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Francis Vince E. Costelo

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Educational Technology

• The Student

• Educational Technology in a Nutshell

• Learning Through Edtech 2

• The Student after Edtech

Topic Outline

Hi! I’m Francis Vince E. Costelo. I’m 18 years old taking up Bachelor of Secondary Education major in Mathematics. I’m currently a third year student of Cavite State University – Indang Campus.

The Student

Education is the focus of most of the people in this generation specially teachers, because they want to give what’s best for the learners. Since technology enter the lives of the people it made a big change to their lifestyle mostly in making convenience with all the works and tasks, thus this so called technology makes our lives easier and makes our works faster and less hassle.

Educational Technology in a

Nutshell

Educational Technology refers to the study and ethical practice of facilitating education and learning, to improve the performance of students, through the creation and use of management appropriate technological processes and resources.

What is Educational Technology?

Dale’s Cone of Experience is a visual model that is composed of eleven stages starting from the concrete experiences at the bottom of the cone then it becomes more and more abstract as it reach the peak of the cone.

Cone of experience emphasized the things people will generally remember (at the left) and the learning outcomes (at the right) as seen on the previous picture.

Dale’s Cone of Experience

• Behaviorism

- is the theoretical framework, developed in the early 20th century through various animal experiments. These various studies and experiments were enacted to elucidate upon human learning and the capability of the human mind.

Theories of Educational Technology

• Cognitivism

- cognitive science has also changed how educators view learning. Since the beginning of the cognitive revolution (1960s and 1970s), learning theory has undergone a facelift; cognitive theories look beyond human behavior to explain brain-based learning. Cognitivists, using this philosophy of educational technology, consider how human memory works to promote learning.


• Constructivism

- is a learning theory used in educational technology and educational philosophy to explain how and why learners construct their own meaning from new information as they interact with their own reality or others with different perspective.


It has been a long issue as on how to integrate technology in the teaching-learning process. The mere use of computer does not mean that technology is already integrated in the instruction. A need to provide learning on how educational technology can be applied and integrated in the teaching-learning process is very crucial.

Technology Integration

To make technology a part of the teaching-learning process, the user of such technological devices should make them a source of reinforcement so that the objectives of educational objectives will be realized. Teachers should avoid the use of computers for other purposes such as for enjoyment like games and other exploitive use of technology. Students must be guided as to how to gather information and full utilization of the computer to aid them in performing assigned projects in connection with their subjects.

Technology Integration

• Technology makes a the world a new place. By the use of technology in learning the teaching-learning process is simulated into anew level which learning is more interesting and fun.

• Technology as tools to support knowledge construction for representing learners’ ideas, understandings and beliefs.

• For producing organized, multimedia knowledge bases by learners.

Roles of Educational Technology in Learning

• Technology as information vehicles for exploring knowledge to support learning-by-constructing.

• Technology as context to support learning-by-doing.

• Technology as a social medium to support learning by conversing.

• Technology as intellectual partner (Jonassen 1996) to support learning by reflecting.

Roles of Educational Technology in Learning

• Information Tool

• Communication Tool

• Constructive Tool

• Co-constructive Tool

• Situating Tool

Computer as Teacher’s Tool

Since technology was integrated in the teaching-learning process, learning became more fun unlike the way it was before when the teacher is standing in front of the class discussing the lesson and most of the students were out of focus, lesson’s so dead but now there’s more interaction between the learners, teacher and learners as well as technology and learners.

Learning Through Edtech 2

Educational Technology plays a big role in the learning of students nowadays specially the 21st century learners I’m about to teach in the future. I’ve learned in Edtech 2 the important things I should consider in using technology in classroom instruction, the disadvantages and limitations of the use of technology in classroom. Integrating technology in the classroom makes works easier it’s more of student centered and not teacher dominated learning.

There are three levels of integration namely; simple level in wherein technology is integrated but doesn’t play a pivotal role in the learning. Middle level integration wherein technology is used as instructional material to provide learners the information needed. Lastly the higher level integration where technology is the central instruction for learning and teachers act as the facilitators.

There are three levels of integration namely; simple level in wherein technology is integrated but doesn’t play a pivotal role in the learning. Middle level integration wherein technology is used as instructional material to provide learners the information needed. Lastly the higher level integration where technology is the central instruction for learning and teachers act as the facilitators.

I’ve also learned the use of computer as a tool for teachers, a teacher can employ the computer as an information tool, a communication tool, a constructive tool, as co-constructive tool and a situating tool. These said use of computer helps teachers to provide meaningful learning to their students. Educational technology also helps promote distance learning, and can provide us information in just one click on the computer and with the help of IT learners will get the information they need.

Technology plays a big role in whatever we do, whether we cook, play, walk or even if we breathe technology can help us. Technology in education contributed a really big help for learners to achieve meaningful learning and for teachers to lesson their works and helped them provide learners the best they can provide with the use of technology. As a future educator, we must see to it that we are going to use technology appropriately and follow guidelines to achieve our goals.

The Student after Edtech

The contents of this portfolio are just some of the important things we need to remember in Educational Technology. There is actually nothing to worry about for teachers who are still novices in technology integration because learning how would really take time. Technology integration into the instruction is developmental and takes gradual road to mastery and expertise. In time, a teacher can advance from basic integration to more complicated integrations. Thus this will make them more literate with the use of technology.

It is indeed that technology helps teachers work easier with convenience and considering the fact that technology change very often this can’t replace a teacher’s job as the facilitator of the learning. Technology can provide information the students need but it can never provide a meaningful learning like how a teacher can do.

Thank You!