The use of the computer as a lecture and presentation tool. The computer can provide teachers with a more powerful chalkboard than you could ever imagine. It can take students on field trips to places you are studying about, provide diagrams and pictures for examples to use in your lectures, and create presentations the children are not going to forget. The children rotate through the centers to practice skills or word processing , play games that reinforce skills taught in the classroom , and have fun. The use of the computer as a teacher s tool.
Teacher s can use the computer too.
It s not just for the students. It can be used to present information in an interesting way so that it grabs the students attention. You can create a power point presentation with the information you would normally use in your lecture. You can use the word processor to type notes, letters to parents, memos and classroom publications. You can also create grade books and lesson books using a spreadsheet.