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Learning Resource Center (School Library Media Center)

Materials used by the Teacher

 We found that the laptops change classroom circumstances, making it easier
for teachers to engage students in substantive, collaborative, project-based work.
Laptops also made planning and group communication easier for the teachers we
observed.

Laptops are portable. If a class is collecting data on weather conditions in a

local park, how does that data get from the park to a data analysis program?
Probably, someone writes it down and re-keys it into a computer at some other time
in some other part of the school. With laptops, student research can happen
anywhere in the field, at home, in the library and data analysis, notetaking, or journal
writing can get done on the spot, preserving first impressions and providing
immediate feedback.

Classroom dynamics changed when each student had their own laptop every
day. Computer based work – such as writing and revising, printing, and sharing or
collecting data became one of many activities happening in the classroom. Laptops
also fit smoothly into group work for example, students collaborating on a written
piece or sharing data can pass one or several computers among themselves,
contributing to multiple aspects of a project rather than working on isolated units.

Teachers become more able to engage students in inquiry-oriented, project-

based learning. The Project PULSE science teacher tried new kinds of projects with
her students they conducted original research and authentic scientific experiments.
Continuous access, for both teachers and students, to computer-based tools like
word processors and data analysis programs facilitates this kind of long-term, in-
depth teaching and learning.

Local telecommunications, always accessible from home and from school,

provided an important mode of communications for the teachers participating in this
project. They were able to build friendships, coordinate logistics, brainstorm new
projects and reflect on their work by telecommunicating with each other.

REFERENCE: Bank Street College of Education. (1993, May). Project PULSE:

Laptop computers for students and teachers. News from the Center for Children and
Technology and the Center for Technology in Education, p.1-6.

The laptop is absolutely helpful for us— the teachers because it make our
daily tasks more easier. By planning the lesson, outlining, designing, and preparing
all the learning materials needed for a good and achievable learning outcomes. I
want to learn many things in laptop so that I am able to easily manage the class
through the use of technology. I believe that laptop is a life saver for teachers, you
can store, create, program, present, and design so many things needed to have a
good lesson delivery everyday.
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SURING-BASA SA ISANG AKDANG PAMPANITIKAN

SABAYANG PAGBIGKAS
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