Lesson 2 An Overview: Educational Technology 2

An Overview: Educational Technology 2

Lesson 2

“Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important.”          - Bill Gates

          After experiencing all the challenges and fun in Educational Technology 1, I wondered what will happen in Educational Technology 2. As expected, it turned out to be as thought-provoking, challenging and exciting as the former.

          In this lesson, an overview of the importance of the theories and application of technology in education was introduced. Also it provided a concrete concept of Educational Technology 2 through providing goals and objectives.

Technology should be integrated in teaching and learning.

          Accordingly, Educational Technology 2 is concerned with “Integrating Technology into Teaching and Learning.” Specifically, this is focused on introducing, reinforcing, supplementing and extending the knowledge and skills to learners so that they can become exemplary users of technology. Also, it is directed to student teachers and professional teachers who want to know more about using technology in the field of education.

          As a professional-in-training it is already a great experience that will relate with this lesson. Being an education student, the use of technology is indispensable. Months from now I will become an official student teacher and I will make use of all the learning and different products of technology that I got and will be getting not just in Educational Technology 1 and 2 but also from all the subjects that I finished.

          As a student, I realized that technology can really be of great importance for students, student teachers, professional teachers, school administrators and anyone who is interested in supplementing their teaching and management with another flavor of success in the teaching-learning process and also in school administration. In this generation of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) revolution, technology in education as tackled in the second lesson of Educational Technology 2 is indeed very important in many aspects of our life – students, student-teachers, professional teachers, school administrators or anyone who have the courage of exploring the wonders offered by technology in education.

          As it was said that knowing is not enough, it is our responsibility and privilege to seek application of what we learn to further satisfy learning not just in theories but also as observable as possible in guidelines of being specific, measurable, attainable, relevant and time-bound (SMART). For instance, I can apply what I learned from this lesson as a basis of foundation for a better comprehension of the next lessons so that I can embody desirable characteristics and attitudes of being a good student, an awesome student teacher, and a superb professional teacher.

The networks that a student teacher or a professional teacher  can fulfill.