Week 3 Discussion Board

Week 3 Discussion Board

Computers V Teachers
It is a common fact that computers have simplified the task of a teacher and also relieves him of most mundane, repetitive task associated with teaching, like roll call and attendance, entering of scores and adding them and such like activities.
Computers have made storage of data and data accessibility easier for the teacher. Moreover teachers are able to use pictures and diagrams and images and do a lot for their teaching. And from what we learn at LMO teachers are now able to extend their ability in space and time through computers and the systems they support.
Yet in spite of all these benefits of a computer, human beings would always want a human touch and fellow feeling, which no machine on earth can give.
The discussion should not be teachers versus computers but teachers and what they should do with computers. Teachers in addition to programming and feeding the computers with information should concentrate on the human aspect of life that no machine or any other animal can give.
Chuks.

• Kathy Kellen says:
July 15, 2010 at 3:21 pm
As I briefly interjected in last week’s discussion, I think that there is definite need for human


@Kathy.
Like I said in my write up on the discussion board, teachers are more that facilitators. Yes they facilitate learning by students and are needed at the lower elementary levels; they still will be needed at the higher human levels. Why? You may ask. Machines by nature lack the human qualities of empathy, sympathy, compassion or other qualities that inspire hope and encouragement. This is where teachers are invaluable. I believe that any teacher worth his grain is the profession to help others learn, achieve or get ahead in life. A machine cannot replace these virtues.


July 19, 2010 at 10:54 am
Computers will never replace teachers, but teachers that use them will replace those that don’t. As

@Larry
Well said and worth repeating. “Computers will never replace teachers, but teachers that use will replace those that do not.” Yes teachers will always be there as models. Their explanation of a point an be understood by a students in less that 5 minutes’. But reading and understanding it could take hours. More over hand-on experiences are invaluable in


July 18, 2010 at 6:12 pm
I think that teachers will only be replaced if they decide that they don’t want to use computers in the classroom. At least I hope so.

@Joe Huber
It is good to think that way for the sake of exploring issues from many sides. But in saying replace teachers I will still hold on to my ground. Teachers have human qualities and traits that no machine can duplicate. Like the artificial flowers in a
house: it can be good and attractive; but it never will replace the natural ;live flower. The natural and real is on a different plane from the artificial. So is it with teachers. Teachers have human and fellow feeling qualities that no machine can develop. That is what makes the world go around.