Lesson 9: Computers as Information and Communication Technology

It was said in this lesson that the computer is recognized as the third revolution in education. Computer technology in education has matured to transform into an educative information and communication technology or ICT in education. In my own perspective, this lesson show us how important the computer is as a form of communication and making it as one of a tool in getting information. This Microsoft office, the power point, excel, internet explorer, yahoo etc. without a computer or any gadget that could fit in to these application then communication and information gathering will not occur.

            On our activity, as a sort of my experience we are asked to rank the top 5 most usable applications that could help us and the teachers. Our first was the Google, where we can search and get the information that we needed. Next on our rank is the power point presentation because this can be an alternative in giving our lecture to the class so, instead of using the blackboard we can use the ppt as a means of our presentation. The 3^rd in rank was the Excel, this is very helpful especially on the teachers if they are going to compute their student’s grades. The next application is the video maker where we can capture some memories and make it alive. Lastly is we have the MS Word where we can have our copy pasting and printed materials to be done. Our activity was also fun I heard something from my classmates and I was able to value some applications which I just neglected before.

            My reflection on this lesson is that, the computers must be handle with care. Eventhough it is just a mere of a tool we need to use it properly. We can’t just be like in the other country where students can just bring their own laptops during discussion, here in the Philippines, most of the schools simply use computers provided by the government, other officials or any private sectors. If we use these resources recklessly, it is hard for the teachers to let the students visualize what does it means with computers and how does it looks like. It is a challenge for me as a future teacher to use the computer properly and remind my students of its importance.

            In application, I will try to demonstrate all the things which I reflected on this lesson. Remind my students that the application on the computer must be executed properly because programs or applications like that is not really perfected well.