LESSON 2: AN OVERVIEW: EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY 2

Content:

            Technology 2 is about the integration of technology, teaching, and learning. This topic is more focused on student teachers as well as the professional teachers who wish to upgrade their knowledge and skills in the use of technology for them to help their students add their learning tools.

            Educational Technology 2 aims to enhance teaching-and-learning through technology integration. It will allow student teachers to master the concept of the computer deeply and the hands-on application of these skills to adapt to the technological changes like Information and Communication Technology (ICT). Professional teachers can also learn this course not just for instruction but also to improve the school program and curriculum. They should be open to teaching new strategies like integrating computer skills to the learning of the students. Consequently, learning would be much refreshing, exciting and fun.

Experience:

            As a student teacher, I am excited and inquisitive about the integration of technology to teaching and learning. Though we have already experienced being taught with the use of computer in our IT 21, it’s different now because I’ll act as the teacher who will integrate computer skills to the learning of my students.

As to the objectives of this course like learning to use and evaluate computer-based resources, managing IT classrooms, using internet for learning and inculcating higher level thinking and creativity, I know that I can learn all of these things not for my sake but for the sake of the learners.

Reflection:

            I realize that I have no choice, whether I like it or not, I need to learn the technology for the future of my learners. Besides, learning Educational Technology 2 is not a burdensome, it is an opportunity for me to meet and adapt the rapid changes of the educational arena in terms of the teaching-learning process. I am so much willing to be a part of the 21^st millennium teachers who can weave technology to teaching. This is much a privilege to me.

Application:

            Learning to use Educational Technology is very important in the learners that we have in this generation. Personally, I better learn and understand things visually and experientially as other learners do. So, to help my learners have an enjoyable and non-threatening learning, there is a need for me to be acquainted with computer skills so that I can give to them what I have. Being able to integrate teaching and learning to the technology is a way for me to assist my students in acquiring higher order thinking and creativity.