reflection on Higher Thinking Skills

Most students learn their lessons with the teacher doing most of the explaining and understanding of the subject matter at hand.  This kind of teaching method does not help develop the student’s thinking skills or his ability to analyze and reflect.  Today, the educator realizes that students need to go outside the classroom and avail of the facilities of information technology and be on their own in their quest for information and to acquire knowledge.  .
We can make our students use their creativity and HOTS or Higher Order Thinking Skills with the use of Computers in doing projects. It is important to remember that there is an appropriate tool or programs in the Computer for a certain skills need to develop for a Higher Thinking Skills.

reflection on the software as an educational resource

How can a software enhances the creativity and skills of a learner?

The software enhances the creativity and skills of a learner by letting them explore and give them independence on what they wanted on the task or activity given to them. In every discussion there should be activity using with the technology.

Just like what we are doing in these particular subject, I can say to myself that I learn something because I really apply and flourish my basic computer knowledge. Using these software that have mentioned in this lesson are all useful in enhancing the creativity and and skills of a learner. The software that can be downloaded or bought in any sights in the internet are useful but be careful in choosing the program that will be present in the class, there are some programs that  are attractive on the eye but it does not contain a 100% correct content.

reflection on cooperative learning with the computer

The teacher should give remind the class that everybody should participate for the good of the group what will be the grade of the group that will be there individual grade.

1:1 ratio is an ideal still to be achieved in education system, thus in countries which lacks those technological facilities such as computers, the creativity of the teachers are being challenged, thus results on cooperative learning in which learner are grouped together to accomplished a task using the computer. These promote interaction and learning for these enables the learner to share, compare and contrast their ideas. Some researcher says computer will allow isolation to learner, but majority of the learners like cooperative learning because as the saying goes “ TWO HEADS ARE BETTER THAN ONE “.

Many activities can lead to learning.  Some activities, however, are more effective that others when attempting to reach a certain goal. For instance, a person will learn certain skills quicker if they are “learned through doing” rather than through listening to a lecture or through reading.  Intellectual skills such as cooperation, communication and learning are most effectively gained by “doing” and by reflection on these actions.

Cooperative learning implies more than simply placing students in small groups and asking then to complete an assignment.  If group work is limited to this, the process can be counter-productive.  This is especially the case for “weaker” students, since the “stronger” students will tend to dominate the various aspects of the group process.  Obviously, if interaction leads to learning then one needs to interact, and especially to interact in a meaningful way.  Group work cannot be considered cooperative learning unless it is organized in such a way that students participate in the interaction. This also holds true to the Big Myth, in which the computer plays such an important role.