Learning activity 2

1. Who introduced constructivism?
Ans. Jean Piaget and Jerome Bruner are the one who intruduced constructivism..

 2. This is an effort to show that the construction of knowledge is governed by social, historical and
cultural contexts.
Ans. Social Constructivism is an effort to show that the construction of knowledge is governed by social, historical and cultural contexts.
3. Who stressed that learning is affected by social influences?

Ans. The one who stressed that learning is affected by social influences is Lev Vygotsky.
4. Give the five ways on how the teacher can employ the computer and discuss each.
     1. An information tool

        computer serves as an information because it can provide vast information in various forms, such as text, graphics, sound, and video.Even encyclopedias and encarta dictionaries are now available in the computer.

       2.A communication tool

          Computer serves as a media in terms of communication and it is a vast provider of information or in other term  computer is an access of communication.

       3.  A constructive tool

            Computer can be used for manipulating information, visualizing one's understanding and building new knowledge.

      4. As co-constructive tool

          -a tool to work cooperatively and construct a shared understanding of new knowledge.

      5. A situating tool

         -by means of virtual reality (RS) extension system, the computer can create 3-D images on display to give the user the feeling that are situated in a virtual environment.