ICT as construvtive tool

Constructive tool is a general purpose tool that can be used to manipulate information, construct their own knowledge or visualize students understanding. Construction tools such as Microsoft Word or Powerpoint has a strong impact in the educational environment and is widely used in most organizations in the form of memos, reports, letters, presentations, record routine information, giving businesses. In learning a second language , Microsoft Word manage to help students to make correct sentences and texts as well as modern word processors include spell checking and dictionaries and grammar checkers. Therefore, teachers can use the software to promote writing in the curriculum. PowerPoint is a presentation graphics program packaged as part of Microsoft Office for Windows. PowerPoint presentation is a very advantageous in the context of increase creativity among students. While word processing program is the most common computer applications used, as a spreadsheet like Excel is just as important in teaching and learning of English. Students will be exposed to learning design and statistical data using the Excel program that can be automated through the formula.

ICT as a constructive tool, helps the learner to build their own knowledge based on the information that they have gathered through various sources. ICT helps to show case and bring out the information that the child have in their mind in the form PowerPoint presentation, work sheet, graphs, images and so on. Constructive tool helps the learner to build and construct their knowledge on what they are learning. It is a helpful tool which helps us to construct more knowledge by using different constructive tool. It helps the students to learn more using different tools present, here is the evidence on how ICT as a constructive tool is helpful to students.

This is an example of what we did under this topic. We were asked to make a simulation using PowerPoint presentation. While making the simulation I understood many things that I previously did not know about ppt. It was amazing how in a single slide we can make an advertisement to attract people. I even went through some of my friends simulations and I was awestruck to how much beautifully they have made their simulation using just one slide with background music. We can use such tool in the class in future to enhance knowledge and creativity of the students. It will be a wonderful activity as students will enjoy as well as learn in the process of doing the activity.