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2 Levels of ICT Application in Schools

ICT application in teaching and learning is diversified and various in different
levels, depending on the awareness, computer skill of teachers and students, and
IT facilities in schools:

￿ Level 1: Using information technology and communication to assist teachers

with some tasks such as making lesson plans by office software (e-teaching
plans), printing,collecting materials....

￿ Level 2: Application of information technology and communication in some

session or a particular task in the whole teaching process, for example, using
PowerPoint to present the lessons.

￿ Level 3: Using teaching software to organize a class teaching a chapter, some

periods, or some topics of the subject. However, in order to apply ICT in teaching
at this level, we need appropriate software compatible with the subject, grade,
and well-equipped facilities (e.g., with enough computers, IT room, and specific
classroom for different subjects).

￿ Level 4: Integrating ICT into teaching procedure. Elements of ICT are mentioned

in all activities of organizing and managing the teaching procedure in the
traditional school, including:

- Teaching in class time

- Organize extra time learning activities

- Testing and assessments

- Supervise the student learning activities at home

- Assist professional activities of teachers and supplementary activities for the

profession

￿ Level 5: Deploy intelligent school and e-learning. Intelligent schools are

understood as schools with ICT support in training programs in order to reach
the goal of personalize teaching and develop the student learning potentiality
in the best way and train a human resource which can highly adapt to the
information technology era ( Dao Thai Lai et al.

2006 ; Thanh and Nguyen

2008 ).

3 The Reality of ICT Application in Schools in Vietnam

3.1 Legal Corridor

The Ministry of Education and Training issued the Instruction No. 29/2001/
BGD&?T on reinforcing teaching, training, and applying information technology in
the 2001-2005 period. The project of teaching and applying information technology
in high schools has been implemented since the end of 2004. All educational