MY CAREER

COMPUTERS IN EDUCATION

TOPICS COVERED IN COURSE:

•The Flat World

•Blogging


•Composition Tools


•PowerPoint

•Online Conferencing

•Location Programmes

•Excel

GOOGLE EARTH

•A location program which offers maps of the earth

obtained from satellite imagery using navigation controls.

•Used to find the location of places on different parts of the

earth.

•Identify coordinates of a location eg. Holy childhood prep.

ONLINE CONFERENCING

•Unlike the regular face to face conference. It uses the internet as a conference venue. Participants access the conference from anywhere in the world. Conference can be accessed at any time using a browser software and password.

•Cheaper and more convenient.

•Higher level of participation, permanent
record of proceedings.

•Anyone with access to internet can participate.

•Each participant is given a password to access the various conferences.

•You don’t have to travel and stay in a particular place.

•Get your free account for three.

POWERPOINT & EXCEL

POWERPOINT

•A slide show presentation.

•Include only the important information you want your audience to remember


EXCEL

•A spreadsheet program

•A specialized kind of table editor which is not limited in cell space.

COMPOSITION TOOLS

•Composition tools are computer programs which

are used in productions in the form of sound, art,

film and much more.

•Some such tools include:

•Sound Recorder

•Movie Maker

•Paint

THE FLAT WORLD

•Thomas L. Friedman’s book “The World is Flat”.

•The flattening of the world effects equal opportunities for countries, businesses, and individuals to collaborate and compete for business and information.

•The world is flat in places if you know where to look for it. Having access to the technology and being able to utilize it efficiently.

•Introduces greater access to information through developments in technology eg. Search engines like Yahoo and Google search.