ICT as informative tool

Informative Tool

We were introduced to the topic of ICT as informative tools, advantages and disadvantages of using this tool and how it is being applied in a real-life situation. ICT plays important roles to impart information. Firstly, Informative tools are applications that provide large amounts of information in various formats such as text, graphics, sound, or video. We have also discussed on an activity to search relevant information on the topic ' Was Hitler a gay?' In the process of finding information on Hitler about his sexuality, I experienced how to find a piece of authentic information. For detail, I will share separately in an upcoming reflection.
Informative tools are application which provide a vast amount of information in various formats like text, sound, image or video. Student chooses different medium such as reading a text from online or stored in a computer, listening to an audio, looking at an image and making meaning, watching video lessons or tutorial are all part of acquiring information. 

Children gather varieties of information to boost and expand their knowledge and skills. Moreover, It provides a space for the students to learn independently and a free choice of their own. Thus, technology power us by filling knowledge and skills required in our daily life.

At the same time, the teacher's role becomes very facilitative that he or she has to guide children in accessing broader information on the particular topic. Ultimately, it ensures child-centred pedagogy of learning that learners get to learn independently. Thus, they get an opportunity to explore, think critically, activate their knowledge, develop research skills and learn to integrate relevant information. 

Students consider the internet as a virtual textbook, reference library, virtual tutor; learn to study shortcuts and virtual study groups. Hence, Informative tool makes the work of the teacher and students easier and faster.

In this modern world, children are known as digital natives that they are the computer generation, they are born with the technological facilities available around them. The traditional methods of teaching and learning that exist for many decades where the teacher is the only source of information is replaced by  ICT integrated teaching and learning. Thus, children explore information beyond the limited knowledge set in a text. As a result, children integrated, analysed and evaluate relevant ideas on the internet. Moreover, children develop information search skills and enhance critical thinking.

Everyone says that the 21st century is dominated by technology where nobody left without access to the technology. In fact, newborn children are bought up with the different types of technology. Thus, we can see people are using technologies to hear about the world, read information about the world, write about the world, and learn about the world. When I was a child back then in my village, there was no technology to be seen. I saw people either climbing on the roof to call neighbours or walk hours to pass a single line information. Hence, there were limited access and medium to information that comes from people near them. However, the advancement of technologies in this modern world has a direct impact on people's access to information. We can access to information, both near and as far as around the world within a few moments through a small device on our plam. Life has become esair and advanced by huge information through modern technology. We are grateful for the development of technologies that brings information available, connected people around the world to achieve success. Otherwise, we may not know the information around the world and our life would be in mundane. Technology bring positive as well as negative impact to the student's learning. As a teacher, I will teach children on how to find out an authentic source for an information. As we all know that we fond different types of an information in various source. However, an information largely depend on the authenticity of source. There are many duplucate source we find across social media often lead to the misuse of an information. Thus, I wanted to teach on how to find authentic information from the right source.

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