EDT201-ICT for teaching and learning

  Coggle is an online tool for  creating and sharing mind maps .  This tool is aimed at  helping individuals take notes, brainstorm ideas, visualize connections across concepts, and collaborate with others . Coggle provides an intuitive and visually appealing online tool for mind mapping. The tool can support instructors and students in a variety of purposes. From instruction to assessment to application, students can benefit from an active process of visualization, brainstorming, and collaboration.

  Activity 4: To construct an isosceles triangle 1. Select the tool (Circle with Centre through a Point) and construct a circle centre A through point B. If the labels are not showing, right click, select properties and with the Basic tab open, click on Show Label. 2. Select the Point on Object tool and construct any point C on the circumference of circle c. 3. Select the Segment between Two Points tool and construct [AC] 4. Construct [BC] and [AB]. 5. Right click on one side of the triangle, select Properties, and with the Basic tab open, click on the drop down arrow beside the Show Label box. Select Name and Value to show the name and length of this side of the triangle. Repeat for the other triangle sides. 6. Drag each vertex of triangle ABC and note the length of its sides. 7. Hide the circle, by right clicking on it and clicking on Show Object. 8. Measure the 3 angles in the triangle using the Angle tool. 9. Drag any of the vertices of the triangle ABC and ob...

Birds are vertebrate animals that have feathers, wings, and beaks. Like all vertebrates, they have bony skeleton. Most birds are able to fly, but some (like ostriches and penguins) cannot fly even though they still have wings. Other kinds of animals like insects and bats can fly too, but birds are the only animals with feathers. Birds have scales on their lower legs and feet, like reptiles. All birds reproduce by laying eggs with hard shells, and most build nests to help protect the eggs from weather and predators. Adult birds almost always sit on the eggs to keep them warm until they hatch.

  Camtasia studio  is a software suite, created by TechSmith, for creating and recording video tutorials and presentation via screen cast, or via a direct recording plug-in to Microsoft PowerPoint. Other multimedia recordings may be recorded at the same time or added separately. It's used for making lesson effective and quickly. Essentials  shortcut keys  in Camtasia Studio F10  - save Camtasia file Ctrl + Shift + F9  - to pause F10 or Fn + 10  -Esc or stop Ctrl + P  -produce video as final product How I have created video tutorial / steps: Designed a PPT on the topic " types of work". Minimize the PPT Click on the Camtasia Studio icon Click on 'Record Screen' and turned on the Web Cam. Opened the PPT and adjusted the screen Click on the record screen to record the presentation. Recorded the voice narration after the countdown. Pressed F10 to stop the recording. Saved and...

We heard about ICT as a constructive tool, motivations for integrating constructive tools in classroom learning, and some instances in today's lesson. We also taught about the benefits of utilizing constructive tools and how to use ict as a constructive tool. Constructive tools are all-purpose tools that can be used to manipulate data, build one's own knowledge, and visualize one's understanding. We use constructive tools in the classroom for the following reasons: they help students build new knowledge, they allow them to brainstorm and visualize the relationships between concepts, they foster critical thinking, they encourage learners to be self-motivated, and they encourage drill and practice. Google Classroom, mind mapping, LMS, Camtasia, and social networking sites are some examples of constructive tools. We have a lot of benefits from using constructive tools in the classroom because it improves learners' creativity and thinking skills, displays the learners' ...

  We learnt about informative tools, their examples, characteristics, and how to use them into classroom learning in today's session. Informative tools are applications that supply learners with large stores of information/content. Multimedia encyclopedias and internet-based resources are examples of informative tools. Informative tools are used in our classrooms because they allow students to investigate, think critically, improve their skills, give learning materials, and assist students in evaluating resources. Text, music, image, animation, video, and graphics are examples of informative tools. Each one has its own set of characteristics and applications in the classroom. As a teacher, we have to make use of all those tools in our class for effective learning because with the help of those tools a child get expose to the world of digital and also they can access to different information. Not only that a child gets to learn different ideas related to subject matter and through...

  Google Classroom is a free blended learning platform developed by Google for educational institutions that aims to simplify creating, distributing, and grading assignments. The primary purpose of Google Classroom is to streamline the process of sharing files between teachers and students. Benefits 1.       Easy to use and accessible from all devices 2.       Effective communication and sharing 3.       Speeds up the assignment 4.       Effective feedback 5.       No need for paper 6.       Clean and user friendly interface Disadvantages                1.       Difficult account management 2.       Limited integration option 3.       No automated updates 4.   ...

  What is blog? Blog is an online journal where an individual, group, or corporation presents a record of activities, thoughts, or beliefs . Some blogs operate mainly as news filters, collecting various online sources and adding short comments and Internet links. Benefits of Blogging 1.       To share passion. 2.       To educate others. 3.       To gain exposure. 4.       To build authority. 5.       To have content to share. 6.       To learn new things. 7.       To improve writing skills. 8.       To earn. 9.       You can connect with new people. 10.   You can get immediate feedback. Disadvantages of Blogging 1.       Whatever you publish is available for everyone to see. If you write a post in anger...

On 21 st April we learned on the topic informative tool. It is the applications that provide large amount of information in various formats such as text, graphics, sound, or video. Examples include tools and information resources of the existing multimedia encyclopedia of the internet. Informative tools are vitally for the students to encourage exploration, think critically, develop research skills and learn to integrate relevant information. Advantages of using ICT as an informative tools are; ·           Learn to integrate relevant ideas. ·          Learn to analyze the information. ·          Develop information search skills. ·          Enhance critical thinking. ·          Learn to evaluate resources on the internet. As an educator it is very essential that we must provide an information...

On April 4 th we learned on the topic Digital Citizenship. Digital citizenship refers to the responsible use of technology by anyone who uses computers, the internet, and digital devices to engage with society on any level. We also learned about the importance of digital citizenship. Digital citizenship describes how we should act when using digital tool with others online to use technology in an appropriate, responsible, and empowered way. It is a concept that helps teachers and parents teach students how to use technology appropriately. Today, it is especially important because we live in the world full of technology. By introducing digital citizenship to students at a young age, teachers can help prevent misuse and abuse of technology. We also learned some of the characteristics of digital citizenship. Characteristics of good digital citizen include; being confident and capable of using technologies. Protecting private information of self and information of others, browse safely, r...

On March 29th we learned on the topic TPACK module integration. TPACK is a framework that describes the kinds of knowledge required by the teachers for the successful integration of technology in teaching and learning. TPACK stands for technological, pedagogical and content knowledge. Content knowledge describes the teacher’s knowledge about subject matter. Teacher should have good background knowledge about what they are going to teach including ideas, theories or concepts of the particular subject. Pedagogical knowledge refers to the art and practice of teaching and learning of the teacher. It is teacher’s knowledge on the method of teaching and learning. It mainly focuses on how teacher deliver the information to the students correctly. Technological knowledge refers to teacher’s understanding of technological tools and how they are going to use those tools in teaching and learning classroom. While teaching, teacher should know the uses of technology for better learning environment ...