
Development of electronics brought the vast majority of knowledge were recorded on
tapes and disks. Telematics, optical disks, multimedia, virtual reality systems and
networks are tools to manage information and within reach of human culture today.
4. The importance of information and communication in the development of a
society.
The information has always been a driving force for progress since about 5000 years
ago the man joined in the writing word and image, allowing disclose and retain
information.
In the XXI century, the world is, thanks to new information technologies and
communication, with a quantum jump.
New technologies have come to humanity in the era of universal communication,
the distance between the source of information and the recipient has lost all its
importance with modern data transmission techniques
Perhaps one of the most primitive and deeply rooted human needs is that of being
able to communicate with their peers, a process that might seem a priori simple, is not
without its difficulties and is conditioned by numerous factors and circumstances that
make all kinds the communicative process one of the most complex to address.
Throughout history, the communication process has evolved in an almost giddy,
in just a few hundred years have passed reading and writing as the only means to
communicate with a receiver that was not present in the same place the issuer, the use of
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new information technologies and communication, which allow us to see from our own
house in something that is happening across the world at that moment or that we can
communicate in real time with another person thousands of miles as if in an adjoining
room, although in reality separating you from your source intercontinental distances.
Today we tend to recognize the value of information as a resource. In this regard
it is stated that more information is "an essential element for development, given that for
timely results in products and quality services, increased competitiveness, policy
making and consequently in the development, whether at national or even international.
" (Delahanty, D, 1998) addition to the advantages of having a multiplier effect than
other resources not spent in use and to allow its transmission or duplication almost
instantly.
5. Economic, political, cultural and social psychological impact of information
technology and communication. (ICTs)
Information today has a direct impact on economic, social, cultural and political.
Observe then the far-reaching implications of new information technologies and
communication:
Economic impact: In 1997 there were more than 200 countries connected to the
Internet with an annual growth of 10 to 15%. There are currently more than 34,000
databases, 5,000 broadcasting groups, images, animations, music and more. However,
not all countries in the world have the opportunity to invest their financial resources in
the acquisition of these new technologies.
According to the study of Morgan Stanley, the capitalization of the Web is increasingly
important. Among Google, Yahoo, eBay, Yahoo! Amazon Japan and reached a market
value of 262,000 million. And the number grows daily, like electronic commerce or
banking online here.
Political Impact: Many specialists agree that knowledge is power and the
country that can best lead the revolution in information and communication will be
more powerful. This mainly because the information is more vulnerable to the whims of
governments and powerful groups, which need to protect their interests. Internet has no
rules, no owner, no one runs it, but it is controlled by the policy of the strongest, most
powerful country in the First World.
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Cultural Impact: Through the Information Technology and Communication
not only information moves, but is transmitted culture, traditions, social and moral
values, lifestyles. People are able to communicate over the network.
Psychologic-social impact: Internet was born in 1991, since then the number
of users grew at a rate of 40% per week in 1996 there were 200 million users. Internet
continues to grow and, according to the study of Morgan Stanley in the world and there
are 1,000 million Internet users. From the standpoint of psychological and social affects
social relationships and interpersonal communication that are established through the
network (email, social networking, chat rooms, forums, etc..) And have the chance to
meet people are distant in less time and without displacement.
6. ¿Cómo influyen e influirán en un futuro próximo las tecnologías de la
información y las nuevas formas de comunicación en la educación?
As mentioned above, we are witnessing a world and a changing society. Education
should respond clearly and concisely to the challenges also are considering new, the
result of the rapid changes to which we referred earlier, is the place to be given to new
information technologies and communication. These technologies are creating a
revolution that affects both production-related activities and work, and to activities
linked to education and training.
Until relatively recently, schools and universities were the key centers of
learning. Today, information is multidirectional, and expands comes from multiple
sources. That information spreads through multiple channels such as print, television,
radio, CD-ROM, computer networks.
We can differentiate between:
• Traditional Education: The teacher and students are physically present
in the same space-time (during class), which develop different activities.
In such an area can use new information technologies and
communication, for example, the teacher proposes to his students that
they search through the Internet on the History of Rotterdam. Students
will use computers and the internet connection to perform the activity,
staying together for this. In this type of education prevalent oral and
written communication.
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• Distance education: The teacher and students are not physically in the
same location or at the same time, so that communication is occurring
elements necessary to create mediators between teacher and student.
They are traditionally used to connect conventional correspondence with
the student teachers. The students were supported by a tutor through the
mail. The student performs a query, you must wait for the teacher to
receive your letter and resolve your concerns then you send your reply.
We can ask that their emergence dates back to the eighteenth century,
with a notice published in 1728 by the Boston Gazette, where material
related to a self - instruction to be sent to students with tutoring
possibility of correspondence.
