CD-ROM & INTERNETKhairunnisa Mohd. Yusoff

Nordiana bt ZulkipeliNor Syazani Izzati bt Foozi

Norhafizah Hanoom Ahmad Azman KhanNoor Shakila Mahamad Sukri

Advantages & Disadvantages of CD-

ROM in Education

Use of CD-ROMs

• Many types of applications of computers in schools today.

• Nearly all school library media centers have at least one station that is designed for database searches using CD-ROMs.

• Among the types of materials available are encyclopedias and research databases.

ADVANTAGESCD-ROM

encyclopedia can be complete and

unabridge.Allows options

within the search process.

- Students thus encouraged to

explore the interrelationship btw ppl, places &

events

CD-ROMS include colour photograph, animations, videos

and sound.

ADVANTAGES

Students who have difficulty with

particular word can point or click to get

it pronounced or defined.

CD-ROMs Books not only appear as text with pictures

but are also interactives.

Background music or other

sounds enhance pleasure of

reading.

ADVANTAGES

LEARNER CONTROL-Allow students some control over the

rate and sequence of learning.SPECIAL NEEDS

-Effective with special learners or at-risk students

DIVERSE EXPERIENCES- Provide diverse learning experiences.

DISADVANTAGESCOPYRIGHT- Cannot be

duplicated without permission.

HIGH EXPECTATIONS- View interactive

programs as magical and expect learning to happen without or

little effort.

LACK OF SOCIAL INTERACTION

- Learners tend to work on their own and little

interaction with teachers or other learners.

DISADVANTAGES

LIMITED RANGE OF OBJECTIVES

-Not effective in motor and

interpersonal skills domains.

-Tend to teach at the lower levels of knowledge and comprehension

THE INTERNET

WHAT IS INTERNET?

A computer system that allow people in different parts of the world to exchange information.

Can use the internet to get info from websites and to send and receive message by email.

(Macmillan English Dictionary)

APPLICATIONS IN EDUCATION

TEACHERS

o locating new lesson plans on the internet

o collecting informational websites for student research resources

o creating a classroom website to publish student work

o downloading free programs

STUDENTS

o reading online stories

o take a test online

o getting help with homework

o Search for related articles or information regarding subject matter

o playing online learning games

THE ADVANTAGES

Make lesson more interesting.

Help student to understand better.

Encourage good communication.

Save time.Encourage reading habit.

BIASBIAS

The Internet is a collection of various services and resources. Approximately, 40% of households have internet access. It is suggested that the elderly, poor, uneducated and rural residents are underrepresented.

This could bias the results:- - do not know what the Internet is? - poor knowledge on the World Wide Web and its contents. - no e-mail, search engine, celebrity web sites, up-to-date sports’ scores, chat rooms. - low academic achievements > no educational portals or academic references on the Internet.

CHILDREN

When children online, they can easily be lured into something dangerous. Most parents don’t realise the dangers involved when their children log onto the Internet.

When children talk to others online,they don’t realise that they couldactually be talking to a harmful

person.

- As a result, there have been many been cases where children have been convinced to meet people they have talked with online.

- In fact, story seems to come out. E.g: A child or teenage lured into something foolish, dangerous, or even deadly on line.

Exposed to extremely inappropriate materials such as

pornographic pictures.

- While surfing the Web, reading newsgroups, advertisements, or using e-mail.

- Children come across such sites easily just simply because Internet are impossible to be controlled.

- In other words, children want to explore new things; yet they are people on the Internet that are just too persuasive.

Pornographic sitestend to make sure

thatthey are the first

sites to be listed

in anysearch areas.

Pornographic sitestend to make sure

thatthey are the first

sites to be listed

in anysearch areas.

DO YOU KNOW?

• Become a victim of theft – one of the worst privacy violations with potentially devastating financial consequences.

• The most common Internet crimes are “frauds and con games”

obtaining money illegally, usually

by tricking them.