Let’s go back to the 70’s: during those times, did we think that the computer industry would be a part of our day to day lives one day? Today, be it banking, ticketing, messaging, day to day accounting or any other work, we use computers practically for every activity of our lives. As computers have become an integral part of our lives today it is necessary to know more about it. This is where need for computer education comes in.
Computers nowadays are very powerful tool in gathering information. With a simple click of a mouse, all information that you want to know will be yours. Teachers and students are very fortunate because they can easily get all the answers to their assignments, researches, term papers, etc.
II. THE PROBLEM
This research aims to improve the teaching and learning capacity of teachers and students through the use of ICT in Mataas na Paaralang Neptali A. Gonzales.
Specifically, it aims to widen the teachers’ and students’ ability to use the computers in terms of:
1. Microsoft Office/Linux a. MS Word/Open office Writer b. MS Excel/Open office Calc c. MS PowerPoint/Open office Impress d. Internet Browsing
2. Integration of ICT in education by strengthening classroom learning instruction using MS Office and/or Linux System
3. Sustain the use of ICT in education in MPNAG financially.
III. POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS
With the foregoing problems stated above, the following activities are suggested:
1. Conduct ICT Literacy training to teachers and students 2. Provide regular hands-on trainings for teachers and students 3. Allow teachers and students to use the BCA room and ICT tools and equipment in their lesson 4. Organize an ICT Club 5. Ask a little amount of money for every service they can get from the BCA Room (i.e. printing, scanning, etc.)
IV. PROBLEM ANALYSIS AND RESULTS
Despite the growing attention on computer technology in