ICT as co-constructive tool

Computer as a co-constructive tool made us active in the class because through Google docs we could construct a lesson plan in a group. It was also found to be convenient for the teacher to assess how many members have participated in an activity or not. Using this application every member in a group got opportunities to share their views while planning a lesson plan on a science subject. Moreover, if one of the members makes mistakes, other members can edit immediately. This was the amazing experience I had because we didn’t know before as and when we do a group activity. I felt that it would be taught in the first year so that we could have used this application to discuss any kinds of task. By using google docs, three of us were able to plan a lesson very well just like we normally do ( meeting together in physical and planning lesson) by staying at our own home. I felt that this kind of application makes our work and learning more easier.

   The link provided below is the lesson plan of my group created on google docs.

 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yJD1D-bh1w--huPYO69T0MGLyv9vxi_R8pZADoAOl-Q/edit?ts=5eb27d50



Students can use co-constructive tools to work cooperatively and construct a shared understanding of new knowledge. Students may also co-edit the same document from different places with the editing option where they can interact and edit their work together. There are many applications that can be used like electronic whiteboard, blogs and wikis discussion forum on portals.

ICT as Constructive tool

ICT as Constructive tool

Constructivism is an approach to learning that holds that people actively construct or make their own knowledge and that reality is determined by the experiences of the learner. I can say that ICT can be used as constructive tool for teaching and learning because by using ICT, students are engaged actively and they get opportunity to build their own knowledge using computer and browsing information from internet.


In case of our class, our tutor assigned an activity where we were asked to make simulated advertisement related to our locality to attract tourists. For this activity, I browsed internet for information of my village. Then, I created advertisement where I added some information and pictures but my tutor commented that I could add audio files and videos too to be effective and attractive advertisement. My edited simulated advertisement looked better than before. I must say, by using ICT, we get to experience and build our knowlege just like I did. By doing that small activity, I was able to build knowledge on my village and also create simulation. I am confident that I can now make better simulations.

I found out that constructive tool is very interesting and engaging where students explore through different tools to construct their own knowledge. And keeps students engage through the lesson and unlike the teaching in normal class we can integrate constructive tool in our lessons through manipulation of the information and planning the lessons in a power point presentation and by creating blog and classroom Google to have interactive teaching and learning. Therefore constructive tool is one of the effective teaching and learning methods which help the learners to learn effectively with full engagement throughout.

ICT as Communicative tool

Communicative tools are applications which enable easy communication between teachers and students and among students. 

We discussed that there are two types of communication: synchronous and asynchronous.
I feel that asynchronous is much better while communicating since it does not require people communicating to be logged on the internet at same time. Teacher and students need not be logged on the internet at the same time to have discussion or for assigning a task/activities. In our country, there is internet issues and there are many situations where one face problem with internet when we are having discussions online. Therefore, we can use asynchronous for communication where teacher can assign task when the teacher logged on to the internet and students can also do same as and when they have good internet connection.
Asynchronous applications are; email, wechat, VLE, blog.

We focused on one of the communicative tools; blog. I heard of blog from internet and some people but I was unaware of what actually it was, its benefits and how ti works. After the learning about the blog, I was amazed with its advantages on teaching and learning. Blog can motivate learners and they can become better readers and writers because writing on blog can be interesting as other people can give feedback o it which is very helpful. For me, I enjoyed entering in by blog about ICT tools and my reflection on it. I am also planning to maintain different blog where I can write some exciting topics on my everyday life activities. 

How to create blog


1. sign in to blogger.com
2. On the left, click the Down arrow
3.Click New Blog
4.Enter a name for your blog
5. Choose a blog address or URL
6. Choose a template and
7. Click Create Blog

Therefore, I think a blog can serve as a unique platform to share a person's thoughts, feelings, opinions or experiences. It is an interesting online journal or diary.