Reflection on Constructive tool

Having learnt anout ICT in teaching and learning, I knew that the knowledge of ICT is mandatory for pre-service teachers like us during our training program because such integrated technological knowledge help us to become a prospective teacher to know the world of technology in a better way by which we can apply it in future for the betterment of the students. Keeping all this  importance of technologocal skills in the back of my mind, I understand  that the ICT can be used as a tool in different forms according to the requirements of the learners/students for their better learning and comprehension. In lune with this, today I will be reflecting on ICT as a constructive tool in the teaching field.

The constructive tool is based on the constructivist approach to learning which was emphasized by Piaget. After learning about the constructivist approach, I came to know that the constructive approach is an approach which allow an individual learners  to construct their knowledge and meaning through hands on learning experiences. Moreover, the meaning that the learners have constructed should be influenced by the interaction of their prior knowledge and new events. This approach solely emphasizes on students’ needs to construct their own understanding and make meaning and knowledge from it. Here, the students/learners takes an active role collecting and exploring information based on the topics of their interest, enhancing their  critical thinking, and motivate them to become an active independent learners. The knowledge is built by the learner as they reconcile new information with past experiences, analyze various source materials, and then work collaboratively with others.

After having discussion on the constructive tool, I came to know that the constructive tools are the applications that help our learners to manipulate information, visualize one’s understanding and construct one’s own knowledge. We learned that electronic bulletin boards, MS publisher, DPT, Multimedia authoring tools, social networking tools such as Blogs, Face book, Twitter and simulation are all examples of constructive tools. To have the in depth comprehension on constructive tool ,we were even asked to design one page simulated advertisement in order to attract visitors to our locality which in fact helped us to search and collect relevant information on our locality using the range of sources on the net.

Figure 1:Simulated advertisement designed using PowerPoint, 2020

The use of word, spread sheet and power point help us to organize record, manipulate and present our ideas in an attractive ways such as in the form of memos, reports, letters, presentation and record routine

information.Following are the few examples that i have prepared using word, spreed sheet and PowerPoint.  

Figure 2: Microsoft Word on Math Assignment,                       Isometric Drawing, 2020.

Figure 3: Spread sheet on Action Research                              Data Analysis, 2020.

Figure 4: PowerPoint presentation on  English                       lesson plan,2020.

Therefore, I feel that teachers should explore more and have the knowledge of ICT so that they can make good use of the ICT in their teaching and learning process. This will in turn benefit our students at the maximum level and also provide opportunities for them to explore and be connected with such technologies.