Written Report

                                                           EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY

Lanot, Lorielin M.

BSED-TLE III-A

12/12/2011

      I.        OBJECTIVES :

1.    to identify the modern trends in technology –related education.

2.    to know the state of  art in instruction with the use of technology

3.    to know and understand the obstacle to IT practice.

    II.        INTRODUCTION :

            Looking through progressive state policies that support technology-in-education, and other new developments in pedagogical practice, our educators today have become more aware and active in adopting state-of-the-art educational technology practices they can possibly adopt.

   III.        LEARNING CONTENT:

State-of-the-art ET Application Practices

More recent ET education practice

•           Through school or training center computer courses, present-day students have become computer literate. They send e-mail, prepare computer encoded class reports, and even make power-point presentations sometimes to the surprise of their media tradition-bound teachers.

•           Following the call for developing critical thinking among students, teachers have deemphasized rote learning and have spent more time in methods to allow students to comprehend/internalize lessons.

•           Shifting focus from lower-level traditional learning outcomes, student assessment/examinations have included measurement of higher level learning outcomes such as creative and critical thinking skills.

•           Recent teaching-learning models (such as constructivism and social constructivism) have paved the way for instructional approaches in which

Students rely less on teachers as information-givers, and instead more in their efforts to acquire information, build their own knowledge, and solve problems. 

Obstacles to IT pedagogical practice

·         Use of the computer is time-consuming and expensive.

·          Besides there also danger of a technology-centered classroom along the fear that computers may soon replace teachers.

·         Teachers should balance their time for the preparation and application of instructional tools. Through wise technical advice, schools can also acquire the most appropriate computer hardware and software. At the same time, training should ensure that the use of ET is fitted to learning objectives.

·          In addition, teachers should acquire computer skills for so that they can serve as models in integrating educational technology in the teaching-learning process.schools should now foster a student-centered learning environment, where in students are given leeway to use computer information sources in their assignments, reports and presentations in written, visual, or dramatic forms.

Figure 1- SYSTEMATIC INSTRUCTIONAL PLANNING PROCESS

Identify instruction

goals   

                                                                      Identify objectives                          Plan instructional activities

Analyze learners                 

                                                                                                     Choose ET media

                                                                                                       

                                                                                        Implement instruction

                                                                                        Make assessment on learning

                                                                                        outcomes and effectiveness

                                                                                        of EF application

                                               

                                                                                        Recycle instruction

                                                                                                                             

  IV.        VOCABULARY WORDS

1)    Pedagogy- is the study of being a teacher or the process of teaching. The term generally refers to strategies of instruction, or a style of instruction

2)    Virtue- is a positive trait or quality subjectively deemed to be morally excellent and thus is valued as a foundation of principle and good moral being.

3)    Constructivism- is a theory of knowledge ^[1] that argues that humans generate knowledge and meaning from an interaction between their experiences and their ideas.

4)    A peasant is an agricultural worker who generally works land owned or rented by/from a noble. 

5)    Obsolete refers to something that is already disused or discarded, or antiquated.

   V.        SUMMARY

       Technology as a medium of instruction has its advantage and disadvantage. The educator should have enough knowledge to use the Technology as the medium of instruction, it’s not just about being computer literacy but as well as to be competent.

  VI.     VI.        POST-TEST Label the following flow of SYSTEMATIC INSTRUCTIONAL PLANNING PROCESS.

Identify instruction
goals.
VII.  Reference
1.    Educational Technology II – Paz Lucido 
2.    Wikipedia 
3.    Online Dictionary