Answer 1_2_10

Describe three ways in which computers are used in education, other than for ICT and computing.

In the Classroom:

• Presentation graphics to illustrate taught material;
• Word processing to produce answers, or to produce teaching material;
• Data-logging to take results of experiments;
• Spreadsheet modelling of mathematical data;
• CD-ROM demonstrations of difficult concepts;
• Interactive learning;
• Internet for learning.

Administration:

• Registers taken with OMR or hand held device;
• Spreadsheets for school accounts;
• Word-processing for daily correspondence;
• Pupil database to keep records.

In this kind of question, always give the point (first mark) and then the purpose (second mark).

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