The Outcome of the Module-ICT in Education

I took up ICT as my elective module for the final semester of my Degree course in Education through DE mode. I was always awed by the magic and strength of ICT skills and tools. Moreover, it is a necessity in this 21^st century world. For these reasons and to suffice my own thirst of learning, I joined this course and it proved a worthwhile experience.

The lessons varied from simple tasks of MS word activities to creating video tutorials. I learned how to use Google drive to store my essential documents which can be retrieved anytime anywhere as long as I have the internet service. All important documents are securely saved. Using Google docs to share documents and inviting others to edit was very new to me and I found it very effective. Developing interactive quiz and creating video tutorials in groups were very interesting. Despite encountering numerous obstacles, we made it to meet the dateline set by our tutor. The experience gained and skills acquired from these exercises were commendable.

We were taught the 5 ICT tools through presentation, group works, individual assignments and some even through video tutorials. While some activities demanded us to be very individualistic, most of them were interactive where we need to learn from trying, sharing and collaborating with our group members and friends. The tutor taught us the advanced web search skill which was followed by an assignment on Web search to implement the newly learned skill.

One of the most engaging tasks was maintaining reflection through Blogs and participating in the forum discussion of the module. At first, I met with some challenges of how to go with it but as I struggled on, it became much easier. With our busy schedules, writing frequently was a problem as well. I tried my best to reflect on whatever I have learnt and done for this Module. Learning surely takes time and needs perseverance.

By the end of this Module, I can claim that I am confident with the usage of Information and Communication Technologies but nevertheless, I would continue learning whenever the opportunity arises. I, definitely have climbed a higher rung of the learning ladder and for all these, I would like to thank our tutor Mr. Chenga Dorji, for teaching us tactfully and guiding us with timely feedbacks.

This is my last blog post on Reflection but would love to continue Blogging and hopefully my friends will also do the same. 

OLD! YET NEW LEARNING!

I have learnt the usage of Microsoft Word and had been using it for almost a decade now. Until now, I felt comfortable in using it with ease. Even while setting the questions, I could do independently and I thought I have sound knowledge of it. 

Yet, once again, the facts of life and learning, “Learning never stops and there is new learning for every endeavour and experience that we make,” struck me. When we were given the MS word assignment where we had to carry out lots of font activities, paragraph exercises, inserting and grouping shapes, equations, designing certificates and cards, I gained a whole set of new ideas and skills.

Mail merging was one exercise where I struggled and had consulted lots of my DE colleagues and colleagues in my school. Finally, I have learned how to merge the mails. I think it can be of great use especially when we need to send the same mail to many recipients. Being a teacher, we may have very rare opportunities to use this except when we write to the parents of our students but still then learning won't harm. We can share this piece of information with families and colleagues who need to use them on daily basis.

While equation and symbol exercises were of great help for mathematics, paragraph and font activities were helpful for all of us. For a primary teacher like me, shape activity proved very handy where we can give various outlooks using variety of features such as 3D...

Of all the activities, I enjoyed designing the cards and certificates. I have learned a bit in designing them with MS publisher but doing it with MS word was fun though challenging. I hope to use them regularly in future.

From this experience and task, I did realize that no matter how familiar we are with the content, there is always a new insight to be gained, skill to be acquired and wisdom to be accumulated.

Therefore, I urge all the readers to give a go whenever opportunity knocks at your door, whether the subject matter is old or new for I assure you that a box of wisdom and knowledge awaits you.

Group Assignment

The Group Assignment on the development of Quiz using Wondershare and Video Tutorial with Camtesia really kept us busy for the last month and the first half of October as well. 
Creating quiz was fun and playing it was even more engaging and exciting. I never knew of this stuff before. I have learned how to make quiz using Hyperlinks which was interesting too but this one "Quiz with Wondershare" was simply the BEST. I guess, if we use this quiz to test our learner's content comprehension, it would be a worth while. The children would not only find it challenging and content oriented but they would also get the opportunity to try out their ICT skills.
The final group task on preparation of Group Video Tutorial was a real challenge. Having groups friends scattered in different hamlets of the country made it difficult to upload and download our videos for final compilation. The network quality and server problems made the task even more difficult. Nevertheless, the patience of our group friends paid at last as we could finally compile them and submit on time.
 It was a rich experience and I'm sure we could use this skill for our purpose as well in future.

Way to go friends.................

Thank you