Co-constructive Tool
Constructive tool are those applicants which helps people to construct the knowledge collaboratively. Some examples of these applicants are: Google docs (docs.google.com), white board, Blogs and wikis, discussion
forum on portals (pce.edu.bt).
For more information please go through the link provided, those slides were provided by our mentor:
The
importance of Co-constructive tools are as follow:
- Co-edit
- Communicate database, texts & graphics
- Enhance collaborative learning environment:
- high-level cognitive processes – explanation, problem-finding, problem solving
- active & intentional learning
- identifying & developing expertise.
Despite so many applicants, we used Google docs to create a collaborative lesson plan integrating
ICT in our lesson. We chose the subject English for grade four and the topic we chose was Action
Verb. Some advantages of using Google docs are s given below:
- students can work collaboratively online.
- students do collaborative writing, editing, commenting and chat in chatroom.
- files can be saved in google drive or google cloud.
- children can have access to their collaborative work pie anytime, anywhere if they have internet connection.
- google docs is easy for editing, inserting pictures and creating their own graphics.
- teacher can immediately see the document and provide feedback.
- google docs can be used for multiple purposes like creating quiz, blank page for documents and spread sheets for data collection.
My experiences using google docs.
There are lists of co-constructive tool and from there using google docs was the greatest experience
I ever had. Co-constructing lesson plan in group of three members was such a new experience I
had. One of my member created the group in google docs and invited us. We were given an editor
right. We could edit our documents and make lesson plan collaboratively through active discussion
in comment section. Everybody in my group were excited and were very actively participating in
constructing the ICT integrated lesson plan. Everything we did in google docs was a new learning
for us. The link given below will take you through lesson plan that we have created together:
Through my experience of using the google docs, I can say that if children are given chance to use
google docs and discuss their group work then children can learn better than we teach it through
lecturing as google docs provides a platform for children to work collaboratively ; moreover, they
can co-construct their knowledge using this applicant.
From so many applicants of co-construction tool, we have used discussion forum on portal like in
our college website VLE and Google Docs. Comparing these two, I found google docs more
effective as we can use it for multiple purposes like creating quiz and work collaboratively with our
friends. Moreover, teacher can see who all did the work and comment or give the feedback.
however, despite all the advantages, there are disadvantages as well like having to rely on internet to
open your document. If there is no internet connection then it will be difficult for us to load our
document in google docs. Moreover, if someone has resolved the comments then other cannot reopen
it rather the person who did resolve it has to do it by him or herself. Some times, document easily gets
unorganized due to some mistake and it takes lots of time make it look like old document. All in all, i
found commenting section more confusing as its not organised in my laptop. It comes unorganized,
earlier comments come later and later comments come earlier in the sequence.
Overall, using it was great experience and learning for me. That's all about co-construction tool.
See you when I write next time.
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