Reflection on ICT as a co- construction tools  

               

Co construction tools are an approach, where it is an emphasis on collaboration, and partnership working. It also includes the interaction process such as discussion, cooperation and coordination among group. Co construction support construction of knowledge through share understanding, share ideas and thought collaboratively. It happens when students are working in groups of two or more mutually searching for understanding, solution meaning or creating a product. Co construction aims to develop the skill and confidence to become highly effective learner, taking ownership of their own learning including content and mode of delivery and assessment.

student and teacher working on electronic white board

Through collaborative learning we can exchange our understanding with other and we can also learn from them. Co construction product is not an outcome of individual rather it is an outcome all the participant. To have a co construction we need not have to do interact face to face, the world is all computerized and we have much different digital application like goggle docs, electronic white board, blogs, discussion forum on portals etc.., all this platform will facilitate our co construction learning where we can co edit, exchange database, graphics and text, more importantly it will enhance collaborative learning.

After learning ICT as co construction tools and doing activity based on this topic I learned many how to explore new things and share idea for our learning, more over I learnt how to create goggle docs and work on it which is one way to do co constructive with our friend. From this topic I also gained lots of skill on how to cooperate and construct knowledge with our partner, I also learnt way to positive interaction and build relationship with our mates. On top of this I learnt the skill of problem solving, critical thinking and time management. All this knowledge and skill are acquired after I designed a lesson plan using goggle docs as an activity for co construction. 

My personal experience is that teaching and learning via co construction is extremely rewarding for all concerned. It is not risk free but it’s highly engaging and leads to some extra ordinary outcomes. So I will prefer to have co construction in my future if I become teacher because I have enough experience knows the benefits of it, more over I will make sure that my student will learn more from each other and make all knowledgeable. Working together to build one will be always best because three man efforts is always better than one man effort.

Reflection on ICT as a constructive tool

The word construct means make or create. ICT as a constructive tool can be refer to making or creating own knowledge and meaning with the use of ICT. The computer itself can be used for manipulating, visualizing ones understanding and building new knowledge therefore Instead of teacher teaching theoretically it is most important to give student practical task for their own construction of knowledge and meaning. So this will help students to explore more on different sources of information and remember for long time in their life.

student exploring to construct the knowledge

Constructionist approach in teaching and learning is very effective when the student is actively engaged on task. In the constructionist classroom no student is left behind and all are at same level of learning since this approach is mostly use for individual’s meaning construction. All students were learning in their own way through different sources of information. Example like when sir has given the task on simulation everyone has to do individually and everyone was able to learn how to do about simulation and moreover we find our own ways to come up their progress.

How student try to construct from the web information

In this approach, when we are engaging in any construction I can say that it not only improve our construction skills but also improve other skills. When we are engaging in any task first we have think critically about how to go on, how to construct effectively, how to make interesting etc. So in this way it helps to grow our thinking skills. It also helps in social interaction since we have to ask for help form friends when we are stuck in the task. Constructionist approach will naturally boost individual knowledge and meaning making.

some common tools used to construct knowledge in desktop

Examples of constructive tools which help manipulate information, visualize understanding and construct own knowledge are concept map, desktop publishing, word, spread sheet and PowerPoint. Concept map is a program that allows users to make their own understanding among collection of concepts through visualizing and brainstorming their own. Desktop publishing allows users to construct their own ideas in an attractive ways and present to others. Whereas word, spreadsheet and PowerPoint are to record, manipulate and organize their ideas in the form of reports, letters, presentations etc. There are others tools for constructive like multi authoring tools, simulations and social networking sites (blogs/face book/twitter).     

 

                                                      Reflection on communicative tools

Communication tools are an application of easy communication between and among the people, used as external or internal communication. There are many communicative tools that we see and use in our daily life such as telephone, online chat, email, video conferencing, social networking site ( blog, face book ,twitter, we chat etc..). Those different types of communication tools are used to have communication of two types that is synchronous and asynchronous communications. Synchronous communication is live or real time communications like telephone where as asynchronous communication does not happen live or real.

different type of communication platform

Communication happen every day and every time with the use of various kind of communication device , moreover in education field the different kind of those tools are implemented and used for teaching and learning. Various communication tools help both student and teacher to enhance their communication skill which is necessary to improve their learning. Communication skill is must as teacher to help their student to achieve academic success and moreover for their own mobility of career. Student required communication skill for their better learning and interaction. 

example of synchronous communication

video conferencing

telephone call

I thought that words we listen and speaks are the source of communication but I realize it is also the communication tools after I learn this module. In olden day’s communication mostly happen synchronous type of communication due to inability of internet and other social media there they have to do meeting or else do phone call which will experience live communication. Due to the technological change in modern world communication happen mostly in asynchronous type like in blog, vle and other social media platform where people can see message and respond whenever they like but not at same time. Through communication we can know how much they learned moreover we can also let them know or create awareness by means of different communication tools so communication is a fastest way to educate people.

example of asynchronous communication

people responding and reading in blog

Using of various communication tools have enormous advantageous to every being still then it has some disadvantages while using in education field. Synchronous types of communications disadvantages are where slow computer users face difficulties in following up and make quick comments for discussion. Again because of many discussion slides leads to slow connection and lose focused and interest in discussion. Whereas in asynchronous communication is mostly of uploading and posting files on forums or blogs therefore its extra task for both learner and educator. Moreover Asynchronous is flexible communication because it’s on individual willingness when to post their task. So it discourages learner’s participation and frequency.

communicating in various way

reflection on informative tools

                                         Reflection on ICT as informative tools

Informative tools are application that provide large amount of information in various formats such text, graphic, sounds, or video. There are many ICT based information source like television radio internet( social media, chat room, blogs )., Internet is huge electronic database and it’s most significant ICT tools used for extracting information Not only technology makes life comfortable but also we get much information where we can learn and construct. Information tools will enhance the analyzing and critical thinking skill off learners whereby they have to integrate relevant information for their task.

Before having the knowledge of integrating technology in my learning environment, I had a mindset that the information that we need to learn is only from book and teacher explanation but later I came to know that technology tool like another source where we can browse and extract many information. As a teacher now all the reliable information can be done through screen projecting or other plate form like vle, social media where all students can access easily rather than writing on chalk board and explaining like in olden days which is less effective and more time consuming.

For example I as a learner made power point presentation as task given by a tutor where I have to find and extract all related information. To make my presentation good and presentable I have to analyze and integrate relevant ideas ,  so information tool help me to do all this thing and make my presentation in presentable way. Student they don’t have to depend solely on teacher and text rather they can browse from different sources, the only things teacher need to do is to guide the learner to get right information and manipulate in their learning so student  can analyze, synthesize manipulate the information to construct their own knowledge  .

So integration of informative technology got more effective in the field of education where the role of teacher will be fundamental to contributing to the growth of skill orienting and useful employment of ICT therefore student learn to integrate relevant ideas and analyze the information. Informative tools also develop the information search skill and critical thinking of student whereby student learns to evaluate the information on the internet.

Following power point is a my evidence of using informative tools to make effective PowerPoint presentation show,

using internet to find the relevant information