Relative Advantages

Learning Problem	Technology Solutions	Relative Advantage
Concepts are new, foreign (e.g., mathematics, physics principles.	problem solving, drill and practice	-practice the skills related to the topic like when solving a problem in math  -mostly the teacher use the method of flashing a card with different operations
Concepts are abstract, complex (e.g., physics principles, biology systems).	tutorial, simulation	to enhance their ability one should practice and explore the lessons they learned especially when having an experiment
Time-consuming manual skills (e.g., handwriting, calculations, data collection) interfere with learning high-level skills.	problem solving and simulation	showing of different ways of computing or calculating problems must be taught in here
Students find practice boring (e.g., basic math skills, spelling, vocabulary, test preparation).	instructional games	-for the students to be more enthusiactic about the topic, a teacher must be creative and active in giving class or group activities
Students cannot see relevance of concepts to their lives (e.g., history, social studies).	- drill and practice	- to be able to relate the things they learned about the subject in their everyday lives
Skills are “inert,” i.e., students can do them but do not see where they apply (e.g., mathematics, physics).	simulation	-for fostering exploration and the students will be involved
Students dislike preparing research reports, presentations.	instructional games	-instructional games must apply here for the students to be interested in doing an activity, they will also have fun at the same time they are learning
Students need skills in working collaboratively, opportunities to demonstrate learning in alternative ways.	drill and practice	- to replace the usual ways of learning instead of trying different learning stations
Students need technological competence in preparation for workplace.	-simulation	- for exploration
Teachers have limited time for correcting students' individual practice items.	tutorials	- for the teachers to be able to save time in correcting their students
No teachers available for advanced courses.	tutorials	- serves as an alternative learning strategies
Students need individual reviews of missed work.	tutorials	- for the students to be able to catch up their missed works
Schools have insufficient consumable materials (e.g., science labs, workbooks).	simulations	replacement of consumable materials like having field trips etc.
Students need quick access to information and people not locally available.	use of internet	so that the students can easily access a lot of information from the internet

Monalisa Baldeo

Julius Wong