The document discusses the use of computers as tools to support constructivist and social constructivist approaches to teaching and learning. It describes how computers can serve as informative, constructive, co-constructive, and situating tools. As informative tools, computers provide vast amounts of information from the internet. As constructive tools, computers allow students to manipulate information and build new knowledge. As co-constructive tools, students can work collaboratively online. As situating tools, virtual reality simulations place students in virtual environments. The document also discusses how computers support student-centered learning by allowing students to work independently and collaboratively on projects and presentations.

1. The Computer as the Teacher
Tool

2. Constructivism
• Was introduced by Piaget (1981) AND
Bruner (1990)
• They gave stress to knowledge
discovery of new meaning/
concepts/principles in the learning
process
While knowledge is constructed by the individual
learner in constructivism, knowledge can also be
socially constructed.

3. Social Constructivism
• It is an effort to show that the construction
of knowledge is governed by social, historical
and cultural contexts.
• The Psychologist Vygotsky stressed that
learning is affected by social influences.
• Dewey sees language as a medium for social
coordination and adaptation.
– Human learning is really human languaging that
occurs when students socially share, build and
agree upon meanings and knowledge.

4. The Computer’s Capability
Given its present-day, speed, flexibility
and sophistication, the computer can
provide access to information, foster creative
social knowledge-building, and enhance the
communication of the achieved project
package.

5. The teacher can employ the computer
as a/an:
• An information tool
• A communication tool
• A constructive tool
• As co-constructive tool
• A situating tool

6. Informative Tool
• The computer can provide vast amount of
information in various forms, such as text,
graphics, sound and video. Even
multimedia encyclopedias are today
available on the internet.
• 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 session.

7. Constructive Tool
• The computer itself can be used for
manipulating information, visualizing one’s
understanding, and building new
knowledge.

8. Co-constructive Tool
• Students can use co-constructive tools to
work cooperatively and construct a shared
understanding of knowledge. One way of
co-construction is the use of the electronic
whiteboard where students may also co-
edit the same document from their homes.

9. Situating Tool
• By means of virtual reality (RS) extension
systems, the computer can create 3D
images on display to give the user the
feeling that are situated in a virtual
environment.
• A flight situation program is an example of
a situating tool which places the user in a
simulated flying environment.

10. IT in Support of Student-Centered
Learning (SCL)

11. The traditional classroom
• Usually arranged with neat columns and rows
of student chairs
• The teacher stands in front of the classroom
or sit behind his/her desk

12. The SCL classrooms
• Schools in the developed countries desire
to gain effective, efficient and economic
administration and instruction have
adopted the use of ICT.
• The students have now become active
learner rather than passive learners
• Learners can interact with other learners,
demonstrate independence and self-aware
in their learning process.

13. The new school classroom environment is
characterized by student individually or in
groups:
• Performing computer word processing for text
and graphs presentation
• Preparing power point presentation
• Searching for information on the Internet
• Brainstorming on ideas, problems and project
plans as needed.

14. The Internet and Education

15. Internet
• Also called as NET
• It is the largest and far-flung network system-
of-all-systems.
• It is not really a network but a loosely
organized collection of about 25,000 networks
accessed by computers on the planet.

16. TCP/IP
(Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol)
• Standardized protocol (set of rules for
exchanging data)
Server
• a computer or computer program that manages access
to a centralized resource or service in a network.
• Originally developed and still subsidized by the United
States government
• Connects not only commercial, industrial, scientific
establishments but all other sectors including
education and its libraries, campuses and computer
centers.

17. IP Address (192.168.1.1)

18. Computers that are being connected to the server

19. This is the server where
were connected using
Internet

20. Thank You