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Computers and learning - Coggle Diagram
Computers and learning
Technology for learning
virtual reality
VR headset gives you a feeling that you are in another place
Virtual world is created around you
You can look at pictures or watch videos
simulation
is a program that imitates something you can see or experience in real life.
advantages
can be used in situations where a real experiment is difficult to do
don't have to set up complicated and expensive equipment
they speed up processes that take a long time
experiments can be done many times
they can be done everywhere
it can be used for dangerous experiments
assistive technology
Braille converts translates on-screen text into a pattern of dots.
Helps peoples with disabilities to learn.
Speech generator turns text that you type into speech.
Using computers for discovery
space discovery
life on mars?
the explorers had:
a flexible robot arm to examinate rocks
a hammer to break rocks open : :
two video cameras acting as eyes
instruments to analyse rocks
a microscope to look closely at rocks
the robots (Spirit and Opportunity) explorers were designed to study the rocks in mars
robots are used to explore planets
Spirit and Opportunity did not discover life on mars
eagle has landed
on July 20, 1969 the Apollo Lunar Module called Eagle landed for the first time on moon
one Apollo's reason safe and successful was the (AGC) Apollo Guidance Computer
built for guide spacecreaft to the moon and back
first computer used to guide flights
heavy, slow and difficult to use
Predicting natural disasters
Weather forecasting
there are two parts to predicting weather:
Satellites and radar record real real weather conditions
the weather data that predict how weather condition change
warn people days before the hurricane arrives
discover more about way of storms work
supercomputers used for this work
process huge amounts of data very quickly
Medical discovery
DNA
only possible using computers
medial discoveries in 21st century
believe a computer can repair a cell
calculation on large amounts of data
computer models and medicine
make discovers
predict events
develop new drugs and treatment
help doctors to find out the disease
animal and human testing
drugs tested on animals
clinical trial
safe and dangerous for people involved
doctors want computers to test drugs