HISTORY OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY

HISTORY OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY

During the Middle Age Advent of Scholastic Philosophy, Pierre Abelard introduced a technology of instruction which was really a new method of structuring and presenting materials that helped set the style of scholastic education. The use of technology in the process of learning and teaching has improved the way in which students learn throughout the years. The 19th century paved in the advent of effective technological development including the production of textbooks, use of blackboards, and improvement in writing implements like  pen and ink. In 1920, visual media became widely accepted and in 1926, educational films were used as instructional media. In the 21st century Technologies of the future only recently focused on computers, Internet current primary trend.

Computer literacy or knowledge of computer applications is a moving target teaching students technical skills for today is valuable computer-based materials are just one component of resources available to education system. Integration of technology as a tool to advance learning in the content adds to the effectiveness of teacher’s created activities.

Now a days being connected by phone and Internet really does unite people .People communicate with people and they feel closer to and forget about weak ties, their neighbors or acquaintances faraway.

Technology is everywhere, but there are also things that is hard to solve. For example the signal in our cellphones sometimes it do not have a signal if we go to a far place near the mountains. Second is the electricity, because there are really place here in the Philippines that until now they don’t have yet an electricity.

As a future teacher we must also think that even though the world is changing there are still people who cannot adopt that changes especially those people who are living near the mountains. That is why as a teachers we must be flexible and open minded in the real world.

Lesson 9 Computers as Information and Communication Technology

Computers as Information and Communication Technology

In the Educational Technology course 1 the role of the computer in education was well discussed. It was pointed out that the advent of the computer is recognized as the third revolution in education.

Computer technology, educators saw the amplification of learning along computer literacy. Much like reading, the modern student can now interact with computer messages, even respond to questions or to computer commands. Again like writing, the learner can form messages using computer language or program.

Through computer we can discover many things about education, if we have requirements that is difficult in our side we can really search the problems in internet. Computer now a days also through computer we can communicate to our family, friends and love ones by the help of Google.

            We already know the importance of technology in our education, on how helpful it is in our daily living. And as future educators, we have to be aware and active in adopting educational technology practices. Since, following the modern trends technology-related education is very essential to acquire knowledge in achieving an appropriate way of teaching-learning process.

Lesson 8 Higher Thinking Skills Through IT-Based Projects

Higher Thinking Skills Through IT-Based Projects

In this lesson, we shall discuss four types of IT-based projects which can effectively be used in order to engage students in activities of a higher plane of thinking. To be noted is the fact that these projects differ in the specific process and skills employed, also in the ultimate activity or platform used to communicate completed products to others.

On the other hand, it is the students themselves who demonstrate higher thinking skills and creativity through such activities searching for information, organizing and synthesizing ideas, creating presentations, and the like.

            Based on my experienced it is really important that in teaching you really need to use variety of teaching strategies that will help the learners to learn more and by the help of the technology it will help you to explain more your topic briefly by using video clips or some pictures that could help the learners to really understand the lessons and it will help also the learners to show their creativity on how they solve problems.

            The things we’ve learned in this lesson is very relevant in our learning it will improved our knowledge about technology and by that it will help us as a future teachers to show our creativity to our student and encourage them to show their own skills in creativity.

As a future teacher it is very important that we are aware of the complex thinking skills of the learners because we are diverse. We must help them to develop their ability to solve different problems in the classroom, we should motivate them more and help them to achieve their goals in life.

Lesson 7 Evaluation of Technology Learning

Evaluation of Technology Learning  

In this lesson it talks about the standard student evaluation of learning must change. This is justified by the fact that not only has the new generation changed into digital learners, but the traditional world has metamorphosed into a digital world. As efforts are exerted to go digital in instruction, we need to go also in digital learning assessment.

            Teachers must adopt a new mindset both for instruction and evaluation. Evaluation must be geared to assessment of essential knowledge and skills so that the learners can function effectively, productively and creatively in a new world.

            In our education today, students are expected to be flexible, analytical and creative in learning even though before in the traditional the teachers are usually the one who explain the lessons to the students, but now everything has change that is why we must adopt the changes in order for us to become globally competent.

            The technology indeed provided us not just window but an open door for us to see that the educational world has already evolved. That is why as a future teachers we must always encourage our student to explore that changes in order for us to gain more knowledge in technology.

Lesson 6 Developing Basic Skills

            In this lesson teachers should adjust their teaching to effectively match the new digital world of information and communication technology (ICT), they must be clear on what basic knowledge, skills and values that is needed to be develop by digital learners.

            In entering the new world of information and communication technology it opens the way for complex and higher cognitive skills. The new era of creativity in the digital world has led to introducing a kind of framework that requires information processing, idea creation and real-world problem solving skills.

            As a student we really exposed ourselves in  technology now a days because technology is very helpful in learning, when we have lot of things to do the technology is always there to help us and we can discover many things in our own. That is why our knowledge in technology has a great impact wherever we go.

           This lesson it will help us to develop our creativity to solve problems and to design things that is relevant in our learning, it will help us to become motivated in learning we can experience different learning strategies in the classroom for example to work with a team. Through that we can share our different ideas in a group and it is very effective in learning new things.

            As a future teacher we could apply this lesson through letting future students experience. Let the learners discover that learning is fun, through that they can have a meaningful learning by letting them discover something new. Through that it will help them to grow more and learn more.