Reflection on ICT as an Informative tool

I learned that we used ICT as an informative, communicative, constructive, a co-constructive and situating tool to equip us with 21st-century skills. From different tools, I learned how we used ICT as an Informative tool in teaching and learning. Informative tools are applications that provide large amounts of information in various formats such as text, graphics, sound, or videos. The most commonly informative tools we used are internet, Virtual Learning Environment, Homepage, Intranet Systems, Wechat, etc...

When we were introduced this topic, instantly I thought we used ICT to search whatever information that is given in different search engines or websites. After this session, I came to know that whatever information given on the internet is not authentic and appropriate to the particular information we are looking for. What we have to do is to evaluate information by comparing and contrasting information given by different sources, checking whether the source is authorized and reliable, accuracy to the current situation, it is up-to-dated or not.

Here is how I analyzed, synthesized and manipulated information on a topic ‘was Hitler a gay’ from the internet. The presentation link is also given below.

https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/search?q=ICT%20Hitler%20Presentation.pptx

I read the information on his sexuality from various sources. Some source says he is gay with justifications and some argue that he is not. I referred different sources thinking that one source is not enough to retrieve authentic, reliable and accurate information about him. While going through different sources, I found the information given by Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), a book talking about Hitler sexuality written by Hitler’s doctors (Karl Brandt and Theodor Morell) and Fisher talking about active homosexual of Hitler found it authentic as they provided with evidence and facts about him. After doing this work, I realize that it is not a Effective way to retrieve and manipulate whatever information is given in different sources. What we need is to evaluate the quality, accuracy, authenticity based on facts and evidence for us to get information accurately.

The pictures given below are different sources that I accessed to get information on Hitler’s sexuality from the internet.

Moreover, I learned how we used ICT as an informative tool in the lesson. Whenever we encounter difficulty in understanding concepts, we retrieve information from the internet and it helps us to comprehend better. In the lesson, we will provide activities such as providing a debatable topic and ask them to search information from the internet. ICT is used as an information gatherer for the learner to become rich in ideas, knowledge, and skills. The lesson to be effective, we should integrate ICT in the classroom for learning. For that, we as a teacher need to equip with ICT skills to provide lesson which is interesting and joyful for the learners so that the maximum learning can happen. Therefore, the teachers need to integrate ICT in teaching and learning to boost students' creativity, analytic, and maximum learning to take place in the learners.

When I become a teacher, I will direct students how to find authentic and accurate information from the internet using informative tool. Often I will make them to compare and contrast information about the particular topic by accessing information from the net. I will give a topic in the class and ask them to search information from any sources. Then let them to present in the class and based on the how they retrieve information, I'll comments and suggest  alternative ways to access accurate information. This will helps students to retrieve accurate and authentic information from the internet.

The link given below is how I referred and access authentic information from the internet. It help me to retrieve accurate facts about Hitler as this links guide me how to get information from authentic and reliable sources http://peopledevelopmentmagazine.com

Based on following statement, I check the validity and authenticity of the information that is given on the internet while finding information on the sexuality of Hilter;

• Search on Google Scholar
• Check the Author Credential
• Look at Statics
• Evaluate the Website itself
• Check what they are selling
• Go to Primary Sources

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