- In 1840, Isaac Pitman in England organized a rudimentary attempt of
correspondence education.
- In 1843 he formed the "Phonographic Correspondence Society of
corrections to exercise charge shorthand.
- Less academic was trying to teach mining and mine accident prevention by
Mining Herald, a Pennsylvania newspaper. Thomas Foster was the one that took the
initiative and marked the beginning of the International Correspondence Schools (ICTS)
of Scranton, Pennsylvania.
- In Western Europe and North America, distance education began in the
nineteenth century industrial cities, in order to accommodate the minorities, who for
various reasons, did not attend regular schools.
- After the Second World War, there was an expansion of this modality to
facilitate access to schools at all levels, especially in Western industrialized countries, in
Central Europe.
• Teleformación or e-learning. Distance learning sessions where
students access content, activities, assignments, course tutors through
the Technology Platforms. On the platform, students will find the
contents and the activities carried out and evaluation activities. In this
training option, students and teachers do not share the same physical
space. This type of training has a number of advantages:
 Eliminates physical distances.
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Are tools such as email, forum or chat to establish communication between
participants.
 Various alternate methods of teaching.
Students may work individually or in groups.
 Allows flexible hours
The student accessed at will and at the time that you have time.
This type of training can lead to a wider audience.
 Promotes interaction
Students can communicate with each other, with the tutor and on-line resources
available online.
 Resources available online and multimedia
Thanks to the Internet which provides instant and unlimited access to a wealth of
resources such as text, graphics, audio, video, animations, etc.. The student can discuss
your queries for the resolution of the activities.
• Blended learning. This training model makes use of the advantages of
education 100% online and face training, combining them into one type
of training that speeds the work of both teacher and student.
The benefits are often attributed to this mode of learning is the union of the two modes
that combines:
• Those that are attributed to e-learning: reducing costs (by not taken to
move the student to attend classes), the elimination of spatial barriers and time
flexibility as to carry out much of the activities of course not necessary that all
participants agree on the same place and time.
• Training and face: physical interaction, which has a substantial impact on
the motivation of participants, facilitate linkages, and offers the possibility of making
something more complex activities to perform in a purely virtual.
As shown in the various educational methods have been integrating new information
technologies and communication, to greater or lesser extent. Currently, many schools
that foster the blended learning mode or Teleformación (or e-learning), because of the
potential for both teacher and student (flexible hours, elimination of physical barriers,
new forms of interaction and communication with students (chat, forums, tutorials,
etc.).
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Why has so much impact the introduction of new information technologies and
communication in the classroom? Students live in a society where new technologies
coexist, where their use is becoming a usual and everyday. A society in which students
must acquire the skills needed to function effectively, which is why the educational
system to insert the new technologies.
The classroom should be a real microsystem of what happens in society and not
live isolated from the changes occurring in society.
On the other hand, it is essential that teachers be given the necessary training in
the use and management of new information technologies and communication. So not
only known as a computer at work, but what is their didactic application, how to get
maximum performance with their students.
7. Conclusion
So ... is it possible a future in which ICT's to improve the education of our
youth?
Now this only knowing that to answer this, teachers must be trained, must have
sufficient financial resources in the country and of course if the materials are tailored to
provide those resources.
The problems come when the country or place of which we speak may not have
sufficient financial means so talking about a great injustice in terms of development and
equal education for all and we must all have the same rights. Even so I think that
assuming that capital is available for everyone to have access to good technology and
media to help promote a higher education level. All this is possible and it will be
possible in future if we do this and that we can speak of progress is really something
positive and not unequal for different groups of people with more or less economic
potential.
8. Bibliography.
Calderon, MC (2000): "Education and Social Media: History and Prospects"
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Department of Theory and History of Education and Social Pedagogy. University of
Seville.
Martinez, E (2008): "Digital Interactivity. New strategies in education and
communication. " EOS University. Madrid.
Amar, VM (2006): "New technologies applied to education. Universidad de Cádiz
Cabero, J. (Ed.) (1999). "Audiovisual and new technologies for training in the XXI
century". Murcia. Diego Marín.
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Prometheus website. Andaluz E-learning Portal:
http://prometeo3.us.es/publico/es/quees/que_aporta.jsp
Garcia, J: "virtual teaching environments. A training system? "Journal of Education
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Gomez, MC: "Professor to new technologies
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technologies. Educational context. Number 28 Year V.
Marquès, P (2000): "ICTs and their contribution to society." Department of Applied
Education. UAB. http://www.pangea.org/peremarques/tic.htm
Wikipedia. Concept of e-learning. http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/B-learning
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