Pros & Cons Of ICT In Early Childhood Education

Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) can help us to communicate with others sit far away from us because people sitting far away from us is not always going to find us only through technology we can communicate with people far away. From ICT we can get more information on important news. Information about country, education and events that have occurred. Example technology is hand phone, computer, television, radio and other more.

Now ICT is important to education because everyone has been using technology. All school now have subject ICT because student must know about ICT and computer as well as children, children must know how to use the computer. Learn about ICT have a advantages and disadvantages in early childhood.

Advantages of ICT in Early Childhood Education is learn about computer and the internet. Parents and teachers must teach children about ICT, for example is teaching children how to use a computer the right way. Parents or teacher must observe children when they use the computer. ICT also can help children to create a new knowledge, knowledge about computer and children would like to share their knowledge to their friend because to children, if have a new thing or knowledge that must share to all people.

However, children enjoy and interest if they know about computer. Children with an interest in things that they would explore it until he know how to use it. In technology have a many interest games and children will enjoy and happy if they know to play the games in the computer.

In addition, enhancing teacher training. Teacher must learn and understand more thing before want to teach children. If teacher not learn or training how to use the computer how teacher want to teach children. Teacher must know about computer system, software and hardware. Teacher also motivating to learn. Example, teacher must tell to children how to use a computer the right way. Teacher should explain to children about computer system and teacher must brief about computer apparatus.

Disadvantages of ICT in Early Childhood is children will use the computer morning to night. If parents not observe their children use the computer children going to bed late because they're too excited to play games. That are bad habit to children and they will sleepy to go to school. Second, when children started to pay attention on video games, they will care less on their studies.

In addition, children also not active and their development not develop because if children always play video games children will not to interested to play outdoor with their friend. Children will not active and just play video games at one place only. Children will be lazy to movement like jump, run, shake and walk. That also not develop children social skills because children like to play in their room and don’t want to communicate with others. ICT also can give the information wrong because people can edit the information from good thing to bad thing example about artist.

However, the negative is exposed to something during the middle of the advertisement. This will create a parent worried that children will be influenced by negative things. Children will do what they see. The important role parents at home to watch what they do at home and school teachers will take care of children while their parents work. Everything has a pros and cons and adult is a role to keep the children together from the negative thing.