Lesson 14: The Software as an Educational Resource

Whenever people think about computers, they are most likely thinking about the computer machine such as the television-like monitor screen, the keyboard to type on, the printer which produces copies of text-and-graphics material, and the computer housing called “the box” which contains the electronic parts and circuits (the central processing unit) that receives/ stores data and direct computer operations. The computer machine or hardware is naturally an attention-getter.

      It’s more difficult to realize, however, that the computer hardware can hardly be useful without the program or system that tells what the computer machine should do. This is called software.

There are two kinds of software:

1. The system software. This is the operating system that is found or bundled inside all computer machines.

2. The application software. This contains the system that commands the particular task or solves a particular problem.

In turn the applications software may be:

(a) A custom software that is made for specific tasks often by large corporations, or

(b) A commercial software packaged for personal computers that helps with a variety of tasks such as writing papers, calculating numbers, drawing graphs, playing games, and so much more.

Experience

In using computer, we are somewhat using different software applications for different purposes. One example of these are the Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint which are the most commonly used nowadays. And today, we can just download these on the internet.

Reflection

Because everything is readily accessible via using internet, learners can just download instructional software or bought it from the software shops or dealers. Moreover, by using this instructional software the learners learning would improve because “ the man who reads is the man who leads”.

Application

By integrating technology in instruction, learning is readily attainable because by using instructional software application student’s knowledge is harnessed.

Reference:


Lucido, P. I. (2012). Educational Technology 2. LORIMAR PUBLISHING INC.