Lesson 1: A Review of Educational Technology 1

“the Educational Technology 1 course has truly paved the way for the learner to become aware, appreciative and equipped to use educational technology tools ranging from traditional to modern educational media.”

In this course, learners are oriented towards averting the dangers of dehumanization which technology brings into societies. There are areas where learners are oriented with and needs to be aware of:

·         Ideological propaganda

·         Pornography

·         Financial fraud

·         Other exploitative used of technology

If the learners would not be aware of these areas, these will continue to affect peoples and cultures, and would give gap between poor and rich countries. ET- 1 has something to apply which is necessary for instruction.

1.    Setting of learning objectives

2.    Designing specific learning experiences

3.    Evaluating the effectiveness at the learning experiences

4.    Revision as needed of the whole teaching- learning process

REFLECTON:

1. Talking about the first world countries which have advancement in schools industrialization compare to our country, the Philippines, there is this disparity of education because Philippines is still developing in terms of technology. Let us take for instance the US; their technology is far more advanced than ours, that what we see as the new technology here in the Philippines is already old- fashioned for them.

2. We know that rural areas here in the Philippines are not using technology in the schools (the government should do actions about it). But, it is not too late to improve because we have tools to be used for effective learning in rural schools, and that is the - “traditional media”.

3. Computer shops are pervasive around schools, but these are mainly used for playing online games. In this situation, the learners can use the best of computers if they will be oriented well and be aware of what truly is the used of the computer, and to orient them to the pervasiveness of educational technology in society and the learners’ lives.