Lesson 5: Preferences of the Technology Generation

This lesson discusses about the differences in perceptions between old and young which create a generation gap. In the field of education, teachers should be aware of the greater needs to acquire not only computer literacy but competence and so with the students, changes in pedagogical theory and practice and new levels of learning require for the learners of new generation. During that time, teachers are obliged on content-based courses that are measurable by standard test. While in the new generation, they prefer to use visuals like television, videos, images, computers and many others that are essential for teaching-learning process. They use hypermedia for effective learning. It also talks about the single and multi-track activity patterns, texts versus visuals, linear versus hyper media, independent versus social learners, learning to do versus learning to pass the test, delayed rewards and instant gratification and rote memory versus fun learning.

As a reflection, following modern trends in technology-related education, schools as well as educators should now foster a student-centered learning environment, wherein students are given scope to use computer information sources in their assignments, reports and presentations in written, visual, or dramatic forms. Owning to the development, teacher must therefore acquire or improve on their skills, as well as their computers skills.

As an application, we future educator should use the things we have learned in this lesson for an effective outcome in the teaching-learning process. We should let students also see new levels of learning that require the appropriate use of technology which lead them to understand the lesson well. Recent teaching-learning models have paved the way for instructional approaches in which students rely less on teachers’ information-givers instead they rely more on their efforts to acquire information, build their own knowledge, and solve problems. We have to be aware and active in adopting educational technology practices. Since, following the modern trends technology-related education is very essential to acquire knowledge in achieving an appropriate way of teaching-learning process.

Lesson 4: Bridging the Generation Gap

            As we can observe, today is different from the past. We can see that there is really a generation gap. This gap may include the way of teaching, the materials being used in instruction and how the teachers use this instruction. Traditional schooling has hardly change even with the clear evidence of a digital world, but we can’t deny the fact that there are some traditional things that is difficult to improve and it takes time especially that when everybody is used it.

CONTENT

            A huge generation gap in the field of education also exist and it will continue to widen if it will not adapt the changes. It is understandable in the third world country that those schools which do not have technology facilities, the development or the transition of digital education may takes time. Because of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), there really a great to prepare for bridging the digital gap in the society. We need to understand some potentials of ICT and this is the new network of instantaneous communication is global, overcoming borders between countries and continents, much of what elders believe may not be applicable anymore to the new generation.

            According to Alvin Toffler’s book, Future Shock, it shows that information age has begun to create many cultural changes in the family and society as a whole. Much of the old technology such as tube radios, platter records and etc., are quickly vanishing today because of the rapid development or changes of technology.

            In this generation, expectation to face a future professional challenge, a digital world ahead of them, technology-supurted skills need to be taught in schools today to cope up or lessen the generation gap. If the school will not adapt to the changes and needs, new learners may lose appreciation of educational system, they cannot cope up with the educational system and they will be left behind.

REFLECTION

            As future teachers, we need to bridge the generation gap, need to and adapt the changes of Educational Technology so that our student will not lose their appreciation in educational system. We need the students to engage in technology so that they will not be left behind.    

Teachers need not to stick on the traditional way of teaching because we are now in a modern technology today and the way of teaching from the past is different. Teachers should consider that the students are very diverse also.

APPLICATION

            If you will know and understand that there is a gap, that it will not be eradicated. When you meet some person who are more on to traditional. You will know how to handle or deal with it.

Lesson 3: Understanding Technology Learners

Learners these days are more store of visual presentation made or displayed by their educators more than simply unadulterated tuning in. They are likewise not intrigued much in the discourse if there's nothing to pull in them. Some way or another, having this new innovation made the method for showing too hard in light of the fact that the instructor MUST have or get something quite recently to draw in their understudies dissimilar to before everything was so basic. In any case, then, we must adapt up to what our surroundings are currently into, and that is fundamentally Innovation. It is on us on how we keep it adjust without going up against it harsh path for both educator and learners. How about we make utilization of it on a way it could help and we can learn. Not to damage by any stretch of the imagination.

  The new generation of the 21st millennium is not the kind of learner that they were, but are information technology or digital learners.

   Lest the concern for new learners is not well understood, it serves to know what scientists say, as follows:

There are positive benefits derived from the use of information technology or digital resources and these counterbalance possible negative effects of technology on children.

Positive Benefits Using IT

Daily exposure to high technology-personal computers, video game gadgets, cell phones, Internet search, and sites-stimulates the brain by strengthening and creating neural circuits.

Exposure To High Technology

A current technological revolution is creating an intellectual revolution, faster and better than ever before.

Reflection

This lesson includes on the best way to comprehend the advanced learners and what are their advantages in captivating this sort of learners in innovation based instructional medias. Researchers said that, there are sure advantages got from the utilization of data innovation or computerized assets and these offset conceivable negative impacts of innovation on kids. Also, every day presentation to high innovation individual computers, video diversion contraptions, cell phones, web pursuit locales animates the mind by reinforcing and making neural circuits. Besides, this current innovative unrest is making a scholarly upheaval, quicker and better than ever some time recently.

Application

Understanding Technology learners in truly a major point of interest for us future instructors. We can have the capacity to realize what suitable material to utilize that suits to their capacities and aptitudes. It additionally help us to keep up the center and enthusiasm of our learners, and in that a case the learning procedure get to be agreeable for them.

It is additionally invaluable in the piece of the instructors, in light of the fact that it permits them to investigate and to find new instructional material utilizing innovation. It draws in them to a more greetings tech and advanced sort of learning environment, and it makes their life less demanding than before and less bother

 Lesson 2; Overview: Educational Technology 2

“Integrating Technology into Teaching and Learning ”. Specifically this is focused on introducing, reinforcing, supplementing and extending the knowledge and skills to learners so that they can become exemplary users of educational technology. Mainly directed to student teachers, also professional teachers who may wish to update their knowledge of educational technology; it is a goal that this course can help our target learners to weave technology in teaching with software, becoming a natural extension of their learning tools.

Educational Technology 2 will involve a deeper understanding of the computer as well as hands on application of computer skills. The course is primarily directed at enhancing teaching and learning through technology integration.

The course aims to infuse technology on the student-teachers training, helping them to adapt and meet rapid and continuing technological changes particularly in thriving global information and communication technology environment.

The course objectives are to provide education in the use of technology in instruction by providing knowledge and skills on technology integration in instruction to learners, to impart learning experiences to instructional technology supported instructional planning, to acquaint students on Information Technology, to learn to use and evaluate computer-based educational resources, to engage learners on practical technology integration issues including managing IT classrooms, use of the Internet for learning, cooperative learning through the use of information technology, to inculcate higher-level thinking and creativity among students while providing them knowledge of Information related learning theories.

Lesson 1; A review of Educational Technology 1

Educational technology 1 is focused on the introduction, orientation, and familiarization and to acquaint learners (Pre-service teacher) in the use of Educational Technology 1 in teaching-learning process. The application of Educational Technology 1 showed the 4 phases of application of Educational Technology in teaching and learning, namely; (a) setting of learning objectives (b) designing specific learning experiences (c) evaluating the effectiveness of the learning experience vis-à-vis learning objectives, and (d) revision as needed of the whole teaching-learning process, or elements of it, for further improving future instructional activities. Nevertheless, Educational Technology 1 doesn’t only focus to its useful awareness to the pre-service teachers, but also to orient them towards averting the dangers of dehumanization effect cause by technology to the learners and into society.