Communicative
tools are the applications which enable easy communications between the teacher
and the students, amongst students beyond the physical barrier either by space,
time or both classrooms. Unlike in the past, we don’t have to sit face to face
in order to communicate or share information rather we can be elsewhere where
we have to access to internet and exchange information and communicate. Few
examples of the communicative tool are Gmail, Skype, chats, Facebook, and video
conferencing, etc.
I also use most of
the tool or apps like facebook, Wechat, Gmail mainly to communicate, share and
save my files, documents, videos and images and many more. What new I learned
today is that the apps we use are classified into different types of categories
depending on how we use it. There are two types of communications: Synchronous and
Asynchronous. The former is also known as real-time as the user both parties
(receiver and sender) must be simultaneously connected, like talking in a
telephone call, video conferencing and chatting when with both users being online and. The latter one doesn’t require
the people communicating to be logged on the internet at the same time. This
type of communicate is appropriate for activities that require more time in thinking before responding. Using
emails, electronic bulletin board, Vle discussion forum, Wechat, telegram,
messenger and Whatsapp falls under asynchronous communication.
We also
discussed weaknesses of using discussion forums mentioned above. In synchronous
communication the user should have strong access to the internet and if there is no
or slow connection it will disturb and fails to keep abreast the interest of
the user as it will be difficult to make prompt comments and feedbacks.
I have read
beautiful articles on various topics by bloggers and now I can’t believe I have
actually created my own so I can post articles which are of my concern and
interest. Learning the module also taught me how to create blogs. To create a blog we need Gmail account. We explored the different feature of the blog like
setting, layouts. We can change any setting in our blog so the way our blog is
displayed is pleasing to our eyes and the viewers or readers.
As I reflect
being able to use blogs and other communication tools mentioned will be of
great use if used properly. Maintaining a blog and frequently posting articles
will be a great way to store, update, improve and engage the knowledge of
blogger as well as the readers. When readers comment and give feedbacks it will
encourage the blogger to improve further and also increase his circle of people
around him. I find it very useful so teachers should explore and integrate ICT
in their lesson to have effective teaching and learning.
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