Based on the perspective of information technology reform, higher requirements have been put forward for student management and course teaching in vocational colleges. Therefore, teachers should actively explore suitable opportunities and practical paths to introduce information technology and rely on advanced technology, equipment, and software to promote the reform and development of virtualization, datafication, and intelligence in course teaching. Due to the limitations and influences of various practical factors, teachers face many problems in the application of information technology, which to some extent hinder classroom teaching reform and innovation. Given this, this article discusses the application of information technology, which plays an important role in classroom teaching reform and student ability improvement. This study will briefly explain the concept and characteristics of information technology, analyze the existing problems in current information technology teaching, and finally propose specific reform and innovation practice paths.