There are three modes of using computers in education, which labeled as tutor, tool and tutee. When being used as a tutor the computer presents some subject material, the student responds, the computer evaluates the response and from the results of the evaluation, determines what to present next.
Once I remember I use "Trace Maker" program, When I was teaching networking, it's a simulation program where the teachers can build their networking between a group of computers depending on the IP for each computer and also they can try to see whether their IPs are correct or no by sending messages between computers and see if it have been sent or no, if it is okay then they build the real network, also I taught an ICDL program where the students can practice using ICDL ATS Primer and also doing their exams online using the same program.
When being used as a tool the computer has some functionality that saves that saves the learner time and allows the teacher to focus his intellectual energy on higher orders tasks. For me I use a lot e.g. I use word processing programs to write my lesson's plane, tests, ice break activities, also I use spreadsheets to find calculations of mark, using computers as a tool make the tasks more easier and accurate.
When being used as a tutee the computer is taught something by being programmed by the learner, before I joined government's schools, I was teaching in different institutes I was usually teach C++, the students were faced a challenge that they have to learn what they are trying to teach the computer, because they can't teach something they don't know.
Now I'm in government schools, the students face the same challenge but in Visual Basic, and I don't know in future how the challenge will. 
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