Educational Technology in a

Nutshell

In this course, learners are oriented towards averting the dangers of dehumanization which technology brings into societies. There are areas where learners are oriented with and needs to be aware of:

Ideological propaganda

Pornography

Financial fraud

Other exploitative used of technology

Student ProfileName: JEWIN M. OMAR

BEED III, Block I

School: PALAWAN STATE UNIVERSITY Brookes Point Campus

Name: REY MARK E. ABISBEED III, Block I

School: PALAWAN STATE UNIVERSITY Brookes Point Campus

Name: RITCHAN ADLIMABEED III, Block I

School: PALAWAN STATE UNIVERSITY Brookes Point Campus

What is Ed. Tech?• The study and ethical practice of facilitating learning and

improving performance by creating, using, and managing appropriate technological processes and resources.

• Refers to the use of both physical hardware and educational theoretic’s. It encompasses several domains, including learning theory, computer-based training, online learning, and, where mobile technologies are used.

Technology: Boon or Bane?I agree that technology is more of boon than a bane as it offers many different advantages and disadvantages. It depends on how a person uses the technology that is being given to the user and how the user puts the technology to proper use. Example of technology includes social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter. People can also advertise for their business on such sites as many people uses them and it will attract attention from the users from that sites. People can also connect with their friends locally or globally on such social networking sites as they are easily accessible via smartphones or computers that are widely used. By using this site users can add friends that they know and they can also share about things that are happening or updating their statuses. Thus the friend that they add will be able to read and get the latest information on what their friends are doing. With this, I conclude that technology is more of a boon than a bane if it is placed on proper uses.

Systematic Approach to Teaching• The focus of systematic instructional planning is the

student. Instruction begins with the definition of instructional objectives that consider the students’ needs, interest, and readiness. On the basis of this objective, the teacher selects the appropriate teaching methods to be used and, in turn, based on the teaching method selected, the appropriate learning experiences and appropriate materials, equipment and facilities will also be selected.

Some examples of learning resources that can be use in Ed. Tech. are.

• Laptop/Computer• Monitor/Lcd• Speaker• Cellphones

Role of Ed. Tech in Learning• Technologies help in promoting opportunities of knowledge sharing

throughout the world. These can help the teachers and students having up-to-date information and knowledge. Accurate and right information is necessary for effective teaching and learning; and information technologies are “set of tools that can help provide the right people with the right information at the right time.” Students are independent and they can make best decisions possible about their studies, learning time, place and resources.

• Students are able to work in collaborative and interactive learning environments effectively communicating, sharing information and exchanging ideas and learning experiences with all in the environment.

Roles of Technology in Education• From the traditional point of view, technology serves as source and presenter

of knowledge. It is assumed that “knowledge is embedded in the technology (e.g. the content presented by films and tv programs or the teaching sequence in programmed instruction) and the technology presents that knowledge to the student”. (David H. Jonassen, et al, 1999)

• From the constructivist point of view, educational technology serves as learning tools that learners learn with. It engages learners in “active, constructive, intentional, authentic, and cooperative learning. It provides opportunities for technology and learner interaction for meaningful learning. In this case, technology will not be mere delivery vehicle for content. Rather it is used as facilitator of thinking and knowledge construction.

Whether used from the traditional or constructivist point of view, when used effectively, research indicates that technology “increases students” learning, understanding and achievement but also arguments motivation to learn, encourages collaborative learning and supports the development of critical thinking and problem-solving skills.” (Schater and Fagno, 1999) Russell and Sorge (1999) also claims that the proper implementation of technology in the classroom gives students more “control of their own learning and tends to move classrooms from teacher-dominated environments to ones that are more learner-centered. The use of technology in the classroom enables the teacher to do differentiated instruction considering the divergence of student’s readiness levels, interest, multiple intelligences and learning styles. Technology also helps students become lifelong learners.

The Cone of Experience• Dale’s Cone of Experience is a visual model that is

composed of eleven (11) stages starting from concrete experiences at the bottom of the cone then it becomes more and more abstract as it reach the peak of the cone. Also, according to Dale, the arrangement in the cone is not based on its difficulty but rather based on abstraction and on the number of senses involved. The experiences in each stages can be mixed and are interrelated that fosters more meaningful learning. 

Conceptual Models of LearningMeaningful Learning

          This gives focus to new experience that is related to what the learner already knows. A new experience departs from the learning of a sequence of words or memorization through rote memory but gives attention to meaning. It assumes that:

- Students already have some knowledge that is relevant to new learning- Students are willing to perform class work to find connections between what they

already know and what they can learn.In the learning process, the learner is encouraged to recognize relevant personal

experiences. A reward structure is set so that the learner will have both interest and confidence, and this incentive system gives positive reinforcement to learning.

Discovery Learning          This kind of learning is differentiated from reception learning in which ideas are presented directly to students in a well-organized way, such as through a detailed set of instructions to complete an experiment or task. To make a contrast, in discovery learning students perform tasks to uncover what is to be learned. New ideas and new decisions are generated in the learning process, regardless of the need to move on and depart from organized set-off activities. In discovery learning, it is important that the student become personally involved and not subjected by the teacher to procedures he/she is not allowed to depart from.          In applying technology, the computer can present a tutorial process by which the learner is given key concepts and the rules learning are directly presented for receptive type of learning. But aside from that, the computer has other uses. In a computer simulation process, for example, the learner himself is made to identify key concepts by interacting with a responsive virtual environment. The learner thus discovers the concepts from the experience the virtual environment provides.

Generative Learning          In generative learning we have active learners who attend to learning events and generate drawing from this experience and draw inferences thereby creating a personal model or explanation to the new experience in the context of existing knowledge. Generative learning is viewed as different from the simple process of storing information for motivation and responsibility is said to be crucial to this domain of learning. Examples of this in the area of language comprehension are activities such as writing paragraph, summaries, developing answers and questions, drawing pictures, creating paragraph titles, organizing ideas/concepts, and others. In sum, generative learning gives emphasis to what can be done with the pieces of information not only just an access to them.

ConstructivismIn constructivism, the learner builds a personal understanding through

appropriate learning activities and a good learning environment. The two accepted principles are:•  Learning consists of what a person can actively assemble for himself and not what he can receive passively.• The role of learning is to help the individual live/adapt to his personal world.

With these two principles in turn lead to three practical implications: The learner is directly responsible for learning. He creates personal understanding and transforms information into knowledge. The teacher plays an indirect role by modeling effective learning, assisting, facilitating, and encouraging learners.

The context of meaningful learning consists in the learner “connecting” his school activity with real life.

The purpose of education is acquisition of practical and personal knowledge, not abstract or universal truths.

Learning through Educational Technology II

We know that during the traditional time, teachers uses the old visual materials like chalkboard, paper and pencil, book and others but as time goes by instruction nowadays had become more modern we already using the power point presentation in discussion, through it we are motivating students to listen, to focus with the discussion. Students become computer literate that’s why technology now a days help teacher get most of the attention of every student which makes things easier for them to facilitate in class and with the help of technology student do focus and participate which makes thing easier.

Reflection as a GroupWe all know the saying that, ‘’too much is bad’’. Just like the

technology it is good to have and use technology, so as a future educator we must guide our learners to use technology in proper way. The technology which I recommend most to guide our learners are those technology which uses internet for it is one of the most influential thing now a days. Yes technology is good to its extent but not to the extent of every websites that might affect our learners in negative way. At their young age we must teach them the difference of good and bad. For we believe that planting a tree is not enough, we need to nature for good and of course for the good of the future user of technologies.

Thank You…. =)