Educational informatization refers to a systematic project that actively applies information technology, deeply develops and widely uses information resources, cultivates innovative talents to meet the requirements of the information society and accelerates the educational modernization in all aspects of education and teaching under the guidance of advanced educational concepts. Educational informatization refers to the process of comprehensively and deeply applying modern information technology to the field of education and promoting the reform and development of education, and the result will inevitably form a brand-new educational form-information education. The so-called educational informatization refers to the process of using modern information technology in education, developing educational resources and optimizing the educational process in order to cultivate and improve students' information literacy and promote educational modernization. The above definitions all involve the main contents of the concept of educational informatization from different angles, such as: emphasizing that educational informatization is a dynamic and continuous development process; Defines the field and scope of educational informatization; It highlights the original motive force and direct purpose of educational informatization-the educational application of modern information technology; It embodies the core position of information resources in the process of educational informatization. Integrating the existing definition of educational informatization in China and referring to the national definition of informatization, we might as well redefine educational informatization: the so-called educational informatization refers to the comprehensive and in-depth application of modern information technology in all fields of the education system under the unified planning and organization of the state and education departments to accelerate the process of educational modernization.
information network
Information network is an important content of educational informatization construction, and it is also the material basis and premise to realize educational informatization. At present, China Education and Research Network (CERNET) and China Satellite Broadband Distance Education Network have been completed and put into use, including "school-to-school communication" project in primary and secondary schools, "digital campus" construction project in colleges and universities, distance education construction project in primary and secondary schools, and general audio-visual classrooms, multimedia integrated audio-visual classrooms, computer rooms, micro-audio-visual classrooms, CAI classrooms, network classrooms, language laboratories, electronic reading rooms, closed-circuit television systems and so on. The construction of these infrastructures not only laid the foundation for China's education informatization, but also created conditions for the implementation of informatization education.
Information resources
Educational information resources are all kinds of information resources used in the process of education and teaching. Its development and utilization is the core of educational informatization and the key to the success or failure of educational informatization construction. Educational information resources can be divided into two categories: educational software resources with educational information carrier as the core and educational management information resources with basic data of management information system as the core. Among them, educational software resources mainly include multimedia educational information resources, such as multimedia materials, various CAI courseware, online courses and so on. Library information resources, various tool resources, such as the generation, analysis, processing, transmission and utilization of educational information resources, and huge network resources. Educational management information resources mainly refer to all kinds of database resources with educators, educational contents, educational objects, educational resources and their support service systems as the main contents established for the implementation of modern educational management.
Information technology application
The educational application of information technology is the fundamental starting point and direct purpose of educational informatization construction. With the basic conditions of information network and information resources, the educational application of information technology has become the protagonist of educational informatization. It can be said that the benefits of educational informatization construction are mainly reflected in the application link. In the application of information technology, we should mainly do four things: first, we should do a good job in the construction of potential parts closely related to ideological theories and methods, which determines the direction of information technology education application and directly affects the quality and effect of information technology education application; The second is to establish an information education model suitable for the local educational information construction environment, educational objects and educational contents; Third, we must improve people's interest and basic skills in applying information technology; Fourthly, carry out theoretical research and practice on the integration of information technology and curriculum at different levels, and take it as the main task of the application of information technology education in schools.
Information technology and industry
"Information technology refers to the system of means and methods for information collection, processing, storage, communication and application. Its connotation includes two aspects: (1) means. Namely various information media. Such as print media, electronic media and computer network. , is a materialized technology. (2) method. That is, using information media to collect, process, store, communicate and apply all kinds of information is an intelligent technology. Information technology consists of two elements: information media and information media application methods. " The core of information technology is the digitalization of information and the networking of information transmission. Information technology is the technical pillar and driving force of educational informatization. Carrying out information technology research in the process of educational informatization can not only enrich the research content of educational informatization, but more importantly, it can apply new and more effective materialized technology and intelligent technology to information education and improve the quality and effect of information education. Information technology industry mainly refers to information technology equipment manufacturing and information technology service industry. Because the development of information technology equipment manufacturing industry needs strong technical and financial advantages as the backing, in the process of educational informatization in China, the development of information technology industry should be completed by the division of labor and cooperation of different social departments. Among them, the manufacturing of educational information technology products should mobilize the education system, research institutes and related enterprises to participate together, so that the education system can be freed from the development of educational information technology products and concentrate on the development and utilization of educational information resources as the main service industry.
