Computers play different supporting roles as a tool which classifies into five categories:

·         Informative tool

·         Communicative tool

·         Constructive tool

·         Co-constructive tool      

·         Situating tool

Computer as Informative Tool

In this technological era, computer technologies and other aspects of digital culture have changed the way people live, work, play, and learn, impacting the construction and distribution of knowledge and power around the world. It is also used effectively in a range of different ways to improve teaching and learning: by individual pupils, by groups and by the teacher to focus discussion. It helps to develop pupils’ thinking in a range of different ways including reasoning, understanding and creativity. When integrated with lesson it provides information for the students to manipulate and from which knowledge can be constructed. Moreover, ICT as an informative tool guide learners and provide them with  huge and vast amount of information in various formats which includes text, sound, videos, graphics, multimedia encyclopedias or resources available in internet.

Informative tools have the facility to cater needs for all kinds of learners which includes visual, auditory, and kinesthetic learners. Every individual are unique in their own ways and possess different learning styles andcomprehension styles where some learn more through visual (pictures, graphics, etc), audio (sound, music,etc and kinesthetic (movements, practical, experiments, etc).

So, I personally felt that every educator does need to absorb adequate knowledge and skills of ICT and 21^st century skills because it plays a vital role in our daily life in the passage of time. Although it got both positive and negative impact on teaching and learning but it is always fun, easy to comprehend and foster external and internal collaboration. Therefore, computer as a formative tool facilitates, accelerate, enrich, deepen skills and at the same time motivates and engaged students, making teaching and learning more conducive for all.