Before we examine this topic further, more better that we know beforehand that Information Technology is a large root that covers all the technical equipment to process and convey information. ICT covers two aspects of information technology and communication technology. Information technology encompasses all matters relating to process, use as aids, manipulation, and information management. While communication technology is anything that is related to the use of assistive devices for processing and transferring data from one device to anotherblo. Therefore, information technology and communication technology are two inseparable concepts. So the Information and Communication Technology contains the broad sense of all activities associated with the processing, manipulation, management, transfer of information between the media. The term ICT emerged after the combination of computer technology (both hardware and software) and communications technology in the mid-20th century. The combination of both technologies are evolving rapidly beyond any other technology fields. Until the beginning of the 21st century ICT continue to experience various changes and have not seen the point of saturation.
Indonesia ever use the term telematics (Telematics) for roughly the same meaning with ICT as we know it today. Encarta Dictionary describes as telecommunication + informatics Telematics (telecommunication + informatics) even before the word meaning the science of data transmission. Processing and distribution of information through telecommunications networks open up many opportunities to be exploited in various fields of human life, including the one in education. The idea of using machine-learning, making the simulation of complex processes, animation processes described very difficult to attract teaching practitioners. Moreover, the possibility to serve the learning that is not constrained time and place can also be facilitated by ICT. In line with that start popping up various jargon beginning with E, ranging from e-book, e-learning, e-laboratory, e-education, e-library, and so on. The prefix e mean that implicitly interpreted electronics technology based on digital electronics. Use of ICT in learning in Indonesia has had a long history. Education initiative conducted radio and television education is an effort to disseminate information to the educational units scattered throughout the archipelago. This is a form of consciousness to optimize the utilization of technology in helping the process of learning communities. The main weakness of broadcast radio and television education is the lack of feedback is instantaneous. Broadcasting is unidirectional ie from resource persons or facilitators to learners. Introduction of computers with the ability to process and present a multimedia display (text, graphics, images, sounds and moving images) provide new opportunities to overcome the weaknesses that are not owned radio and television broadcasts. When the television is only able to provide direct information (especially if the material is a material tayangannya recordings), Internet technology-based learning provides opportunities to interact both synchronous (real time) or asynchronous (delayed). Internet-based learning allows for learning in sync with the main advantage that the learners and the facilitator does not have to be in the same place. Utilization of video conferencing technology which is run by using Internet technology enables the learner to be anywhere along the network is connected to a computer. In addition to leading applications like that, some other opportunities that are simpler and less expensive also be developed in line with advances in ICT today.
The importance of a teaching method using ICT is a teacher could easily explain the lessons that the teacher teaches. For example, if a teacher teaches listening in English language lessons, a teacher, can directly use the media AUDIO VISUAL, which means there must be a teacher like a television set or VCD PLAYER. But I am sure that the tools that help if we can give reasons for the use and the atmosphere is safe to use. As stated a language teacher, English teacher. Not only that computer can also be used as a teaching tool in English, because as one of the gadgets that are not fully prepared (still do not know a lot of terrible), but was interested enough to investigate how to use it. In this case I consider that ICT provides for language teachers who are relatively secure environment (provided that teachers “feel” con-fident with the media), but also very realistic use of language, thus providing a reason for learning. There is little doubt that language teachers, need to focus on the use of lan-guage, and ICT makes it easy for us to do so.
From since then until now, almost all teachers in Indonesia using the ICT method, because all that I think it is very easy for teachers to perform or do his job as an educator.
