This document discusses how computers and technology tools can be used for teaching and learning. It describes how computers can be used as teachers to present information, facilitate communication, manage instructional processes, and produce materials. It also outlines several major productivity tools like word processors, graphic tools, spreadsheets, databases, presentation software, and authoring software and how they can be used by both teachers and students. Finally, it defines assistive technology and describes different types that can aid those with motor, communication, visual, auditory, or cognitive impairments.

1. Computer
s and
Computer
Tools for
Teaching
and
Learning
Chapter 3

2. HOW TO USE THE COMPUTER AS A
TEACHER OR AN ASSISTANT
• Presents Information
-websites, in-class
presentations
• Communication
-e-mail, internet
• Manage Instructional
Processes
-keeping records, calculating
grades, assessing student
progress
• Produce Material
-
papers, graphs, presentation
s

3. USING MAJOR COMPUTER PRODUCTIVITY
TOOLS FOR TEACHERS
• Word Processor
-preparing lesson
plans, creating quizzes and
tests, writing
newsletters, communication
with parents
• Graphic Tools
-create images for
handouts, signs for
classroom
display, designing, class
news letters
• Spread Sheets
-keeping student
records, grade
books, entering and

4. USING MAJOR COMPUTER PRODUCTIVIT Y TOOLS FOR TEACHERS
• Databases
-tracking student
performance, building a collection of
tests and quiz questions over
material
• Presentation Software
-lectures, presentations, preparing
notes or materials that need to be
printed
• Authoring Software
-interactive materials, compiling a
teaching portfolio
• Telecommunication
-obtaining up-to-date content on
various subjects, communicating with
other teachers, students, and
parents

5. USING MAJOR COMPUTER PRODUCTIVIT Y TOOLS FOR STUDENTS
• Word Processor
-writing papers and other written
work, performing pre -writing
activities, typing notes
• Graphic Tools
-creating a graph of data, editing
photos for presentations or
reports, making drawings for
illustrated material
• Spread Sheets
-entering and analyzing
data, creating charts for visual
representations
• Databases
-finding information for assignments

6. USING MAJOR COMPUTER PRODUCTIVIT Y
TOOLS FOR STUDENTS
• Presentation Sof tware
-making in-class
presentations, creating
multimedia repor ts or
projects, compiling multimedia
por tfolios
• Authoring Sof tware
-developing multimedia repor ts
or projects, creating interactive
materials, creating multimedia
por tfolios
• Telecommunication
-accessing up-to-date
information for researching
assignments, using e-mail

7. ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY
• Refers to any item, piece of equipment, or product system
that is used to increase, maintain, or improve the functional
capabilities of an individual with a disability
• 5 Types of Assistive Technology:
 -Computer Access
 - Augmentative Communication
 -Visual Aids
 - Auditory Aids
 -Cognitive Aids

8. T YPES OF ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY
• Mo t o r D i ff ic u ltie s
-oversized keyboards, joy sticks, touch
pads, touch screens
• N o n v e r b a l o r C o mmu n i c a t i on
D i ffi cu lti es
- d i g i t a l c o mmu n i c a t io n , p i c t u r e
boards, type and talk devices, pocket
c o mmu n i c a to r s
• Vi s u a l l y i mp a i r e d
-enlarging fonts, screen
r e a d e r s , Br a i l l e , s t a n d - a l o n e r e a d i n g a i d s
• Au d i t o r y I mp a i r me n t
- c l o s e d c a p t i o n i n g , F M s y s t e ms , h e a r i n g
aids
• C o g n i t iv e I mp a i r me n t s
- v a r i o u s c o mp u t e r - b a s e d
i n s t r u cti on , d i ff e r e n t mu l t i me d i a s o f t w a r e

9. sources
• http://atto.buffalo.edu/registered/ATBasics/Found
ation/intro/index.php
• http://www.proprofs.com
• http://www.slideshare.net
• Newby, Timothy J. Educational Technology for
Teaching and Learning