CO-CONSTRUCTIVE TOOL

CO-CONSTRUCTIVE TOOL

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       It is an application that supports the construction of knowledge through a shared understanding, shared ideas, and through collaboration and partnership working. It mainly emphasized on learning from one another in an active and conformable way.

          Here, I  understood that we can integrate the co-constructive tool in any lesson by login into a Google doc and giving the student to discuss any topics where they can share their understanding and ideas collaboratively. It even develops a high level of a cognitive process as in the Google docs they can co-edit, comment, and proceeds towards active learning by solving problems among themselves. It unites the ideas of an individual to construct new concrete knowledge. 
 

For example, planning an ICT integrated lesson plan like how we are doing in this module. It really helps in creating active interaction among the members by supporting one another. 
Another precise example could be "Blog".
Here, we share the document with team members and it is accessible to work collaboratively. In this blog, the viewers can comment on the works done by others to make the write up much better.
 In this way, it helps developing creative writing by sharing the comments and ideas with the publisher. Therefore, I came to know that co-constructive tools are one of the tools that really help in developing our creativity by learning together.

How to use in the classroom

Learning through such helpful tools is effective and useful even if we can not gather in one place. Moreover, like in this type of pandemic situation, it is really empowering in learning. Therefore, the teacher can give any task or group assignment and let them work through google Docs as every participant can contribute and work on the given task constructively by chatting, editing, and making comments.

Similarly, in Blog, every work can be done by posting in the forum and let others comment on their write up. It can be done co constructively by taking every comment for further improvement. In this case, it can be more authentic by letting children write their weakly or monthly lesson reflection of the classes so that they can even revisit the learned lesson for the discussion.

The importance of Co-constructive tools

1.      It helps in developing creativity and partnership learning within the classroom by co-editing individual works.

2.       Communicate database, texts & graphics which will definitely be helped in the learning of an individual by co-constructing new knowledge.

3.       In this approach, a student will be working cooperatively and construct a shared understanding of new knowledge in which it enhances the collaborative learning environment.

4.      Through individual explanation to a topic and finding a new way of constructing ideas by solving a common problem helps in developing high-level cognitive processes.

5.       It promotes active & intentional learning that will definitely lead towards developing expertise.