Information and Communication Tecnhnology Literacy of School Heads in Schools Division office of Tabaco City
Keywords:
Literacy, information, communication, technologyAbstract
INTRODUCTION
The use of Information and Communication technology in educational management has rapidly increased due to its effectiveness to improve the efficiency of school office activities. Efficient school heads must be adept with the accessibility of information and communication technology for the following purposes; higher utilization of school resources, reduction of workload, better time management and improvement of the quality of reports. This is why the researcher determined the extent of literacy in Information and Communication Technology of School Heads in School Division Office of Tabaco.
METHODS
Training Needs Analysis (TNA) was conducted via a survey to the forty-eight school heads of SDO Tabaco City to identify the priority improvement areas. The generated results were interpreted and described. This study made use of descriptive survey to gather the profiles of the public schools in the elementary and secondary schools.
RESULTS
Based from the data gathered the extent of literacy of school heads along with the 1) productivity tools used such as operating systems, file management systems, applications, e.g., MS Word, MS Excel MS PowerPoint, 2) internet technology skills, 3) computer programming applications/database, 4) PC troubleshooting and 5) web designing indicates that the school heads perform task with frequent assistance and/ or supervision from other personnel of the school who are considered literate on this aspect. It is implied that school heads have difficulties with the performance of this task unless they are assisted or supervised with somebody who knows how to do this.
DISCUSSIONS
A 3-day training-workshop was conducted by the researcher to address the needs of the sixteen (16) identified school heads on the literacy on Information and Communication Technology for the improvement of their leadership as well as their technology advancement to cope up with the present trends in the 21st century.
