COMPUTER APPLICATION FOR

YOUNG CHILDREN
(DECE 1113)

CHAPTER 2:
INFORMATION & COMMUNICATIONS
TECHNOLOGY (ICT) FOR THE
COUNTRY’S DEVELOPMENT

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TECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATION

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THE BENEFIT OF TECHNOLOGY

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 THE USE OF COMPUTER IN EDUCATION

• Aid in teaching, given impetus to distance education

• Software help better presentation of information

• Enable access to the internet which has information on literally everything

• Hard drives & data storage devices are an excellent way to store data

• To allow the learners to learn modern tools & knowledge to get ready for
the possible technological changes in the future

• Commonly used in education for applications such as communication,

distributing education materials, remote learning, performing class work
& admissions

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 LEARNING METHODS
Computer Aided Learning;
Computer Asissted Learning (CAL)

• Interactive & non-interactive

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 PROS OF USING COMPUTER

• Storage of information

• Quick data processing

• Audio-visual aids in teaching

• Better presentation of information

• Access to the internet

• Quick communication between students, teachers & parents

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 CONS OF USING COMPUTER
• Decrease the verbal & non-verbal cues necessary for the development of social &
emotional skills
• Decrease educational effectiveness within a classroom & allow for problems down
the line in the child’s schooling
• Tendencies that the effective teaching will disappear between the teacher & the
learner due to the intervention of the attention that is given by the student to the
computer machines; barrier of communication between teacher & learner
• Discrimination existence between the rich & the poor due to the accessibility of
computer
• Health disturbances associated with computers: eyestrain, repetitive motion
injury, possibility of leading to poor eyesight/vision
• Fundamental skills are neglected: reliance on computer machines
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