Week 11: ICT AS TUTOR

ICT as a tutor means involving computers in teaching. Teachers can design or use existing materials in the internet or as software to enhance their teaching. Therefore, these ICT tools as tutor can be in form of drill and practice form, tutorial, simulation, and games. However, teachers need to be careful in choosing materials for their students from the internet because not all of them in the same level of difficulty or have the same cultural value. Also, the language skills differ from resource to another. So, teacher needs to select the appropriate resources that its content is relevant to the course objectives.

In fact, using ICT programs as a tutor helps teachers in their lessons because these lessons become much enjoyable for students since that students are the one who look for the information in an interesting approach.

1- Tutorial software

http://www.teach-ict.com/videohome.htm
http://www.apple.com/ilife/tutorials/

http://www.apple.com/ilife/tutorials/#iphoto

With tutorial software, no one should fear. In the above websites there are many tutorials for computer software such as Microsoft office, apple applications and designing software like adobe PhotoShop. It is obvious that tutorials software play an important role in self learning. I have chosen these two links because they are focusing in my curriculum area and the software tutorials are for programs that are one of my favorites. The tutorials are clear and easy to follow and apply.

2- Drill and Practice Software

http://manassas.k12.va.us/round/Technology/intermed1.htm
http://www.quia.com/jq/19623.html

These are a drill and practice software. I have chosen these two websites as a drill and practice examples because students can repeat the answer till they got the correct answer. Moreover, it's with in my curriculum area. The design of both websites is simple. The language in both is clear and out of spelling mistakes.

3- Games

http://www.quia.com/mc/276035.html
http://www.quia.com/cc/276035.html

These two games are nice example for learning formatting tools for grade four and five. Both websites have a simple design and clear content. Both their language is clear. They are focusing in Microsoft words formatting tools, so they are with in my curriculum area. The content is well presented.

4- Simulation
http://www.microsoft.com/games/flightsimulatorx/flash/default.htm

This simulation software is for flying a plane. Since simulation and the virtual reality is one of the topics that I teach for grade 9, the lesson gives simulation for flying a plane as an example that declares the meaning of simulation in the world of Technology. Also, this video in Youtube gives another addressing to the topic of simulation since all of these simulations have been done thru computer programs. I have chosen this website for the simulation of flying a plane because it has a nice flash introduction that makes you feel like you are flying now and you need to take the control of your plane. Also, see this youtube video below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-0z4K5I67c&feature=related