Abstract—The paper is based on the specific research project focused on the possibilities of using modern information and communication technologies in junior primary school. It presents ICT as a didactic tool and outlines the possibilities for its use in educational practice. It also points to teachers' attitudes towards ICT and the reasons why and how they include information and communication technologies into teaching.

Index Terms—ICT in education, primary education, ICT as a didactic tool, teachers' attitudes towards ICT.

The authors are with Institute of Primary and preprimary Education, Faculty of Education, University of Hradec Králové, Rokitanského 62, 500 03 Hradec Králové, Czech Republic (tel.: +420 493 331 344; e-mail: martin.skutil@uhk.cz).

Cite: Martin Skutil, Martin Maněnová, and Lucie Čermáková, " ICT as a Didactic Tool and Its Use in the Educational Process," International Journal of e-Education, e-Business, e-Management and e-Learning vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 285-288, 2013.