The Bennefit of Using Internet in Teaching
Clinch
and Richards (2002: 110) Most physics teachers that we have spoken to have no intention of using computers in their
lessons purely for the sake of it. The following
criteria can be used to indicate when you should be
using the Internet:
a.
You feel
your current mode of delivery of a
particular topic or could be made more interesting.
b.
Students
find a particular concept difficult to grasp.
Computer graphics are particularly useful
for illustrating things that cannot be observed
directly, e.g. the motion of particles in a
gas.
c.
Simulations
of experiments are best left to situations
where the practical is in accessible to the students for reasons of safety or
equipment availability.
d.
Where
students need to gather information/carry out research.
Agarwal
(2010: 5) Computers with internet resources can be used effectively in classrooms if teachers use the following
structure of language learning.
a. Select computer materials that are going to be
used i.e. a program or the internet resources.
b. Plan the lesson. Teachers can decide to use
internet resources to explain topics or whether to take online quizzes. The
plan of the lesson also depends on the following: the size of a class student
motivation and course learning objectives.
c. Make the computer class ready before lessons.
This means loading the computer with the chosen material ahead of time.
d. Divide the class into several groups with at
least one student who is good at computers and the language to be learned so
that more experienced students can help the others.
e. Encourage students to use several online
resources for the topic given and take quizzes.
f. If there is not enough of online resources or
if students do not understand the topic,
a teacher should be always around to explain it using the classical approach.
g. Make students take at least one quiz on each
language learning part i.e. reading, writing, listening and conversation.
h. Ask students to submit their assignments
electronically to your e-mail.
