Technology in the classroom

In today's conditions of modernization of Russian education, one of the most promising lines in upgrading the educational process at higher military schools is its informatization, whose purpose is to markedly raise the training standards of military personnel and to develop students' information skills. Informatization here is not only the process of mastering information technologies, but also one of the human values of modern society.

Information and communications technology or information and communication technology, usually called ICT, is often used as a synonym for information technology (IT) but is usually a more general term that stresses the role of telecommunications (telephone lines and wireless signals) in modern information technology.

ICT consists of all technical means used to handle information and aid communication, including both computer and network hardware as well as necessary software. In other words, ICT consists of IT as well as telephony, broadcast media, and all types of audio and video processing and transmission. The expression was first used in 1997 in a report by Dennis Stevenson to the UK government  and promoted by the new National Curriculum documents for the UK in 2000.