Lesson 14: The Software as an Educational Resource
This
lesson discusses about the computer which we may refer it as a machine,
television, has monitor and keyboard. However, the things listed are the
hardware of the computer which is hardly useful without the program. On the
other hand, there are also software which has two types; the system software
and application software. System software is the operating system that bonded
inside the computer while application software contains the system that
commands the particular task solve problem the examples are custom software and
commercial software. This lesson also discusses about the Microsoft windows,
which is an operating environment between the use of computer operating system
and it is also called as a shell in which it is a layer that creates the way
the computer should work. Similarly, Instructional software are visited on the
internet or brought from software shops.
As
the experience, when I was in high school our computer teachers already exposed
us to the different hardware and software. Like for hardware, we have speaker,
keyboard, monitor, mouse, etc. For the software, we have the system software
and application software. By that, we have a quiz about it; we also have film
viewing as well as hands- on activities on how to operate those things which I
find it as very useful because I have use what I have learned when I went to
college.
As
to the reflection, in the use of modern information technology as a part of the
learning process, the teacher must possess or has acquired the needed skills to
evaluate the best hardware and software to install in the school. Everything we use to operate inside the
monitor is software and it is important to the user. However, both components
are complement to one another. The computer has paved the way for learning in a
new light. It has given human race a lot of advantages from the time it has
been invented. Now the computer has been
used widely and optimally in educational settings. Most of the educational
materials used by the teachers nowadays are web-based software. It is
attractive with colorful graphics, sounds and videos; so catching that you
really want to download it.
As
an application, we future educators should bear in mind that hardware and
software are inseparable. The choice of material or program to be installed or
use should be planned well so that students can use it as a source of
information, and a tool for accomplishing assignments, group work or
projects. Terms such as windows,
programs, graphics, download, internet and other pertinent technological words
should be part of the teachers’ vocabulary and appreciation. What should be foremost however on the choice
of software to use is that it should be current or updated and has a wide scope
of educational resources for students to tap or use.
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