Types of ICT tools in education:
1. Informative tools – These are the tools that provide information in the form of videos, graphics, sounds, etc. These tools are the Internet, Network Virtual Drive, Intranet systems, Homepage, etc.
2. Resignation devices/situating tools – These are the tools that provide the environment of context and the occurrence of a situation. For example, CD-ROM, etc.
3. Constructive tools – These are those tools that construct the knowledge of the student and also visualize their understandings. For example the MS Word, PowerPoint, FrontPage, Adobe Photoshop, Lego Mindstorms, etc.
4. Communicative tools –These tools help in effective communication between teachers or students or between students outside of the physical barrier classroom. The example of such tools as e-mail, SMS, etc.
5. Collaborative tools – These are those tools that can be used for making online collaborative projects these tools draw a realistic option for a distributed group work. The example of these tools is discussion boards, etc.