My reflection on ICT as informative tools

My reflection on ICT as informative tools

Brief introduction about Information and communication technology (ICT)

ICT stands for “Information and communication technology”. It refers to technologies that provide access to information through telecommunication. This includes the internet, wireless networks, cell phones, and other communication mediums. Information communication technologies (ICT) at present are influencing every aspect of human life. They are playing significant roles in workplaces, businesses, education, and entertainment. In this digital era, ICT use in the classroom is important for giving students opportunities to learn and apply the required 21st-century skills. ICT improves teaching and learning and its importance for teachers in performing their role as creators of pedagogical environments. ICT helps a teacher to present his teaching attractively and able to learn for the learners at any level of educational programs.

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) consists of various tools and systems that can be exploited by capable and creative teachers to improve teaching and learning situations. The classification of ICT tools that we are going to learn in the ICT module as:

First tool: ICT as an informative tool

What I learned through my tutor presentation/teaching on ICT as informative tool

The first tool that we learned was ICT as an informative tool. As soon as sir introduces the topic I am glad to attend the class because I know a few things about ICT as an informative tool. Till now I am using a computer to browse the information for my assignment. 

Presentation made by my tutor to brief us what are informative tools as shown below;

              

From my tutor's presentation, I understood that Informative tools are applications or programs that provide large amounts of information in different formats such as text, graphics, sound, or video. On top of that, I came to know ICT based information sources such as television, radio, and the internet. When I am young radio is a source of information box and source of entertainment for me as we don’t have an internet connection and television in my village.

My previous teacher lacked the knowledge of ICT as an informative tool 

From the next slide, I learned how we use ICT as an informative tool in our lessons. I think it is very important to learn and have knowledge who wants to become a future teacher to use ICT as an informative tool in our lesson. During my school time, my teacher always teaches us biology through the PowerPoint presentation. He will copy-paste everything from the textbook and teach us through PowerPoint presentation which we never learn anything. When I am reflecting, my previous teacher didn’t use ICT as an informative tool in the lesson. 

 I learned about how we should use ICT as an informative tool in our classroom and its advantages as shown below;


As soon as my tutor asked a question to the class like how do we use ICT as an informative tool in our lesson? I don’t have any answer to my tutor's question. Through my tutor's explanation, I understood how we should use ICT as an informative tool in our lesson.

Presentation made by my tutor to brief us on how do we use ICT as an informative tool in our lesson. 

              

Through my tutor presentation, I came to know why it is important to use ICT as an informative Tool or the advantages of using ICT as an informative tool. My tutor explain six points of why to use ICT as an informative tool or advantages of using ICT as an informative tool as shown below;

            

Above six points I am interested to know one of the advantages of using ICT as an informative tool- enhance critical thinking. When I am young I never get the chance to use a computer or watch television hence I lack critical thinking or high order thinking. 

When I compare my olden teenage to present teenage, they are more advanced and able to think critically due to the result of modern science and technology. Hence I believe that ICT enhances critical thinking.

Skills and knowledge that I got from the Class task 

Finally, my tutor assigns us class Task to as shown below;

 

To do the class task I had use different search engine to search the related information to prove my topic that is“Hitler was a gay”.  Examples as shown below;

 

I learned how to search the relate and informative information from different sources. I got a lot of information about Hitler's Sexuality from a different source to prove my topic. Below ppt was made by myself to prove "Hitler was a gay" using the information from different sources.

By doing this activity I came to know ICT as an informative tool as it’s providing large amounts of information in different formats such as text, graphics, sound, or video within a short period.

How can I use ICT as informative tool in classroom 

If I were future teacher or if I gets chance to teach in the future, I will use ICT to teach in a such a way that all the students in the classroom will understand the messages convey by me. Showing video and reading from the PowerPoint presentation is not ICT as an informative tool. Usages of ICT should cater the all the needs of children that is quality of education. I will plan a lesson using the ICT in such a way that from my lesson students should learn to integrate relevant ideas, learn to analyze the information and enhance the critical thinking.

Teaching in remote school using the ICT

In some part of remote school they don't have any facilities of internet connection and television line. In this case teacher have no option to teach the lesson through PowerPoint presentation and through television. For that teachers have to use phone to integrate the ICT lesson as all the teachers will have phone. Teacher should browse or search the relevant video to show to the students to teach on particular topic. But video should add value to their activities, enhance teaching and learning process and there should daily learning process.
 

Thank you and that's all for today. See you all when I am writing my reflection on ICT as a communicative tool. Good day ahead and happy reading.