How can a learner maximize use of computer resources as they may be available in schools or at homes?

Learners can have a lot of ways to maximize the use of computer whether if it is available on their home or at the school. The more important thing is that they should focus on their studies and use computer resources with purpose not using for such game in the internet and social media. It should have balance in using computer for educational references and there is also a right time in using computer for games and to other forms of social media but they should use it moderately.  But at some point, it is pleasurable for me to use computer just for games or even on social media. It takes me more time to spend on it than on searching some information or anything else about my studies. But it’s not totally good for me as a student, because as a student I should be more responsible and give control on to myself in order for me to take good care on my studies.

Nowadays, we can’t blame of such computer owners to be responsible on that matters, because they build computer shop in order to gain money as many as they can and  they don’t even care on what the users will do on the computer as long as the computer’s won’t be damaged. Therefore the main problem focuses on the users itself. They are empowered of the advertisements given of such website that tempted the users to go on that site and later on they will become addicted on it, that they will never know why they go back and forth to the computer shops for sake of games, the same as on social media, many people get use of such sites like Facebook, twitter and Instagram and many more sites just to express their selves on social media, and to let people know what they feel and what makes them busy, additionally it is very pleasing to take pictures posted on their wall that’s the reason behind they are tempted to use and use and repeatedly use it until they become addicted. It is the main reason why social media and games are more often to use than on educational sites in our community and even in our school.

Learner can use computer in making their assignments, searching in advance in their subject, study how to make PowerPoint presentation and in Excel, make a greeting card using a Publisher, make a video presentation and can make their own blogs, and it can be useful when making their projects. Also in preparing research paper, and watch movie in having a movie analysis and so many more uses that anything can cover. It’s just that we should think first before we click.

The existence of technology today may bring us into better living or into a worse one. It will only depend on how we use of such things. Besides we should consider of those good things that we can get from computers and we should try to enrich our capabilities in using computers. It is one way on how can we avoid from using computer excessively on nonsense things then there is no more dehumanization may happen.

Prepared by:

GIRLIE P. DEL VALLE

           BSE-3D

Reflection no. 2