Use of ICT in schools-strategies and skills

I am one of those who look into teaching language pedagogies and there are many strategies that teachers can employ to make their leassons more engaging and effective ..like in the cooperative learning strategies, we have heads- together, round robin, round table and what not. And these strategies can be incorporated via different approaches like problem-based, inquiry based and so on.. The use of ICT is  one of the strategies that can be adopted in one of these approaches. The use of blogs, discusion forums, independent learning via webquest or even facebook  are very relevant in today's era. Students are very much into them.. so why not take advantage of their interest areas to deliver lessons? Most of them are 'multi-taskers', they can listen to music online, chat on messenger and do online searching/ learning  all at the same time. I remembered a professor sharing his worry about his daughter not 'studying' the 'right'way. She was doing all the 'ICT' stuff at the same time reading her book. To him or maybe to some us, she might not be able to digest everything that is in the book.  When she was asked to follow  the 'right' way, she complained about not being able to move on and remember what's in the book. Well, it can be difficult to understand how these digital natives study...

I agree with Dr T that schools need to draw a line between strategies and skills related to ICT lessons. Teachers generally are not clear about these two. When I ran ICt programmes in my school in the past, I myself was not aware of the differences. All I know ; I need to cover most if not, all programmes suggested by MOE in their ICT plan within 6 years of primary school. THe first four years are focussed on skills like touch typing, paint brush, inetrnet search/ security,Microsoft office and video editing and how students apply these skills in their ICT presentation.  There were of course some strategies employed to ensure that the skills are learnt effectively  with relevant worksheets  to assses and monitor students' usage. And IT ENDS there! Teachers left the 'duties' of teaching these skills to the IT trainers and there is no follow up in class. Teachers on the other hand , knowing that the students have been equipped with these skills , should follow up and plan lesson strategies that require students to apply the skills they have learnt.. BUT I believe.. teachers themselves, are not confident ICT users... their reason is- time constraint... OR they do not know  how to incorporate ICT in their lessons other than using Powerpt.  Teachers need to be trained .. not just the skills but the approach as well. ANd there's a need to monitor and follow-up on their practice so the class does not appear merely like a performing stage!