My reflection of computer as tutor, tool, tutee

Computers play a vital role in every field in our life, it pla vital roles in industries, medical, education, small and big companies.

Computer lab 

It play a vital role in modern systems of education such as the educator and learner who can search the internet, translate references, read books (remove the need of fat references books), store information on computer rather than maintaining them in handbook or papers (big storage for information so, saving papers and a big shelf to maintain huge number of folders won't be needed) .

It is effective presentation of information by using Microsoft PowerPoint, animation software (e.g. director, adobe Flash) and audio-visual representation (e.g. prepare a video using Microsoft move maker) that’s will make the process of learning more interactive and interesting.

Also, the student can submit soft copy of assignment to the teacher which will save papers and much easier to a student. In addition, the learner can use computer to online education (distance learning).

In this report I will talk about how to apply computer in teaching as I did  taught one year at the Ministry of Education. Over the past years I had used computer as tutor and tool in the classroom.

Computer as tutor

class prepared by me using smartboard program- interaction with students

I was using the class equipped with smartboard, it’s a kind of interactive whiteboard connected to a computer which can operate by touch, I was using this board to present slides or interact with students. It has increased the participation of students in the classroom and the student liked the subject more.

I was preparing them a class using smart Notebook program or using PowerPoint.

The way that I was using in smart notebook program with my student that the computer present information of subject material and the student response, from the result  evaluate and reward them, then determine what present next.

Some countries are trying to create new ways in teaching such as using ipod, mobile phone or ipad. I hope that Bahrain will reach this development in the teaching process.

Computer as tool

I was using the computer as a tool for students to do there projects using word processing, statistical analysis, text editor. Because at the intermediate school a student have to submit a project using Microsoft office programs (Ms word, Ms Excel, Ms Power point) and this project will be graded 40% from the total subject marks .

Also, computer can be used as a tool in other subjects as a calculator in math and science assignments or as a map  in the geography.

Computer as tutee

In the past year I did not used computer as tutee in my classroom  because there was no computer subject in programming or script language  in the intermediate schools but this year they Ministry of Education added new curriculum  which is scratch it’s kind of program language and it's useful for kids so they train us in this program to learn teaching it.

scratch interface

Finally, tutor and tool can improve and enrich classroom learning.It require both student and teacher to learn more about computers, so they can benefit from computer and learn the third mode tutee.

Masooma Yusuf

Reference: http://www.citejournal.org/vol3/iss2/seminal/article1.cfm