Lessson 1 : A Review of Educational Technology 1

Florrie Jane M. Suralta                              MW 3-5 pm

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LESSON 1 : A REVIEW OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY 1

CONTENT- This lesson is about what was the coverage of Ed Tech 1. It includes the roles of technology to Educational process such as an aide of the teacher in transporting knowledge to students. Technology could either be a boon or bane to the learners depending on the usage of this. It also includes the Cone of Experience by Edgar Dale in which this one was arranged according to the degree of abstraction. At the bottom of the cone is the direct purposeful experiences and then at the top, verbal symbols. But this does not necessarily mean that the learning of students follow this cone from top to bottom or vice versa. Next was the Systematized Instruction for effective teaching and use of appropriate Instructional Materials for that specific topic. There is also the 3PF which stands for Prepare Yourself, Prepare Your students, Present the Material and Follow Up.There were also applications of what we had learned in Edtech 1. These includes creating rubrics, photo- editing, on-line class, comic strip making and also video editing.

EXPERIENCE-  In the Cone of Experience by Edgar Dale, it is true that students’ learning does not follow the order of the cone from top to bottom or from bottom to top. Sometimes, we learn by the pictures or videos shown to us and not by direct contact with that object. Based on experience, teachers must abide with their objectives for them to be in the right track of the lesson for that day because if they do not have a guide or objectives of that day, he/ she might not know what topic should he/she teach.

REFLECTION- It is important that teachers should provide students with activities that would enhance their skills on technology or multimedia and develop their critical thinking skills. Having hands-on activities with computer would help a lot to us students for we can use this skills and expertise in the future for we can also teach our future students with what we have learned.

APPLICATION- As future teachers, we must understand the role of technology to education. We must remember that this will only aide in our presentation of the topics or lesson to students for them to have a greater understanding of the topic. This does not mean that when we use technology as an Instructional Material, students no longer needs us. We must guide them throughout the process of learning, we must act as facilitators. We must also follow the systematized Instruction for us to be ready of what we are going to teach, if the objectives are attainable, if materials used were appropriate, and if the assessment method matches with the objectives set.