How teachers use the computer as Tool, Tutee and Tutor?

How Teachers Use The Computer as Tool, Tutee and Tutor?

Nowadays, we are using the computers everywhere and we can’t ignore the huge benefit we get it from computer especially in education domain and schools. I think that when the teachers use the new technologies and integrate the use of computers in their lessons they can enhance and foster the student’s educational and learning level. Also teachers can add a magic touch of fun and let the students enjoy the lessons when they know how to utilize computer resources and tools.

I used to get benefit from the use of computer and new technology to the maximum as a teacher in preparing my lessons, passing and transmitting knowledge and information to my students and give them the opportunity to create and show their innovational side. That can help them to discover their talents and provide them a higher level of thinking. 





If I start talking about how teachers can use the computer as a helpful tool, I think that the computer provides a useful communication approach for teachers. Teachers can communicate with each others also they can communicate with their students via email. In addition, teachers can use the computer tools such as (Microsoft Word, Excel Sheet, and Power Point) for keeping students records (data and grades), manipulate information and can produce individual letters to student’s parents. Also we can use it to create charts and students lists. Moreover, from my side I used the computer to make personalized certificates of achievement and this gives a positive push for my students.



I can make a good power point presentation not only by using many words and many pictures to explain my lessons to the students, it is includes all kinds of media like music, videos, pictures and animations. This can add some fun to my lessons and my students will interest to involve and engage to the lesson.

We can use the computer as a tutee. For example we can use any programming language (coding language) to develop and produce software to manage the students’ attendance issue. This software will make this process easier for the teachers.

Another example, last year me and my colleagues created simple software using visual basic language to help us in entering student’s grades and do the required calculations. This software was easy to use and very helpful for us because it reduces the calculation errors and saved our time and effort, indeed, it makes this process easier and faster than the previous year.

In my opinion, sometimes we might face some problems in using the computer as a tutee, because we have to learn some new programming languages to develop certain needed software. Learning new programming language could take long time so it will slow down our work completion. I think this is the main difficulty that might face us.

From my point view, I believe that using the computer as a tutor is the most powerful approach of benefiting from the computer. Me as a teacher and based on my previous experience in teaching high school students, I get a huge benefit from using the computer as a tutor. I prepared some tutorials for my students to help them in studying and getting the right information. In addition, I used online educational games to help the students and increase their skills. Those games were related to the subject that I teach and the students take a huge benefit from using the online games. On the other hand, students enjoyed the lessons and the feel so excited and interested.

When I teach the first level students I used the online typing practices tutorials to help the students in being familiar in using the keyboard and prepare them for the second level. I used to make some typing competitions between the students; this helps them in learning and enjoying the lessons at the same time.

Sometimes I made online tests for the students and it was a helpful way. It does not need printing exams papers and wasting my time in distributing and collecting papers from students. Also the test correction occurred immediately so it saved my time and effort.

By using the computer technology either as (tool, tutee or tutor) the teacher’s role as passing information will be reduced and the teacher became more of a coach or coordinator.

I think that teachers have to know how to use the computer to access what they need and also for communication. Moreover, teachers need to know how to utilize computer resources in their classrooms to foster the learning process. Teachers should understand how to use the computer in a way to maximize the potential learning of their students.