This document discusses using digital tools like QR codes and infographics to enhance teaching and learning. It provides examples of how QR codes can be used to quickly access information using a mobile phone. Infographics are presented as a tool to simplify complex concepts, explain processes, and compare information visually. The document also discusses using online portfolios like Google Sites to organize and reflect on learning activities and experiences.

1. Digital tools
non-conventional
support for teaching and
learning

2. Learning Outcomes:
01
Select and use an appropriate digital tool in teaching
02
Explain the importance of e-portfolio to document learning
03
Appreciate the importance of using different ICT and
conventional learning materials to enhance
teaching and learning

3. Introduction
The current systems employ technologies by
integrating ICT tools and applications in education and
in
instruction. ICT stands for Information and
Communications Technology. This refers to various
tools and devices or
gadgets used in communicating, disseminating,
creating, storing and managing information. It is
important that
leaners understand how to use these tools in helping
them learn.

4. A great part of learning is working on information and using it to
create something that can be useful and
edifying for humanity. Since the intention of education is to make
learners become useful and productive citizens,
the use of ICT tools can provide a lot of possibilities on how
learners can do something with what they know.
Teachers can therefore employ ICT tools in their ways of
engaging learners by communicating, disseminating, and
managing information. This direction of integrating ICT tools will
reveal the usefulness of employing ICT Tools in
a wider range of the teaching and learning process.

5. It is not necessarily the presence of advanced technology or the use of ICT tools
that can ensure the success in engaging learners, but it still remains that the effective
use of ICT tools depends on how the teacher will use them. There is a variety of ICT
tools from which to choose. When employed appropriately, the potentials of their uses
can have bearing on the lesson and the learner’s engagement in the process of
learning. In instruction the ICT tools can be used in the presentation of the lesson,
demonstrating a point or presenting a concept. There are tools that can be used in
providing practice or provide the chance to apply

6. Let me walk you
through the selection
and use of a digital
tool and how you can
integrate it in your
lesson.

7. Using Mobile
Phone and the QR
Code
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8. CAN I USE IT FOR SCHOOL?
Since ICT integration
allows ease of
processing of
information, here's an
example of how we can
read
information at a quicker
speed and in an
interesting manner.
Have you seen a
symbol like this one
below? This is now
popularly used in
different products,
reading
materials, and even in
museums.
This is a QR code.
What is a QR Code?
Are you familiar with a
QR Code?

9. Familiarize yourself with a QR Code. It is a code that was
created by a Japanese corporation Denso-Wave in 1994.
Effectively and efficiently connecting the physical world with the
electronic world, QR stands for Quick Response.
allows the readers to decode the information at a high
rate of speed. This 1s popular Japan and it is also used by
companies as they attach their QR code in their products. It
usually gives a URL linking you to a website or immediately
provides the salient information about the product.

10. You can easily read QR codes through a
QR code scanner.
1. Have a mobile phone with a camera;
2. Using the mobile phone, download from Playstore or App Store the QR Code
Reader/Scanner application. Choose an appropriate QR code reader for your operating
system whether 10S or Android. Once installed in your gadget, you can use it to read
the codes.
3. Focus your camera on the QR code. Click it and the message will be revealed to
you.

11. Using Laptop and the
Infographics
02
There is an apparent deluge of information around and
access to these is made easier through the internet.
You are faced with one major question on how to best
interpret it all and put it into one cohesive information that is
quick and clear to read.

12. In the teaching and learning
context, you may be faced
with a challenging topic given
a short amount of
time. How can you capture
and deliver that information
simply and effectively while
making it engaging and
informative as well?
Infographics are an immediate
answer to this situation. The
infographics is another
interesting
tool to use in instruction.

13. 1) To present survey data
Presenting statistical data such as from surveys
can be overwhelming, Infographics can be highly
useful. Data are much easier to decode. They can
be made easier
and quicker to understand if they are presented in
an infographics. An example is given below.

14. 2) To simplify a complex concept
Simplifying a complex idea is the core purpose of using an infographics. This is a very
effective educational tool as a way of summarizing key points or providing an overview of a
lesson.

15. 3) To explain - how something functions something Using infographics, you can show the
intricacy of complex works. It can reveal the mechanics behind how an object works.
Designers can create infographics by showing the mechanics behind intricate objects,
processes,concepts.
4) To compare - Presenting information by
highlighting similarities and differences through a
visual parallel in an infographic can turn out more
effective than sometimes expressing it in words. It
is easier to draw comparisons with the same
information neatly organized.

16. 03
Online Portfolio
There are many sites that can be used in
creating an ePortfolio. One of which is the
google site. If you have
a google account, you can start using the
available applications. You can also try weebly,
or wix, among others.
Here is a sample of the google site used by a
student in creating her ePortfolio.

17. Just like a book, the ePortfolio has pages or sections. The organization can follow
a chronological order
based on the activities that you go through or you can have a thematic
arrangement. Whatever you choose, it will be
a display of your organizational skills.
-Home Page
The first section is the Home or your cover page. This is the first thing that your
readers will see. So you
need to introduce yourself and the objectives of your ePortfolio. Usually, there are
templates available and each
provides sections. You can add personal touches such as images or a change of
color themes.

18. -Pages
The pages that you can add depend on how you would like to organize your
ePortfolio. What is important is
that you need to construct your ePortfolio at the start of the class, In that way, you
can have a fresh start as you try
to be conscious in documenting the activities and learning that goes with each
session.
-Reflections
A major element in a portfolio whether it is online or not, is the writing of the
reflection. It is thinking_x0002_aloud, a way of documenting what they are
thinking. How students are processing the input and the application of
what they have learned into an activity or a project needs to be captured.

19. Step 1: Be online.
Step 2: Search for a QR Code generator and ensure that RO you read the information 18
about the application. This is important to ensure your safety in the internet. There are tons
of QR code generators out there, but a few
of the most popular include Kaywa, GOQR.me, Visualead, and QR Stuff. There are many
FREEapplications online and therefore you can take this chance to use them.
Step 3: Once you have identified your free online QR Code Generator, you can now encode
the text or the information that you want.
Step 4: Run it and save it as a Jpeg file. Now, you have successfully created your own code
which you can
download.
Step 5: Test the QR code using your QR Code reader or scanner.
HOW TO MAKE A QR CODE?