MIDTERM REPORT Lesson 11: COMPUTERS AS AID FOR TEACHING (DISADVANTAGES OF COMPUTERS/INTERNET AS RESOURCE MATERIALS) BY Wendy C. Pitallano

DISADVANTAGES OF COMPUTER IN TEACHING AND LEARNING

1. Computerized instruction is relatively expensive. Cost and benefits must be assessed to ensure optimal gains.
2. There is some lag in the production and design of computers for instruction. High quality direct instruction materials are not readily available and may require compatibility due to exclusiveness of some educational programs or software.
3. Creativity may be stifled if creative original responses are ignored by the linear, lock-step control learning process in the case of run-of-the mill computer instruction materials.
4.  The novelty effect associated with CAI may decrease as computer are made more easily available at home and in the workplace.

Indeed, with the computers the gateways of personal, educational, social and even economic progress has been widely opened. With it we can do most everything. In educational parlance, teachers and students as well only need to lift a finger to do research and present illustrations, pictures and graphics by way of animation to make teaching and learning more impressive, more interesting and permanent. They can also access up to date information across the world anytime by chat or email, thus enriching knowledge and information.

The internet as resource materials for teaching

      The internet is popular by word for both young and old alike. Everybody seems so indulge in surfing the net to satisfy their curiosity if not to get fresh information about certain topics. 

     Thus, we see the proliferation of computer centers and internet cafes. We see people spending a lot of time surfing, chatting or emailing at many internet centers.

 Todays, the internet has become an instant source of information from politics to war and peace; from music to dances to history, literature science and technology to sports and employment possiblities, banking, purchasing and others.Government  and non-government organizations have gone on line and many more are joining the net. 

     This make the information very rich thus providing the students and the teachers an expensive pool of resources which they can access for searching and for teaching purposes.Students no longer travel form one library to another to research on their assignment, they only have to lift a finger to access the information they need. 

      Aside from being a source of information, the internet is valuable medium for communication  One can enjoy benefit of an instant transaction with friends and relatives across the globe.A student or researcher can conduct an online interview with experts o a topic of interest.