ICT information

         Second tools that we have learnt is Communicative tools . It is the systems that mediate communication between the teacher and students or among students beyond the physical barrier (either by space, time or both) of the classroom. Examples of communicative tools include email, electronic bulletin boards, chat, teleconferencing, electronic whiteboards, G-mail, Skype, etc. We have learned two types of communications, 1.       Synchronous (also called real time, in which users must be simultaneously connected, rather like a telephone call). It enables real time communication. It is used for instructional activities that require higher degree of interaction. It helps solving urgent problems/issues. Examples: Chat, telephone call, video conferencing. 2.       Asynchronous (not required the people communicating to be logged on the internet at the same time). This type of commu...

This blog consists of five ICT tools namely, Informative tool, Communicative tool, Constructive tools, Co-constructive tools, and Situating tools. Firstly, we have learned that informative tools are applications that provide vast amounts of information in various formats such as text, sound, graphics or video. Informative tools do not really ‘do’ anything; rather they are considered as huge, passive repositories of information. Examples of informative tools include multimedia resources available on the World Wide Web (WWW). We have also learned that this tool can be used to provide information/content and reference before, during and after our activity, analyze, synthesis and manipulate the topic and also be used to let students construct their own knowledge and meaning. Then we have learned some of the advantages of informative tools such as, it enhance critical thinking, learn to analyze the information, learn to integrate relevant ideas and learn to evaluate resources on the...