THE ROLES OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY IN LEARNING

LB#3
      Technology has many roles in learning. In terms of  traditional role, technology is a delivery vehicles for instructional lessons. In this role, he learner learns from the technology and the technology serves as a teacher. In other words, the learner learns the content presented by the technology  in the same way that the learner learns knowledge presented by the teacher.   From the traditional point of view, technology serves as sourse and preseter of knowledge and it is assumed that knowledge is embedded in  technology.

      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.  Technology  serves as  supporter of knowledge construction such as representing learner's ideas, understanding and beliefs,producing organized,multimedia knowledge bases by learners. It serves as informatin  vehicles for exploring knowledge to support learning by constructing such as accesing needed informatin,comparing perspectives ,beliefs and world views.It serves as context to support learning -by - doing like representing and simulating meaningful real- world problems,situation and contexts,defining a safe ,controllable problem space for student thinking.  It serves as a social medium to support learning by conversing like for  instance  collaborating wih others, discussing, arguing,and building consensus among members of the community. It serves as  intellectual partner to support learning- by- reflecting such as helping learners articluate and represent what they know,reflecting of what they have learned and  how they come to know it,supporting learner's internal  negotiatins  and meaning making.
      Whether  used from traditional or constructivist point of view,when used effectively, research indicates that techology increases student's learning, undrestanding,and achievement but also augments motivtion to learn , encourages collaborative learning and supports the development of critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

                By effectively using the technology, I can now apply my learning.

              

  

TECHNOLOGY: BOON OR BANE?

LB#2

              Technology can be fascinating and mind-boggling in what it can do. It can bring distant places and people together, establishing invisible but powerful connections.It can transform societies, economics and cultures by opening them up to other ideas and other options, raising new expectations and creating new needs. It can release or re channel previously unknown or wasted energies into more productive endeavors, allowing its users to pursue more creative goals . The students can acquire knowledge everywhere,anytime,in the home,in workplaces, in recreation areas and in the streets. The learner has become his or her own investigation seeking knowledge.

            However, technology ca be bane when not properly used.Such instances

• When the learner surfs the internet for pornography.
• When the learner has an uncritical thinking of images floating on televisions and computers that represent modernity and progress.
• When the TV makes the learner  a mere spectator not an active participant in the drama of life.
• When the learner makes use of the internet to do character assassination of people whom he hardly like.
• When because of cellphones, the learner spend most of his time texting in the classroom.

               Therefore I conclude that the preference of the students will determine whether   technology is a boon or bane. It all depends how the learner use the technology.

 

EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY

LB#1

             I have learned that technology comes from the Greek word "techne' which means craft and art. It refers to all the ways people their inventions and discoveries to satisfy their needs and desires. I have learned that  educational technology  is a complex integrated process involving people, procedure, ideas and organization for analyzing problems and devising , implementing, evaluating, and managing solutions to those problems involves in all aspects of human learning. Educational technology is the is application of technology in which you are using everything to simplify the learning process.

            I have learned that educational technology has four subgroup namely:

1. Technology in education-  It includes the application of technology to food, health, finance, scheduling, grade, reporting and other process which  support education within  institutions.
2. Instructional technology-  a systemstic way of designing, carrying out, and evaluating the total process of learningand teaching in terms of specific objectives.
3. Technology integration-  means using learning technologies to introduce, reinforce,supplement and extend skills.
4. Educational media-  these are channels or instruments of communication such as books, magazines, newspaper, radio, television and Internet.

                I also learned that educational technology is different from technology in education. The latter is the application of technology in the operation of education institution while the former is the application of technology in educative process that takes place in such education institution.

               I'm applying my learning into my studies in terms of surfing important information using technology. I also share my learning to those learner who are not yet expose to technology.