Informatization talents
Education informatization needs talents first. To realize educational informatization, it is necessary to cultivate a large number of educational informatization talents who master the basic knowledge of information technology and have the ability to apply information technology. As an industry informatization, educational informatization talents have two meanings: first, educational informatization talents in a broad sense are the common requirements for all kinds of personnel engaged in education, teaching, management and other services in the field of education, as well as the information technology knowledge, ability and quality of all personnel in this field; Two, professional education informatization talents mainly refers to the specialized talents who specialize in the research and development, construction, application and maintenance of educational information materialization technology and smart form technology. Generally speaking, the requirement for general education informatization talents is that they should have the basic ability to acquire, analyze and process information, while the requirement for professional education informatization talents is higher and the division of labor is finer, which can be senior software talents, network engineers or microelectronics technology professionals. In addition, colleges and universities, as an important base for training informatization talents, should attach importance to the informatization of the education industry on the one hand and train general and professional informatization talents for the informatization of education; On the other hand, we should shoulder the task of training information talents for the whole society.
Information policies, regulations and standards
Education informatization is a systematic project. The national government and relevant departments must formulate a series of policies, regulations and standards for the development of educational information resources, the construction of educational information network, the application of educational information technology, educational information technology and industry, and establish a set of perfect policies, regulations and standards system to promote informatization construction, so as to standardize and coordinate the relationship among various elements, which is not only an important condition and guarantee for the healthy development of educational informatization, but also the basis and blueprint for the implementation of educational informatization. Only in this way can the educational informatization of governments at all levels, units and departments be standardized and orderly, and can it promote the healthy and smooth development of educational informatization.
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Education informatization is a systematic project, which requires the Party, the state and the education authorities to formulate a series of policies to promote education informatization and a medium-and long-term development plan for education informatization. In recent years, the state has successively issued a series of policies and measures to promote educational informatization, or put forward clear requirements for educational informatization in relevant documents. Its contents involve modern distance education, information technology education in primary and secondary schools, "school-to-school communication" project in primary and secondary schools, development outline of education informatization, technical standards of education informatization, modern distance education project in primary and secondary schools in western China and demonstration project of poverty alleviation in modern distance education in Ministry of Education, computer network construction project in western university campus, informatization construction of teacher education, pilot work of modern distance education in colleges and universities, management of network education colleges in colleges and universities, management of off-campus learning centers (points) of modern distance education, software colleges and other aspects of education informatization. In the planning of educational informatization, in the first year of 2 1 century, the overall planning of educational informatization in China will be promoted from three levels: the first level is to popularize information technology education in primary and secondary schools; The second level is the popularization and application of the network, so that students can learn to make full use of online resources; The third level is to vigorously develop modern distance education. Fully implement the "school-to-school communication" project, especially focus on supporting and developing the information infrastructure construction and personnel training in rural primary and secondary schools. In addition, China has formulated the guiding ideology, main objectives, strategic priorities and main tasks of promoting educational informatization in a timely manner.
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United States: the government subsidizes primary and secondary schools to access the Internet.
Not long ago, the Federal Telecommunications Commission announced that this year it would give priority to helping all primary and secondary schools in the United States achieve the goal of embarking on the information superhighway. We will spend $2.25 billion on Internet equipment and pay for Internet access for primary and secondary schools, libraries and communities. William Kennard, chairman of the Federal Telecommunications Commission, said that at present, 36,000 units in the United States have applied for Internet access equipment and fees. In the case of insufficient funds, the government will give priority to helping all primary and secondary schools in the United States. It is reported that the plan will equip 1 10,000 primary and secondary school classrooms with computers and related internet access equipment. According to a recent report released by the U.S. Department of Education, by the end of 1999, 95% of primary and secondary schools in the United States had access to the Internet, with an average of one computer for every nine primary and secondary school students. The report pointed out that in the daily teaching activities of primary and secondary schools, computers have changed the traditional teaching mode that schools used to rely solely on textbooks and blackboards, and gradually formed a modern teaching concept and mode that combines book knowledge with various social knowledge, and teachers' teaching with students' independent exploration, enriching the teaching content and expanding the educational space.