Reflection: ICT as a co-constructive tool

I have understood that applications that provides the learners to construct knowledge through shared understanding with other learners is referred to as a co-constructive tool in ICT. Reflecting upon myself about the use of co-constructive tools, I was familiar with some of these tools such as Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) and wechat.

VLE provided me with the platform where I can put up my doubts and ask questions to my tutor as well as my classmates. It also gave me an opportunity to respond and share my views on a certain topic. This helped with an opportunity to learn together with tutor and other friends even though we are not physically together.

Wechat, on the other hand helped me to discuss about assignments and work collaboratively with my assignment partners. It also helped me to discuss with the use of audio messages, where I can elaborate and explain my opinions in detail. 

My experience with the use of google doc will be shared in my upcoming posts. 

My experience with google doc as a co-constructive tool

"Google docs brings your documents to life with smart editing and styling tools to help you easily format text and paragraphs." -unknown


It was a good experience to learn and use google doc in ICT in teaching and learning module. I get to explore the smart features and advantages of google doc. This application helped me to work with my friends to develop an assignment. I used google doc to plan an ICT integrated lesson as per the instruction provided by my module tutor.

In a group of three, my friend started google doc by opening google doc application and invited us with the right to edit. We also invited our module tutor by giving the right to comment. We started to develop our lesson by discussing through the comments section. We discussed about the subject and topic to plan our lesson. 

We even used most of the microsoft word features in google doc, starting from different fonts and fonts sizes, inserting table, adding images, and paragraphs as well. 


Using this application, I have realized that online discussions can be effective, group task can be done on the same document through online and we can also keep track of our work. 
To sum up, I really loved the features present in google doc and I suggest all the readers to try using it.