Lesson 1: A Review of Educational Technology 1

This lesson is a review on the rise and development of Educational Technology (ET) 1 in the teaching-learning process. In the ET-1 course, it thoroughly explained the history of educational technology, benefits of educational technology to education and the roles of the educational technology to the 21^st century teaching and learning. It also explained the advantages and disadvantages of technology to the learners and to the society, technology as a tool to quality education and technology as the new avenue to teaching and learning.

In the course, it discussed four phases on the application of technology in the instruction namely: (a) setting of the learning objectives, (b) designing learning activities, (c) evaluating the learning activities and objectives and, (d) refining and revising of the instructional program. It also gave us a full view on the world of technology, the uses of computers to education, the different audiovisual aids and educational media.

The Educational Technology (ET-1) course has truly

paved the way for the learners to become aware,

appreciative, and equipped to use educational technology

tool ranging from traditional to modern educational media.

Educational Technology 1 course really taught me many wonderful and exciting things about computers. It has also deepened my understanding on how technology really works in the society particularly in the school. What’s really amazed me about ET-1 was that, it was outcomes-based and a learner-centered one. It was somewhat a discovery learning which made the learning more meaningful and useful. During my ET-1, our instructor really prepared learning activities that would develop our skills in using the computer. Learning activities like, Electronic Collage, Film Festival, Unique Invention and Photoshop. In the Electronic Collage activity, I was really shocked because the usual collage I know was the cut and paste picture collage. At first, it was hard especially that I am not that good in using the computer but at the end I see learning with computers, fun. In the Film Festival activity, it did not only improve our computer skills but as well as our acting skills, sportsmanship, cooperation, unity, creativity and organizational skills. The Invention activity developed our creative imagination and resourcefulness. The Photoshop activity was the most exciting one, wherein we were to choose a movie poster and put our own faces as if we were the real characters. Amazing! We were also introduced to different sites like the Edmodo, Toondoo and Rubistar that would be helpful especially to us future teachers.

Indeed, technology can improve the quality of education. With educational technology, learners are engaged in a more interactive and experiential learning. This kind of learning is what we want our students to have because with this, learning is more productive and meaningful. Technology is also a great help to teachers to become more effective in their teaching. In educational technology learning will be more on outcomes-based and learner-centered.

As a future teacher, my experiences in this course will be of great help to my career. I will use the knowledge and skills that I have learned in my future class especially that we are now on the 21^st millennium where technology has become a part of the curriculum. We cannot deny the fact that learners today are more exposed to a variety of gadgets and as teacher we need to adapt to the changes that technology brings to be effective. Since we are now on the modern way of teaching and learning, we must also move to a more modern way of imparting knowledge. There is a need to integrate technology in education especially that the students nowadays are technology-oriented individuals. So, as a challenge: I must make good and meaningful things using technology that would help my future learners with their careers in life.