A Reflection of lesson 7.3.4

I am in support of the use of computers in school however access to computers is not yet universal Uganda and in my school. We still use low density labs. Access to computers remains low and it is tailored to computer labs in some of our schools, although this may change as some parents can afford to buy laptops for their children.

There is a general inadequacy of awareness among my fellow teachers about the positive educational value that computer technology can add to our teaching and it is accompanied by various objections in some cases; the use of computers by my learners at school, also serves as an inhibiting factor.

Use of computers and use of modern technology in learning has not yet been institutionalized or mainstreamed within the Ugandan national teacher development systems apart from making it a unit for study as a subject. At the University level, computers and use of social media are not well integrated into teacher education programs offered by teacher-training institutions. So teachers take it as a gimmick in the school society.

However, technology is changing the way in we view learning spaces and the personal learning environment of our students because students surf the Internet, Tweet, use Facebook and come up with lots of learning material that a teacher may fail to find single handed for his learners.

I am adapting to the new ways of technology integration through the use of curation sites and use of the Internet by giving assignments to my students so that I widen their understanding of a given topic under study.