EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY

(EDTECH)

EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY• Educational technology is the development,

application and evaluation of system, techniques, and aids to improve the process of human learning. (Lucido and Borabo 1997)

• Educational technology is profession like teaching. It is made up of organized effort to implement the theory, intellectual technique, and practical application of educational technology. (Johanssen, et.al, as cited by Corpuz and Lucido,2008)

The 21st Century Digital Learner(dawned as the beginning of Digital Age)

1. Creativity and Innovation• Using knowledge and understanding to

create new ways of thinking in order to find solutions to new problems and to create new products and services.

cont.2. Critical Thinking and Problem Solving• Applying higher order thinking to new problems and issues, using appro-priate reasoning as they effectively analyze the problem and make decisions about the most effective ways to solve the problem.

cont.3. Communication• Communicating effectively in a wide variety of forms and contexts for a wide range of

purposes and using multiple media and technologies.4. Collaboration• Working with others respectfully • and effectively to create, use and• share knowledge, solutions and• innovation

cont.5. Information Management• Accessing, analyzing, synthesizing, creating

and sharing information from multiple sources.

cont.6. Effective use of technology• Creating the capacity to identify and use

technology efficiently, effectively and ethically as a tool to access, organize, evaluate and share information.

cont.7. Career and life skills• Developing skills for becoming self-directed,

independent learners and workers who can adapt to change, manage projects, take responsibility for their work, lead others and produce results.

cont.8. Cultural awareness• Developing cultural competence in working

with others from a wide range of cultural and social backgrounds.

The 21st Century Teacher1. The adaptor• The 21st century teacher is an adaptor who

adapt to its learning environment.2. The visionary• Imagination, a key component of

adaptability, is a crucial component to the educator of today and tomorrow.

cont.

3. The collaborator• Teacher collaborate the topics to resources.4.The risk taker• A 21st century educator must take risk and

some times surrender yourself to the students knowledge.

5. The learner• We expect our students to be life long learner.

cont.

6. the communicatorThe 21st century teachers are fluent in tools and

technologies that enable communication and collaboration.

7. The model The digital teacher musty model the behaviors that

are expected from their students.8. The leaderLeadership, like clear goals and objectives is crucial

to the success or failure of any project.