Chapter 8: Higher Thinking Skills through IT- Based Project

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        The four types of IT- based project can effectively be used in order to engage students to activities of a higher plane of thinking. Students must be guided by the teachers in order for them to have a good output. They can find their own facts and information, produce creative presentations and they will become more computer literate.

Chapter 10: Computer as a Tutor

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        Computer can be a tutor in effect relieving to teach of many activities in his/her personal role as a class tutor. But computer cannot replace the teacher in a classroom. CAI can do some tasks but doesn’t mean teachers are not needed yet they are still the one who has a major role in teaching-learning process. Computer is just a tool in learning and only assistant for students or its just a tutor but there’s no such things as teacher.

Chapter 11: The Computer as Teacher’s Tool

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  Computer can be great tool for the needs of teachers, future teacher and specially the learners. For teachers it helps to improve their instructional materials and facilitate their instructional methods in teaching. For learners, using this tool everyone can construct new ideas and knowledge and can contribute in their thinking skills and learning experiences

Chapter 13: Cooperative learning with the Computer

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Cooperative or collaborative learning is learning by small groups of students to work together in a common learning task. By the teacher’s creativity in giving tasks to students and with the help of computer, students can cooperate and socialize with other members of a group. They can share they ideas (brainstorming) until they reach their common goal.