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Review of Basic ICT Skills and Training Software For Educators in Africa by Tina James, Olof Hesselmark, Ben Akoh and Leonard Mware Uploaded 26 June 2003 This study was commissioned by DFID’s Imfundo initiative in response to increasing requests from African educators to assist them in identifying suitable training materials to develop basic information and communications technology (ICT) skills. Such skills would include basic computer literacy, the use of e-mail and the Internet, software for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, and the creation of Websites. The attainment of such basic ICT skills is a precursor for teachers, government officials, peer educators and others to maximise the potential of ICT-based learning. This will ensure that they are well grounded in basic skills at the onset of ICT education initiatives, which in turn can support the effective utilisation of ICT as a tool for enhancing the quality and impact of teaching and learning in Africa. The benefits of acquiring ICT skills are many – improved learning and teaching through access to better teaching resources, administrative efficiency and effectiveness, entertainment, communication with other educators, and more creative uses such as presentations for teaching purposes, the creation of award certificates and report cards, and lesson materials incorporating graphic materials.
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