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Computers
in
Education
Advantages:
Storage of information
Quick data processing
Audio-visual aids in teaching
Better presentation of information
Access to the Internet
Quick communication between students,
teachers and parents
Disadvantages:
Excessive use of computer by students lacks the verbal and
non verbal cues necessary for the development of social and
emotional skills.
Lead to decreased educational effectiveness within a classroom
and allow for problems down the line in the child's schooling.
When computers are use in teaching, there are tendencies that
the effective teaching will disappear between the teacher and
the learner. This is due to the intervention of the attention that is
given by the student to the computer machines. In other words,
computers could become a barrier in communication between
the
teacher
and
the
learner.
The gap between the rich and the poor could also be affected
since computer machines are seldom accessible by the poor
students while advantage is evident to those rich students
who usually studies in the leading schools and universities
which usually have this computer and internet facilities.
this will lead into a kind of discrimination since rich students
mostly have their own personal computers while poor
students do not have. These are evident especially in the
developing countries where most of the students dont have
their own computers at home.