Why does teachers use computer?
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Why do teachers use computers...because they can use the spelling check!!!
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NO way!!!!!\n\nIt just means that there's less filing, and if you hate computers go into teaching!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
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Geez, it depends on the teacher. Some teachers heavily incorporate technology while others teach in the same way as instructors did fifty years ago.
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It is now as necessary as a pen or pencil.  The elementary school in my area not only have Smart boards, projectors, and Dell pcs in each classroom but also shared laptops between classrooms.  The problem is that they are not well maintained, locked down(software/antivirus/filtered) as much as they can be.  The other problem is that the 5th graders know more than the teachers as to how these freakin things work.  A couple of teachers couldn't even use the Smart board and used the black board the whole year!!\n\nThis is jus a tool NOT the answer for all the ills in the classroom.  Teachers and parents must be proactively involved in the child's education to make these become helpful tools.  School boards and teachers must provide the proper curriculum, teachers must be trained, and students must be guided properly to make it worth placing in classes.
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A lot of people just play with it and learn on their own. You may want to check with a local Community College, they sometimes offer basic computer classes to the public for a small fee.
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Technology.\n\nIronic that something that was created to quickly access knowledge in a convenient way has served to take away from learning as well.\n\nLet me explain....\n\nOur students have been experiencing ADD in higher numbers. One finding in research is that we have become a "push button" society. Children are "plugged in" and "unplugged" numerous times during a day. At one time it was the fault of a "remote control" of a tv that allowed people to surf through numerous channels looking for the right show to stimulate their needs. Now let's not only add the TV to the picture but include the internet. They may have four or five windows open jumping from email to answers to a game to chat site back to their homework. If one doesn't give them the stimuation needed they hop to another and to another. Click to this and back to that.......get bored.....move to next window.\n\nIn addition, students have lost the art of using books for research. They "google" or use wikipedia and rely on answers fed to them from sites that aren't always as reliable as documented print in books. Oh sure.....there are many wonderful sites out there too. Don't get me wrong. But it is not enough to just "google." Students really need to master researching skills and technology has enabled quick access but at a price of accuracy. \n\nWriting is suffering as well. Students are found writing papers in "chatonese." For example:\n\n"This book is the one 4 u! It is so hilarious that I was lol. J/K!" \n\nTeachers can teach writing in brilliant forms. However, if students continually chat on the net in chat speak, it becomes a habit that is hard to break in school.\n\nTechnology is a wonderful thing! But I fear that learning has become "easier" for children. Part of the learning process is taking responsibility for your learning rather than expecting an answer to be fed to you via the net. I'm very anxious about seeing where technology will progress positively in the class room.
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They may be new to you, but I remember seeing such exams when I was in college many years ago.  Such exams are very quick for the teacher to grade, since all the teacher need do is feed them to a special machine attached to the computer.  It is also assumed the machine grades more accurately than a human would, does not get tired, sick, lose track of things, or get bored.  And it makes a permanent record.\nOne big disadvantage is they don't make subtle answers easy.
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Yes computer as a mean to better educational achievement.\n\nHow I am using? Free online books/online examination/latest research work/ and a lot just from home.\n\nThe time which I had spent outside exploring these things, by the internet it is save and I can use that time for further imporovements.\n\nDo you also know that recently most of the Educational institutions are giving online education.\n\nIt is up to you how do you use internet.
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You are at school to learn that is why. Imagine how tedious it was in the past to do all your research in the library. Appreciate the computor as a learning tool.It makes information readily available .You shouldn't have carte blanche with the computor anyway if you are a child.
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I think you mean the computer trainer?!\n- of course they train people to use computer.\n- design course outline.\n- prepare course material.\n- setup lesson equipments, etc.
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As a  teacher I have found that in most cases the use of the Internet is a positive research tool. Most students would rather click on the computer than go do real research in the library, but if you use the Internet correctly it can be a valuable time saver.  The down side is I have see so much plagiarism that students aren't thinking for themselves any more.... like all technology it is a positive tool when used with logic and for the right reasons.
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oh....Using technology based projects and things in my classroom have changed my style completely.  First of all, I use a lot of powerpoint when I lecture and using this means I can show movie clips, cartoons, pictures...anything that relates well with my subject area.  (I teach history) We also do a lot more research, so my students are learning to become careful, thorough researchers.  I use the internet to provide interactive study guides, online quizzes, etc. for them at home.  On review days, we have a huge Jeopardy game that comes up on the digital projector - they get so excited that they end up jumping around and studying for the REVIEW a week in advance.  I have a website that allows my students access to lessons, projects, deadlines, etc, making them more responsible and goal oriented.  AND my school has a great program that catches plagarism on papers, so although I hate that I have, I've caught students cheating and hopefully caught them early enough for them to realize the need for honesty and hard work.\n\nI like hands on learning and I find that computers and technology allow them the opportunities to express themselves and learn in a more...relaxed, enjoyable setting.  I've found in the last little while that students are doing better in class as they get more involved in technology=based learning.\n\nChallenges...sometimes it's hard to intergrate things.  Sometimes my students have to suck it up and learn by lecture.  I think it overstimulates sometimes, so I try for a good balance.  um.  Resources is a big challenge.  Digital projectors are EXPENSIVE.  \n\nCan't really think of many challenges - I'm blessed with a very well equipped, technology friendly school.
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D.) Teachers can use surveys as useful tools. If many people in the class enjoy  Activity X (whatever most like to do) the teacher can find ways to teach his subject matter through that activity or through discussion of that activity. For example, an English language teacher learns that his students really like popular music. He can then use examples from song lyrics to teach the students various parts of speech and their usage.
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no ...\nthey shouldn´t replace teachers you don´t like - because you can´t argue with them ...\nand they shouldn´t replace teachers you like - because no computer could have feelings ...
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Doesn't your school provide these types of resources for teachers?
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Computers, like several other everyday items, was originally developed as a "tool".  Some of the first applications developed for the PC were word processors and spreadsheets, meant to take the place of typewriters and updating calculations on a chalkboard.\n\nBecause computers were able to perform many calculations with exceptional accuracy and speed compared to a human being, they were good for balancing checkbooks, amortizing loans, as well as keeping records of assets.\n\nAside from being a tool for calculations, the computer nowadays is used as a vehicle for entertainment purposes (such as games, music and videos) as well as advertising (banner ads on Web sites or Adware).\n\nWith the advent of the internet, computers helped people communicate with one another; both person to person as well as many people to communicate at once either through Web forums or in real-time such as Internet Relay Chat.\n\nDue to many of the innovations to which computers had been adapted, computers also helped provide a market for people to build, support, program and use them in their everyday lives.
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First, don't take an answer about education from someone who can't spell "phonics."\n\nYour question doesn't specify whether you're focusing on the teaching part of education, or the learning part of education, or both!\n\nThe personal computer is probably the most significant (and obvious) invention that aids in education.  As a teacher, I use a document projector in the classroom almost every day, which saves on paper and is a big improvement over the overhead project that used transparencies.  But the piece of technology that probably gets used the most in my educational setting is the copy machine!