Computers & Learning

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What is a Simulation. What is the use of Simulation

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A program that imitates something that you can see or experience, like a physics or chemical experiment that is dangerous to perform in real-life

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What is Virtual Reality

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This gives students an experience of a stepping into a different place.

For example while learning history or geography, you can experience a Volcano or an earthquake, or an event that took place in the past

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This helps people with disabilities to learn.

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Assistive technology

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Three examples of Assistive technology

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1. 1. Screen Reader helps vision impaired person

2. 2. Braille converter converts screen text into braille ( a pattern of dots) . This helps people with vision and hearing impairments

3. 3. Speech generator converts text to speech, for those with speech difficulty

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Three examples of computer-aided simulations

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1. 1. Chemistry experiments with acids and such dangerous chemicals

2. 2. Physics experiments with electrical circuits

3. 3. Geographical formations like glaciers and greenhouse gas emission

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How can Virtual Reality help in learning Geography

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Using VR headsets, you can not only see what a place looks like, you can also step into the place and move around exploring the place

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Two example of computers used for space research or discovery

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1. 1. Apollo Guidance Computer - built to guide the US spacecrafts to moon and back

3. 2. Mars Rover - Robots that move around and 'see' or study the surface of Mars using video cameras, with robotic arms to pick up /examine rocks

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Two examples of computers used to predict natural disasters

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1. 1. Weather forecast: Satallites record the actual weather condition while computers predict, based on data, if the weather will improve or worsen

2. 2. Earthquakes: Seismologists use sensors to detect movement in the Earth. Computers analyse the data and predict the likelihood and time of the earthquake

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Two examples of computers used in Medical field

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1. 1. Study of DNA: This involves millions of calculations which can only be done by computers

2. 2. Computer models are used to develop and test new drugs, eliminating animal testing

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What is e-learning

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e-learning is learning over the internet or the local area network, using different type of media such as videos and text