In this course I learn many ICT examples and it’s application in teaching.
Such as
·student center learnig
·Inquiry based learning
·WebQuest
·Mind mapping tools
·Education games types and using it as a tutor
I also started this blog for the sack of this course and it was a really enjoyable experience. I had a blog before this course but I didn’t have the carriage to post on it but now I am an expert on blogging and I'll carry on bloging.
During this course I design with my friend a WebQuest an I am very proud of it and here is it:
ICT as a tutor is one of the new trend coming to get use of the ICT and the students interest in computer and ICT. Students nowadays are changed. They don’t like the traditional way of teaching so we should as a teachers tries to get their attention with thinks they like but in the same time they can learn from it. By using ICT as a tutor we can do that.
There are four type of educational software that can be used as a tutor
• Drill-and-practice
It "promotes the acquisition of knowledge or skill through repetitive practice."*
That mean by practicing a specific skill or knowledge through computer game over and over. The feed back comes in the same time.
A computer tutorial is an interactive software program created as a learning tool. Tutorials help people learn new skills by using a step-by-step process that ensures the user is following along and comprehending the material.**
And there are two types of tutorial:
Linear: here the instruction go step by step such as the vedio tutorial example
Branching: the user can navigate through the tutorial and skip parts and jump back to it.
• Simulation
A simulation game is a video game which seeks to recreate some aspect or aspects of the real world. This can mean anything from operating a vehicle, to organizing a business or sports franchise, to running the lives of a virtual family. The subject matter of simulation games varies greatly from game to game, but all simulations share a desire to accurately reproduce a complex activity or system in a virtual environment. ***
The simulation educational software is where student can practice a real life experiment but on computer for example flying an airplane.
