Reflection on Google docs and its importance in a classroom

Google docs is an increasingly popular technology with teachers and students. Google Docs includes an online word processor, spreadsheet, and presentation editor. Students and teachers can use these tools to collaborate on assignments, projects, newsletters, and blogs, among other things. In this way, Google Docs can promote teamwork. We were being taught about how to create a classroom in google and then have a team discussion. In that classroom teacher can assign work to the class and then students can post their answers and can also comment on others answers too.

Google Docs allows more than one person to work on a particular document at the same time. Students can develop and/or edit documents online, while working with others. Group members no longer have to wait for other group members to update their portion of the presentation. There is no longer the need to upload and download files multiple times or email files back and forth. Also, students don't have to be concerned about using different software at school and at home.students and teachers can use Google Docs to make learning easier and more efficient: 

Google Docs can promote teamwork

Teachers have the opportunity to check student progress and make sure students are following the guidelines. They can provide feedback in the document. Teachers can offer advice which may lead to higher grades.Teachers can use the revisions history to find out who has actually helped on the project and evaluate individual participation and content.

Teachers can discover who is not participating and have the opportunity to correct the situation.

Teachers can use Google Docs to inform students about upcoming assignments.

Google Docs is popular for teams that are developing an essay or a presentation.

A team of students can create a spreadsheet which includes assignment details and deadlines. All the team members update the spreadsheet which allows students to see who is getting their work done on time and who is falling behind.

Reflection on camtasia

Learning with live-action animation, simulation, video, audio, and graphics keep learners interested and reinforces skills. Because it is exciting, challenging, and fun to use, it encourages learners to return to the program again and again .Through continual practice, learning is absorbed and integrated into daily performance.

I used camtasia studio to record PowerPoint presentation to create powerful video lesson. It is important to use because we could able to loaded with information and we had to present it within the given minutes. More over it give us unique ideas to create best presentation through camtasia studio record by editing meaningless talks. 

I found out Camtasia studio a lot of great editing features to help make videos even better learning tools for our children. For example, we can add visual callouts to point out something.We can even add a low music as a background song to encourage them to listen to the video and learn. 

In future I will record instructional videos because I can use those videos in the school and letting students to watch these videos before the session, so as to have class time fully engaged in one-on-one conferences, small group discussion activities instead of lectures. This would allow my students to use many learning methods to explore and mater the content. So, for now, I welcome everyone to watch and listen to video tutorial on frictional force.

Reflection on constructive tool

Every individual has their own design and interpretation about their ideas on locality. Indeed, it is great privilege to attend the ICT module to make other agents know about nature, surrounding, beauty and specialty of my village, I had design an advertisement in PowerPoint using custom animations and shapes which magnified my designed into real. Those features arose creative and imaginative to generate a component into true which may help to attract attention of people to visit my village.

The features also enhanced my creation by adding a good animation that appears to be real and apparent. I believe that these features are beneficial to exercise in classroom too. For instance, a teacher can create an advertisement for next topic or activity and can post in Google classroom. This may influence and boost eagerness in learners to learn and perform the content and activity respectively. It will also prepare the learners to know on the topic beforehand. And also it will enthuse school children to learn beyond the ideas reflected in the text

For me the use of computer itself is using constructive tools in the classroom because we use computers to manipulate information, visualize one's understanding and to expose ourselves to the new information. For example The Power point computer program itself is desktop publishing software that allows users to organize and present their ideas in attractive formats. Besides Power Point program, there are other constructive tools like social networking, MS Word, MS publisher and etc. The simulation of our locality using shapes is the best example of how constructive tools accelerate us to be creative, innovative and intuitive.

While teaching, it will involve the learners and helps to construct the knowledge through thorough interaction considering both the voices of teacher and students. The teaching and learning will be effective and active. Therefore, in future when we become a teacher, it is important to teach a concept through simulation rather than always clinging on the lecture method.

I have created the following simulation to attract attention of people to visit my village.