Lesson 13: COOPERATIVE LEARNING WITH THE COMPUTER

We meet new friends in school and most of them are our classmates. Some teacher would ask the students to group themselves by four or five for a project. When I was in class and the teacher would like us to group ourselves, I would ask the teacher if it would be possible to group with your close friends. I would be very glad if the teacher would because I would be comfortable. Just like anyone else, you will never get along to somebody when you do not know them that much. You have to befriend with them first. The good thing of grouping yourself with your not so close friends is that you are giving yourself a chance to mingle with others and you are opening yourself to strangers who might be your future close friends. So, whenever an educator groups his students and gives a project, he knows what possible things that will come up are. When the computer is involved in a project, students prefer to do it by group because they can discuss the new learning as well as interact with their classmates. This chance is very important to them since they will be able to practice their interdependence and social skills. Computer is a big part of this stage because it is a way of keeping the students in cooperating and interrelating their ideas about computer applications and the best things to do to be able to present the best project they could have.