Computer As The Teacher's Tool
Computer As The Teacher's Tool
Computer As The Teacher's Tool
EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY
EDUC 125
by:
-BEED III-C-
The Computer As The Teacher’s Tool
Constructivist
Introduced by Piaget (1981) and Bruner (1990).
As an approach, it allows students to construct their own
concepts, principles and meaning about anything. (knowledge
discovery)
It can be done socially and it is called social constructivism.
It is also employed when a teacher make use of computer as a
tool of teaching.
Communication tool
Teacher can have a virtual class thus defying space and still pursue the
teaching and learning process
As a constructivist tool, with the programs installed in the computer,
students can construct their own work. They can organize their ideas into
multimedia presentations or through texts. The teacher can use the computer
to allow the learners to develop their own concepts or express themselves
through computer creativity activities
Constructive tool
The computer itself can be used for manipulating information, visualizing
one’s understanding and building new knowledge
The learners can create in the computer their own ideas, present and
organize ideas using the Microsoft Word, Powerpoint Presentation and many
more.
Co-constructive tool
Teachers allows the learners to work cooperatively and construct a shared
understanding of new knowledge.
Teacher can make this tool to develop cooperation among the learners
Situating tool
Computer can create 3-D images on display to give the learners the feeling
that are situated in a virtual environment
COMPLEX IDEAS
o CAN NOT
Determine why the answers are wrong
Find out why a students is making mistakes
Deal with tasks involving reasoning
Handle students with extreme difficulties in learning
TEACHERS
CAN
o Present important concepts in different ways
o Determine where the learners made an error
o work, play, dance with the learners
o monitor learners’ grasp of concepts
o Evaluate learners’ reasoning
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