EDUCATIONAL

TECHNOLOGY 2
Computer as the Teachers Tool
&
Information Technology in Support of the
Student-Centered Learning

GROUP- 4
Rona Mae T. Vistal
QueenileenCastrodes
Rosemarie Trazo
ReceilCelis
AniveeVillamor

BSED-3 TLE
Ms. Riza Beltran
Instructor

LESSON 11: THE COMPUTER AS THE TEACHERS TOOL

The computer has provided as different uses, gives us advantages and
convenience. The trend nowadays is information technology which makes use the
computer in all its applications. Computers have been already used in schools to
provide and facilitate students learning. It is obvious that even the youngest
generation knew about it and how it is being used. Students make their assignments,
create projects, and do researches with the use of computer. It really seemed that our

present civilization is dependent on computers. It is in anyway advantageous if used

wisely and purposely.

Japan, China, Korea and other countries already made used of the use of
computer as a teacher; programmed to teach and be objective. Others also can
study anywhere in the world without going to schools and be seated inside a
classroom. One can already facilitate his own learning through the computer. It
can provide vast information, provides easier communication and facilitates
constructivism among minds of learners.
Constructivism was introduced by Jean Piaget (1981) and Bruner (1990).
They gave stress to knowledge discovery of new meaning/concepts/principles in
the learning process. Various strategies have been suggested to foster knowledge
discovery, among these, is making students engaged in gathering unorganized
information from which they can induce ideas and principles. Students are also
asked to apply discovered knowledge to new situations, a process for making their
knowledge applicable to real life situations.
While knowledge is constructed by the individual learner in constructivism,
knowledge can also be socially constructed. Social Constructivism is the effort
to show that the construction of knowledge is governed by social, historical and
cultural contexts. In effect, this is to say that the learner who interprets knowledge
has a predetermined point of view according to the social perspectives of the
community or society he lives in.
The psychologist Vygotsky stressed that learning is affected by social
influences. He suggested the interactive process in learning. A more capable adult
(teacher or parent) can aid or complement what the learner sees in a given tasks
or project. In addition, John Dewey sees language as medium for social
coordination and adaptation. For Dewey, human learning is really human language
that occurs when students socially share, build and agree upon meanings and
knowledge.

The Computers Capabilities

Informative Tool
The computer can provide vast amounts of information in various forms, such as
text, graphics, sound, and video. Even multimedia encyclopedias are today
available on the internet.
Communication Tool
The computer has been used in communication as evident by social networking
sites as to facebook, twitter and friendster. We can even chat/talk friends and
families anywhere in the globe through yahoo messenger or the one in facebook

or view them through the webcam. We can send messages and information
through the internet in just seconds or minutes.
Constructive Tool
The computer itself can be used for manipulating information, visualizing ones
understanding, and building new knowledge. The Microsoft Word computer
program itself is a desktop publishing software that allows users to organize and
present their ideas in attractive formats.
Co-constructive Tool
Students can use constructive tools to work cooperatively and construct a
shared understanding of new knowledge. One way of co-construction is the use of
the electronic whiteboard where students may post notices to a shared
document/whiteboard. Students may also co-edit the same document from their
homes.
Situating Tool
By means of virtual reality (RS) extension systems, the computer can create
3-D images on display to give the user the feeling that are situated in a virtual
environment. A flight simulation program is an example of a situating tool which
places the user in simulated flying environment.
REFLECTION
The teacher uses computer as their presentation technology that allows
moving through material quicker. Instead of writing notes on a whiteboard as he
teaches, the teacher creates a PowerPoint. Additionally, a PowerPoint presentation
incorporates images and links to the Internet that cannot be used on a whiteboard.
Students who use computers in the classroom learn technical skills that they will
use in the workplace. Some of these might include typing, searching the Internet
and creating a presentation of their own. Additionally, as students move through
school they encounter technology as it changes. This teaches them to adapt easier
to progressively new technology as they move into the workforce.
It is a way of easy and reliable access to information and building up of
communication and teamwork among students. Especially with the internet, the
student can relate or research class assignments and projects with real life
situations. This is a big help to the teacher in fostering independent learning
activities of the students.

LESSON 12: Information Technology in Support of the Student-Centered

Learning

The Traditional Classroom

It may be observed that classrooms are usually arranged with neat columns
and rows of student chairs, while the teacher stands in font of the classroom or sits
behind his desk. This situation is necessitated by the need to maintain classroom
discipline, also to allow the teacher to control classroom activities through lecture
presentation and teacher-led discussions.

The SCL Classroom

John Dewey has described traditional learning as a process in which the teacher
pours information to student learners, much like pouring water from a jug into cups.
This is based on the long accepted belief that the teacher must perform his role of
teaching so that learning can occur. This learning approach is generally known as
direct instruction, and it has worked well for obtaining many kinds of learning
outcomes.
The problem with direct instruction approach to learning, however, is the fact
that the world's societies have began to change. Of course, this change may not be
strongly felt in many countries in which the economy longer depends primarily on the
factory workers who do repetitive work without thinking on the job. the traditional
classroom and direct instruction approach to learning conform to this kind of
economies.
Generally, the new school classroom environment is characterized by student
individually or in groups:
Performing computer word processing for text or graph presentations
Preparing power-point presentation
Searching for information on the internet
Brainstorming on ideas, problems and projects plans
As needed, the teacher facilitating instruction, also giving individualized instruction to
serve individual needs

REFLECTION
Student-centered learning environments have a heightened advantage over the
traditional
teacher-centered, subject-centered environment in that they provide complimentary
activities,
interactive in nature, enabling individuals to address their own learning interests and
needs
and move forward into increasingly complex levels of content to further their
understanding
and appreciate subject matter. The student learns to reason on his own to find a
foundation
for venturing out with successful experiences under his belt. But in less developed
countries, the traditional classroom is still applied even here in our country.