Activity 2 The Computers as the Teacher's Tool

1. Who introduced constructivism?
ans.Constructivism was introduced by piaget by 1981 and and bruner 1990.

2. This is an effort to show that the construction of knowledge is governed by social, historical and
cultural contexts.
ans.Social Constructivism

3. Who stressed that learning is affected by social influences?

ans. Psychologist Vygotsky stressed that learning is affected by social influences.

4. Give the five ways on how the teacher can employ the computer and discuss each.
The five ways are:

• An information tool : The computer can provide vast amounts of information in various forms, such as texts, graphics, sound and video.The Internet itself provides an enormous database from which user can access global information resources.The internet on education can be sourced for kinds of educational resources on the internet.It is not enough for learners to download relevant information using the computer as an information tool.
• A communication tool: Given the fact that the internet can serve as a channel for global communication, the computer can very well be the key tool for video teleconferencing sessions.
• An constructive tool: The computer itself can be used for manipulating information, visualizing one's understanding, and building new knowledge.
• As co-constructive tool: 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 home.
• A situating tool: A flight simulation program is an example of a situating tool which places the user in a simulated flying environment.Multi-User Domains or Dungeons(MUDs), MUD Object Oriented (MOOs), and Multi-User Shared hallucination (MUSHs) are examples of situating system.A school-to-school or classroom-to-classroom environment is possible whereby the user can choose to walk around the campus, talk with other users who are logged to the same site.To caution users, the computer as a situating tool is news and still undergoing further research and development.