Computers were originally used by scientists
for calculating numbers, and have gradually become useful in offices and
industries. In recent times, simplified models that can be used by almost
everybody, have become common in schools and homes for accomplishing many varied tasks and applications, Madu
(2000) as cited by (Ogbomo & Ogbomo,
2008). Imagine if computers are
not yet discovered, daily task will not be done immediately, by means of the
discovery of computers many of the paper works are now easily done through the
use of these devices. As the discovery of computer comes in this era, according to Fapohunda (1999) as cited by (Ogbomo & Ogbomo, 2008), computers are
now commonly put to: writing letters, and reports, printing books, newspapers,
and magazines, drawing pictures and diagrams, doing statistics, mathematics and
handling financial records, controlling traffic lights, flying aeroplanes,
making and playing music and video, sending messages anywhere in the world.
Through the positive feedback of society when it
comes to the use of computer, discovery of internet is also been established. The Internet is a global collection of many types of
computers and computer networks that are linked together. It is increasingly
becoming the solution to many information, problems, information exchange, and
marketing Adesanya (2002) as cited by
(Ogbomo & Ogbomo, 2008). It plays a significant role in education,
health, political processes, agriculture, economy, businesses and newsgroups.
Woherem (2000) as cited by (Ogbomo &
Ogbomo, 2008). states that with Internet connectivity, one can do business all
over the world without physical contact with the buyer or the need. Electronic
mail (e-mail) is the exchange of text messages and computer files transmitted
via communications networks such as the Internet Nwosu (2004) as cited by (Ogbomo & Ogbomo, 2008) mobile phones as
a telephone system that can move or be moved easily and quickly from place to
place. Its impact on the economic
activities of nations, businesses, and small entrepreneurs is phenomenal.
According to Marcelle (2000) as
cited by
(Ogbomo & Ogbomo, 2008), the availability of this new technology
has been reshaping the material basis of the society as well as bringing about
a profound restructuring of economic, political, and cultural relations among
states.
Modern
society is characterized by sudden growth and development of information
technology (IT) resulting in large dependence of the society, in a wider sense,
on the individual knowledge and competence of a person in the IT area (Kuo & Dzaja, 2011). Today‘s world is a
world of information explosion. This information explosion is taking place in
such a fast speed that even a literate person is feeling as if he or she is
illiterate being not able to cope up with such an information explosion (Welukar, et al., 2011).
Information and Communication Technology
(ICT) is a major challenge to our educational system (Moursund, 2005). Technology
is the practical form of scientific knowledge or the science of application of
knowledge to practical and communication is an integral part of human existence
(Welukar, et al., 2011). Through information and communications technology
(ICT) the processing of information and its communications facilities and
features that variously support teaching, learning and a range of activities in
education. ICT uses the information to meet human need or purposes including
processing and exchanging.
ICT has become an integral and accepted part of everyday life
for many people.
Technology is increasing in importance in
people’s lives and it is expected that this trend will continue, to the extent
that technological literacy will become a functional requirement for people’s
work, social, and personal lives. The creative use of Information and
Communications Technology (ICT) in education has the capacity to increase the
quality of people’s lives by enhancing teaching and learning (Lindsay, et al., 2002). As the ICT education
become more and more useful people are now “powered by technology,
fueled by information and driven by knowledge”.
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