role of computers in education
Computers in education are a big step in development on education and the impact is huge. Given its capabilities, it is a vital tool in education. Given today 9 out of 10 household have or use computers. We are on high technology or high-tech age now. Almost everybody now uses computers and almost everything is run by computers. Many students use computers in the classroom on the daily basis. Using this in schools for learning is one of the best roles in child educational development. More children are drawn to computers whether their parents like it or not. Almost all parents have that dilemma since the development of modern computer. Games, role playing games (RPG), massive multiplayer online role playing game (MMORPG) are the main culprit. Introducing the use of computer to schools is most ingenious; whoever pioneers this program is very observant and smart. For starters, introducing education based interactive games is one of those innovations. It’s like basic course in computer for students primarily for elementary. Students do mouse left and right clicking, mouse panning and pointing, etc. It’s like computer games or usage not in a negative way but in a positive way. The information hi-way or the internet as we use to call it, through computers this is the most effective tool in education for knowledge gathering through its search engines, Yahoo and Google to name a few. Students can access enormous amounts of information for their assignments and research work with a simple a type and click combination. Students can also make study groups through the internet’s social networking sites like Facebook, Friendster, Blogging Google Groups, etc. Students can create group pages for their studies and knowledge sharing within their communities or universities in a specific country or can study and share knowledge in other study groups in different communities and universities globally. Online tutoring and online studying in internet through computer has recently