Thursday, March 11, 2010

My Insights in Educational Technology

SUMMARY:
After almost 5 months of studying this subject, a lot of new things has come to further equipped me as a future teacher. The subject covers 10 topics. First is the Meaning of Educational Technology. Educational Technology is the application of inventions and discoveries to satisfy our educational needs i.e learning. Lesson 2 is all about "Technology,boon or bane?". Technology is very useful because it makes our works easier and faster. But if not used properly it can hinder our development and can break relationships. It can also be a detriment to our moral development. Technology has two roles; from the traditional point of view, it serves as a presenter of knowledge where we can learn from. On the other hand, the constructivist point of view, technology is a learning tool where we can learn with.
Lesson 4 talks about the systematic approach to teaching. In teaching it should start with the determining of objectives, follows the choosing of appropriate method, experiences,and materials,. Then assigning of personnel and implementation of the instruction. Next is the evaluating the outcomes so that you can measure how far your students learned from your discussion. If flaws are found, the teacher could refine the objectives for better learning.
The Cone of experience in Lesson 5 tackles about the different experiences that the teacher could give to his students. Lesson 6 emphasizes the PPPF which tackles about the correct usage and evaluation of instructional materials. Lesson 7 discusses about the direct purposeful experiences or the first hand experiences which serves as the foundation of learning. The next lesson which follows is about the contrived experiences or the edited copies of reality which is used as substitute for a real thing that cannot be brought to the class.Examples are mock up, model, specimen, object, simulation and games. On the other hand lesson 9 discusses about the dramatized experiences which covers the formal plays, pageants, tableau, pantomime, puppets and role playing. The last topic is all about demonstrations which is showing how a thing is done.

SYNTHESIS:
All the topics are essential and very informative although there is something which I couldn't forget until this point in time. That is Educational technology. It is really helpful to teachers so with students because it can aid the teaching and learning process. Technology which is the use of inventions and discoveries helps the students to achieve their greatest goal which is learning. And that as teachers we should be systematic in all walks of life because in our struggle for knowledge we should be systematic road. And that as teachers we should not limit ourselves in one approach, we should use a conglomeration of approaches in every subject and in every group of students.

APPLICATION:

As would be teachers, Educational technology could greatly help us in our teaching. Equipped with the knowledge on how to use the technology in teaching, we should promote to our students the trend of learning in the modern era. It should not be enough to just know something but on how to use what you know.

Monday, March 8, 2010

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