Blog & video conferencet as communicative tool.

Having learned about various communicative tools in ICT, it gave me a realization that most of the students and teachers use  and integrate constructive tools to teach and communicate effectively. Prior to my experience using constructive tool was quite challenging initially but gradually with the proper guidance from my tutor and friends, it was fun and a worth one. My tutor took me through various constructive tools like making effective power point presentation, creating blog, and video conference through google meet. 

ICT Video conference

From the many tools taught, I enjoyed creating blog themost and I bet that these took me to a greater height of ICT insights in me. I was unaware of how to create blog initially. But as these topic emerged in the ICT, it gave me zeal to explore further about it and it finally was an effective and the time I spent in exploring information about these two tools was worth while.  I could come up with a page simulated advertisement about my locality using power point presentation program. We were asked to include local events, sports, adventures, and places all in one slide ppt to attract visitors in our locality.  I had no clue about how I can include all these information in one power point slide. However, as I explored and looked for information on how I could make the advertisement with all the information in one slide ppt and an effective one. It took me half day but I was contended with my effort ultimately and that's what counts the most in learning I suppose. 

Therefore,  I must say that constructive tool is of great significance especially in the field of education and it is imperative that we integrate various constructive tools and  make the teaching- learning process inclusive of the various constructive tools. 

Hitler's sexuality as an informative tool

Informative tools are applications that provide large amount of information in various formats such as text, graphics, sound, or video.
 Through my learning experience, ICT as an informative tool is a potential tool for change and innovation in the education field. It can also be used to enhance student's understanding. To reflect it to my experience, tutors teaches something in class and we often search and google those information presented by the tutor to verify it further. Such practices enhances students' understanding  and thinking. Owing to this, I admit  that ICT as an informative tool  has helped me in various ways from searching information using different tools, to making effective presentations, to evaluate, analyze, and authenticate information from various sources, to using it as an informative tool in the classroom, to integrating it our daily classroom lessons and so on. To make an application of it, my tutor gave as a task to make an effective power point presentation on Hitler's sexuality, 'Is Hitler a Gay'?. The main motive behind letting us do so was to search facts provided about Hitler's sexuality using different search engine and check how authentic are the information provided. It left me in the midst of confusion. Some sources say that Hitler was gay where as some says he is not. I could not do anything rather than do resort to search the claims about Hitler's sexuality. At one point, I was convinced that Hitler was not gay. But as I went on searching information on his sexuality, I could make my stand that he was a gay. Sources have cited that he had an affair with multiple men and there were evidence too.

Below is the link to my presentation on 'Was Hitler a Gay'?.

It can be challenging to determine whether a website we are using is credible, but here are few things to look for.

1. Author:  information on the internet with a listed author is one indication of a credible site.
2. Date: the date of any research information is important, including information found on the internet. By, including a date, the website allows readers to make decisions on how recent is the information. 
3. Sources: credible websites , like books and scholarly articles, should cite the source of the information presented. 
4. Domain: domains such as .com, .org, and .net can be purchased and used by any individual. However, .edu and .gov are credible sources of information. Be careful with the domain .org because it is usually used by non-profit organizations which may have an agenda of persuasion rather than education. 
5. Site design: a well designed site can be an indication of more reliable information. Good design helps make information more easily accessible. 
6. Writing style: poor spelling and grammar are an indication that the site may not be credible. 
7. Avoid anonymous authors

By doing so we will know which sources we should rely on more. Therefore, I must say it was a good learning experience because I had no idea about how to check the reliability of sources initially. Now, I am much confident about checking the credibility and reliability of sources. 

                          ''You can't connect your students to the world if you aren't connected to itself''.

                                                                                                                                        -Thomas Watson