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Computers in Education

Introduction

• Computer technology has changed today’s learning and teaching models
• Computers help students
  • Practice skills
  • Gather information
  • Think creatively
• Computers help teachers
  • Plan presentations
  • Communicate with other teachers and classrooms
  • Perform administrative duties
• Computers have made distance learning possible
• Although technology has benefited education, there is still opportunity for improvement

Computer Fluency

• Entails having knowledge of computers and their impact on society
• Involves the ability to use and learn new and emerging technologies

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Benefits of computer fluency

Computer-Aided Instruction

• Consists of self-directed, self-paced tutorials on a specific topic or skill
• A linear tutorial provides feedback on the correctness of your response
• A tutorial that uses branching provides more information on a topic - Remediation involves providing direction to review specific content
• Tutorials can also perform needs assessment to determine where students need further help on a topic - A pretest determines whether to take the tutorial, or what areas to focus on - A posttest measures how much you learned from the tutorial

Internet Resources

• Provide a vast resource of information on almost any topic
  • Encyclopedias and dictionaries
  • Map resources
  • Language translators
  • Measurement and currency converters
  • Student-friendly news
• Teachers use WebQuests to incorporate resources into the classroom - Students use Internet=based research to understand or problem-solve a real-world issue - Students learn how to search for, organize, and interpret information

Programming Tools

• Many educators suggest that students learn basic

programming skills

• Teaches students to think in an organized, systemized way about a problem
• Students can apply logical thinking to non-programming situations
• A popular way to teach students programming is to

use the LOGO programming language

• Helps new programmers learn new skills by constructing scenes called microworlds
• Uses a set of geometric commands to generate objects

Educational Games and Simulations

• Educational games help students learn concepts

while playing a game with specific rules

• Teach information through repetition and practice
• Require students to use decision-making and problem- solving skills
• Simulations allow students to study topics that

would be too expensive, dangerous, or impractical to

do in real life

• Bring complex topics to life
• Give students a chance to engage actively in real-world situations

Software Tools for Students

• The ability to use application software is a critically

important skill in the information economy

• Most companies require candidates to have basic application software skills
• Application software includes
• Word processors
• Presentation software
• Spreadsheets
• Web-publishing tools
• Multimedia-authoring software

Communications Tools

• E-mail
  • Communicate with parents, students, and teachers
• Mailing lists (listservs)
  • Receive and send e-mails within a group of teachers
• Newsgroups
  • Bulletin boards to post information about events
• Message boards
  • Web-based discussion groups
• Video conferencing
  • Meeting between two or more people over the Internet using video and audio
• Chat
  • Real-time communication

Learning Management Systems

• Computer-based administrative system that tracks

students’ progress and performance in the classroom

• Tools to create and share course pages
• Registration tools
• Test engines to create, deliver, and score tests
• Courseware (electronic course contest)
• Grading, tracking, and reporting tools
• Communications tools

Benefits of Technology in the Classroom

• Brings content into the classroom that is based on real-world problems
• Encourages active participation
• Gives students a sense of purpose and an understanding of how to contribute to their community
• Teaches collaboration and research skills
• Encourages problem solving
• Creates virtual communities to enrich the learning process
• Expands learning to all students using distance learning tools

Opportunities for Improvement

• The successful use and integration of

technology depends on a number of factors

• Teachers who have been trained in how to

integrate technology into the curriculum

• Ongoing funding for updating equipment and

professional development on a periodic basis

• Support of the school and community
• Shifting the culture from the factory model

towards a more student-centered model