Lesson 13: Cooperative Learning with the Computer
This lesson discusses about the computer being used in
the teaching process which promotes collaborative and cooperative learning
process. It implies that the ideal ratio in the integration of information
technology in the field of education is one to one, so that each student must
have his own computer so he can fully utilize his time and effort to achieve
success in his school work. However,
this is hard to establish in school because of the expenses involve in
providing computers, software and hardware for every student. So what happens
is that student’s share the use of computers and assignment are usually given
as a group or team projects. This fosters cooperative learning among the
students comprising each group and develops teamwork among the members. It also
enhances their social skills and sense of responsibility. Each student tries
his best, does his work assigned and helps one another reached their common
goal.
As
to the experience, I find computer as an effective tool to be used in the
teaching-learning process. When I was in my elementary years, the ratio of the
computer is 3:1 because our school has only 20 computers, at that time it’s a
good ratio because not all school can provide computers for their students.
When I was in high school, our ratio is really 1:1 because our school can
provide it. So, the first year and second year can use the computer but it
cannot access with the internet because their discussion are more on basic and
how to use different apps found in the computer; but the third year and fourth
have access to internet because they are more on application and hands-on
individual and group works like movie making, picture editing, music video
making, etc. By these experiences, I really find computer as an effective tool
especially in building collaboration within the group for it will help learners
to boost their confidence, share their different brilliant ideas, show
interest, and develop skills such as creativity, problem-solving and
responsibility that will be a great help in attaining a successful output.
As to the reflection, cooperative learning enhances social development by making
the learners to be more creative in expressing their own ideas and relate to
others. By that, the learners become competitive and create social
constructivism wherein they share and learn more ideas. This would also help
student in decision making and problem-solving for they are task to produce the
best output. As to the teachers, their task is to check and look for strategies
to ensure that each learner has done his or her work and interact with them as
possible.
As an application, we future
educators should bear in mind that creativity will respond in a specific situation
of learning a certain topic, and that learners come up with an idea of
cooperative and collaborative learning wherein students are group to perform
common learning task: the common goal, interdependence, interaction, individual
accountability and social skills. Hence, cooperative learning is a good idea to
address the problem while enhancing the students’ personal and social
development.
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