Lesson 10: The computer as Tutor

Computer is one of the wonders of human ingenuity, even it is invented long time ago to carry out the complicated mathematical and logical operation. With the invention of this technology (Computer or PC), the PC become a tool for many instructions. The great advances in microelectronics have helped achieved the moon landing, satellites, digital watches, computer games and even this electronics become a tutor in education. Still the computer continues to evolve. 

Educators saw much use of the PC. It has become affordable to small business, industries and homes. They saw its potential for individualization in learning, especially as individualized learning is a problem since teachers usually with a class of forty or more learners. They therefore devised strategies to use the computer to break the barriers to individualized instruction.

Computer-Assisted Instruction (CAI)

             The computer can be a tutor in effect relieving the teacher of many activities in his personal role as a classroom tutor. It should be made clear, however, that the computer cannot totally replace the teacher since the teacher shall continue to play major roles of information deliverer and learning environment controller. Even with the available computer and CAI software, the teacher must:

• Insure that the students have the needed knowledge and skills for any computer                       activity.
• Decide the appropriate learning objectives 
• Plan the sequential and structured activities to achieve objectives. 
• Evaluate the students’ achievement by ways of tests of the specific expected outcomes.

Now a day, educators accept the fact that the computer has indeed succeeded in providing an individualized learning environment so difficult for a teacher handling whole class. This is so, since the computer is able to allow individual students to learn at their own pace, motivate learning through a challenging virtual learning environment, and assist students through information needed during the learning process.

My Reflection in this lesson:


In this lesson, it allow us teachers to encourage the learners to give attention in using  computer. In fact, computer plays as a guide for the learners ability to create and editing such tasks in school. Computer only  play as a tutor but the truth is, it will never replace the teachers. As a sort of tutor comes from the computer but, did you think that you will operate the computer if the learners cannot follow instruction.?- Teachers is needed. This how computer helps "some" learner to add or integrate some knowledge to another one, and it result a moderate class of learning.