EDUC 103 – TECHNOLOGY FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING 1

Activity No. 1

Directions: Watch the video clips posted in our FB group entitled “Teaching in the 21st Century”
and “The Meaning and Scope of Educational Technology”. Make a three-page reflection on the
insights gain from the videos. Observe the following: 1.5 spacing, font size 11, arial font, and 1-
inch top-bottom & left-right margin. Use short bond paper. Strictly no verbatim copy-pasting of
answers from Wikipedia and other internet source. Rephrase or use your own words in
answering this activity.

In the video entitled “Teaching in the 21st century” it is true that students, even if a
person is not a student we can find any information everywhere and anytime nowadays due to
the high technology. We can search it online using our cellphones, laptops, tablets and etc.
through our Google app, Facebook, blogs, twitter, Wikipedia, Merriam Webster, YouTube and
many different sites that are known today. Yes, according to the video, teachers are no longer
the main source of the information due to the things that I mentioned above. However, we
cannot understand all the information without the knowledge of our teacher that they share to us
in the class. There are many search engines we can use to gather information for our projects,
assignments but, we cannot gain the real knowledge that we want to know on it. The video is
correct, no one shown to us how to validate information, synthesize information, leverage
information, communicate information, collaborate with information and problem solve with
information which only a teacher can show to us how. In the video there is a question “With all
of this information available, should our curriculum be focused on facts and content or skills?” In
my opinion, our curriculum should focus on facts, content and skills considering that facts and
content are useless with skills. They are connected and we use it in our everyday living. There
are more than 50 question we have in our mind every day that we need to answer it with our
own knowledge or skills. We need to know how to create, evaluate, analyze, apply, understand
and remember. There are many things that come into our mind when we read or hear a word
create, such as developing or inventing, creating new ideas or making new ways to a better
outcome. There are different skills we can know or gain in the ICT which is presented in the
video. As a teacher, we need to think different techniques and strategies to teach our student
and to solve them a problem for the reason that we are the one to blame why our students will
encounter different kinds or irresponsible in their students. We need to find a better way to teach
them without plagiarizing a single word on the internet or other sources we can find. There are
things that we cannot do online and only we can do with learning together with our teacher.
Although, the questions written on the video and the answer of it can only find in the online
platform because we don’t have any knowledge on it. We, students could not gain a single skill
on just making things online, we are not making an effort on doing things, we are just searching
it online. In today’s generation, most student use their gadgets in school to get things easier and
the traditional materials in school such as paper, pencil and ball pen are erased. In using online
platforms there many limitations considering that it provides temptation. However it is up to us
whether we will be affected on it or not. It is up to us if we will execute a negative behavior
towards online platforms. Yes. It is true in the video presented that students do not need to be
entertained, they need to be engage. Amidst in this pandemic today we should learn to engage
in different thing that we need to learn and not to be only entertained online such as scrolling on
Facebook, we should gather information for our own good. We should set our goal to have a
productive engagement online because it is the way of a successful life. What does it mean to
teach? Well, all I can say is teaching is not an easy task to do. We can encounter different type
of student but we must know how to handle situations to deliver the knowledge that our student
need and we must also understand them.

On the other hand, in the video entitled “Meaning and Scope of Educational Technology”
we can see different pictures presented. It stated in the video the meaning of the word
technology. According to the video, technology is the know-how and creative processes that
may assist people to utilize tools, resources and systems to solve problems and to enhance
control over the natural and made environment in an endeavor to improve the human condition
and it is indeed true. In the word education technology, there are many ideas that comes to our
mind such as using different technology nowadays to use in teaching students and learning
different things. Technology has the ability to enhance relationships between teachers and
students. Technology helps make teaching and learning more meaningful and fun. Students are
also able to collaborate with their own classmates through technological applications. Education
technology helps us to improve the quality of education and enhance the learning process. Most
importantly, technology should magnify the teaching and learning process as well as facilitate
better performance of educational systems as it emphasis upon effectiveness and efficiency.
Having technology in education helps teacher comes up with creative ways to teach their
students that keeps them engaged. Technology has changed the learning environment so that
learning is more hands-on. Computers, tablets, and other forms of technology bring multiple
resources for the teacher that’s not in the book. Teachers not only keep students engaged with
exciting new features and apps, but also have other ways to teach students material.
Nowadays, every kid learns differently and technology helps with this gap as well. We, students
of this generation are considered technological learners. We learn best being more interactive,
and technology is what helps us do that. Education technology basically refers to the industry of
companies that create material for education. In the video presented it has stated all about
education technology. It is stated there that there are pros and cons on education technology
which can effect on our learning. By using technology programs can help us student to be
productive and can help us to achieve different skill. There are different components of
technology includes behavior technology, instruction technology and teaching technology.
Behavior technology emphasizes the use of psychologically principles in learning and teaching.
It intends to expend progress and development in the field of behavior and learning.
Furthermore, instruction technology describes in and out of the class, it includes teaching
materials prepared on the basis of machines like tape recorder, television, projector and etc.
Moreover, teaching technology makes teaching more effective, easy, precise and objective by
using scientific principle. Teaching technology include both content and communication. Thus, it
include both behavior and instruction technology. There are many benefits we can get in
education technology such as it provides a better interactive experience during the learning and
teaching process, it also provides access to an unlimited amount of current information and data
from a variety of sources and teaches us digital literacy. However, if there is an advantage there
is also a disadvantage. It is distracting to us technology both in the classroom and outside, it
reduces direct peer interaction and maintaining it is very expensive. Though, different people
have different opinions on our educational system but we will be the one to decide whether we
will use it or not. Latest technologies like educational radio, television and computers are used
for transmitting information. They are passive services since all the decisions are in the hands of
the providers. Whether we like it or not, technology is an essential concept to learn. Technology
has made itself part of every aspect of our lives today, and we, students who understand it are
the ones who will succeed in today’s world.