ICT as Constructivist tools

ICT has brought about unprecedented change in the society allowing people from distance to communicate in fix time using information technologist. Moreover, Internet, World Wide Web as a part of ICT has contributed to the quality of learning materials. Through ICT any number of learners from anywhere and at any time can easily have access to a large number of resources.

learning is a social construction where we make meaning of knowledge through interaction. Constructivists  believe that knowledge can be created and recreated which demands active involvement of the learners to discover new knowledge. ICT seems pervasive throughout the learning endeavor in higher education, but it still requires intensive efforts to be meaningful in addressing the learners' need of  learning in the present world.

ICT has also given opportunities to the students for asynchronous learning through recorded programs. So, ICT as a constructivist tools emphasizes that learning is an active, contextual and social. it also talks about technology-adoption as a process of involving social groups into the innovation process where learning takes place on the learners' experiences, knowledge, habits and preferences.

learning as a social process taking place in and outside the classroom. Classrooms are social bodies where students interact with each other and their instructors for knowledge construction. There seems to be a consensus among different constructivist like that learners construct knowledge through social interactions with each other. ICT has also been contributed to building up knowledge profoundly. learning is an internal, unobservant process that results in changes of belief, attitude, or skills while knowledge building , by contrast, results in the creation or modification of public knowledge. ICT helps to access, create, share, build and continually improve ideas of sharing and creating knowledge.
The most common tools can be Power point, words and spreadsheets, which allows finest presentation ideas and information.

We designed a simulated advertisement using a powerpoint presentation which requires us to explore and gather information to bring up an effective and attractive simulation. Thus, this activity made us think, explore gave experience and supports a contructivist tools in learning.