ICT as communicative tools

The speed and automatic functions of ICT allow a teacher to demonstrate, explore and clarify aspects of the teaching method which enable the students learn more effectively. Today I will share my own understanding on ICT as communicative tools which are second tools.

Communicative tools are systems that allow easy communication among teachers and students or among students outside the classroom.  Examples include e-mail, electronic bulletin boards, chat, blog, teleconference and electronic whiteboard. These examples can be classified into two categories.

1.      Synchronous communicative tools

2.      Asynchronous communicative tools

Chat or videos conference falls under synchronous tools as it enable real time communication.

                                       4 PCC  discussing in video conference during ECCD class

E-mail, blog, we chat and electronic whiteboard is asynchronous tools where people are not live but exchange messages.

we chat used for discussion of learning task

                                     Using university mail to among lectures and students

Welcome to the 21st century teaching and learning

There is no going back. We live in a connected, wired world. Students need to be taught how to engage those connections, collaborate and communicate globally in a fluent and skillful way. So ICT make significant contribution to teaching and learning across the entire subject. ICT consists of various tools and systems that can be exploited by capable and creative teachers to improve teaching and learning situations. It enables the teacher to teach less and students to learn more which lets to increase in learning rate.

So in this part I will talk about ICT as Informative tools.

Informative tools are applications that provide large amounts of information in various formats such as text, graphics, sound or video. It is regarded as passive repository of information which caters to all individual differences. Examples include television, radio and internet. Among many examples, internet is a huge electronic database and it is consider as the most significant ICT tools.

We use ICT as references, virtual tutor and virtual textbook in the process of learning.  We analyze and synthesize the collected information from different sources. Then we reorganize the information in meaningful and easy way to understand. Hence it helps us to construct our own meaning and knowledge which will be our lifelong learning. Moreover, it helps us to develop information search skills, enhance critical thinking and develop the skills in evaluate resources on the internet.

Therefore, ICT as informative tools provide vast amount of information in various format for learners to organize, reorganize, expand and collapse.