Learning Activity 2

(Questions are taken from lesson 11.)

1. Who introduced constructivism?

-Jean Piaget (1981) and Jerome Bruner (1990)

2. This is an effort to show that the construction of knowledge is governed by social, historical and
cultural contexts.

-Social Constructivism

3. Who stressed that learning is affected by social influences?

- The Russian psychologist Lev Semyonovich Vygotsky

4. Give the five ways on how the teacher can employ the computer and discuss each.

• An information tool- can provide vast amount of information in various forms, such as text, graphics, sound, and video.

• A communication tool- An effective communications program will combine some or all of the following tools to communicate the intended message to the target audience:
• Internet
• Publications and other print materials
• Public service broadcasts and Videos
• Media relations
• Spokespersons
• Events (special days, awards, exhibitions, seminars)The tools used depend on the strategic goals, the objectives of the communication program, the profile of the target audience, the various advantages and disadvantage of each tool, and the communications budget.

• Constructive tool- can be used for manipulating information, visualizing ones understanding, and building new knowledge.

• Co-constructive tool- used to work cooperatively and construct a shared understanding of new knowledge.

• Situating tool- by means of virtual reality (RS) extension systems, the computer can create 3-D images on display to give the user the feeling that are situated in virtual environment.