The four basic functions of the use of information and communication technologies in education as defined by each of the Walkman and Jagger are:
** Target information and communication technologies: the means to know and learn information and communication technologies through the organization of study courses. Education is here meant to train students in the use of those techniques in their fields of study, as well as prepare them for the future career and social life.
** The information and communication technologies as a tool to help: here is the use of information and communication technologies as a tool to help and independent of the foundation in areas such as Thread
Scientific communications and the preparation of research and studies and what it requires that the compilation of the data entered and analyzed, and then displayed, as well as take advantage of these technologies in the area of cost methodology and completion of assignments.
** The information and communication technologies as an intermediary for teaching and learning: the employment of means of information and communication technologies as a means of teaching and learning, as in the education process through training and educational networks.
** Use of information and communication technologies as a tool for administrative and organizational development of the educational institution itself.