Constructive
tool
From various tools of ICT, here I will more reflect
on ICT as constructive tools in the classroom. this is an application which allows
learners to research on their studies using wide range of resources from the
internet. Therefore, the teachers’ role is to guide and facilitate where as
learner actively engage in constructing their own knowledge and making meaning
of on their own.
There are many examples of constructive tools such
as, electronic bulletin board, MS publisher, multimedia authoring tools,
simulation and social networking sites. The social networking site consists of
blogs, facebook and twitter. Those applications allow a learner to manipulate
the information from the internet. Moreover, it helps in visualizing learners
understanding of the information so that they can construct their meaning and
knowledge.
Teacher can integrate the ICT in the classroom to
construct the knowledge and idea through the use of various applications. For
example; word, spread sheet and PowerPoint helps learner to organize, record, manipulate
and present their ideas in an attractive forms of report, letters and
presentation through the use of desktop publishing. Furthermore, if we
integrate the ICT in the classroom as a constructive tools, students will be
fully engaged and actively participate in the learning. This keeps the learner
to generate new ideas and knowledge on their own.
As 21st century pedagogy emphasize on
student centered learning, the ICT as a constructive tools helps in
constituting a shift from teacher to learner centered pedagogy. Here students
can learn through exploration and hands in experience rather than memorizing
and rote learning. In this way, learners are the creator of their own ideas and
ICT helps them to construct more complex and critically challenging ideas to
work on.
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| Example of simulation |
Hi Chimi, you have well explained how ICT works as a constructive tool in the classroom and these simple pictures made it more clear on constructive tool.
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