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Present a point of view on whether information and communication technologies (ICTs) are important in the education process of young people today. Give evidence and explanations to support your views.

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Information and Communication technologies (ICTs ) are invaluable in the education of young people today . The internet is the most recent ICT development that is popular with the young generation and can therefore be a very important tool in the education of the young people Internet-based instruction and course delivery is convenient since it makes education more meaningful , responsive , reliable and relevant Education technology has embraced the internet both for teaching and learning since it is a

paradigm shift that enables both beginning computing level , undergraduate or elementary level , and the advanced computing level , for graduates to be more reliable and responsive

A digital native refers to those people who are born in places where digital technologies- ICT , such as computers , mobile phones and the internet already thrive . The ICT will at this juncture be less important to the education of such young people as compared to those who had no access to ICT earlier at home therefore have to learn and adopt ICT later in life (Anderson Garrison 2003 . This term is used to refer mostly to young people in the 21st century who are in deed in the digital age as compared to those born before this period . ICT will be invaluable to digital natives , also called the millennium learners , as they are well endowed with the necessary skills required for one to be in tandem with the dynamic teaching and learning techniques ICT is significant to education...

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