2. • online technology enables local doctors to
consult with their international colleagues
and other doctors in the scattered island
communities;
• the most appropriate technologies were
seen as the ones that enabled the
communities
and
organisations
to
communicate more efficiently (example
was given of e-mail);
• ICTs promote distance education at all
levels;
3. • instantaneous availability of data through
ICTs;
•
the future of education is heavily
dependent on ICTs;
• Internet
access
helps
productivity,
innovation
and
entrepreneurship
to
flourish;
• ICTs are useful for job search by youths;
and
• ICTs are essential for the knowledge era.
4. It identifies the following as the role of ICT
in Philippine education:
• revitalize our schools to make them into
dynamic, collaborative and innovative learning
institutions where students can become more
motivated, inquisitive and creative learners.
• link up our students with the vast networked
world of knowledge and information to enable
them to acquire a broad knowledge base and a
global outlook and provide them with the
resources for the development of a creative
mind;
5. • develop in our students skills and
capabilities to critically and intelligently
seek, absorb, analyse, manage and
present information;
• create new knowledge and products; and
• develop in our students habits of selflearning to nurture the attitude and
capability
for
lifelong
learning.