Technology for Teaching and Learning

Technology for Teaching and Learning

Understanding the Basic Concepts Related to Technology

The following terms and concepts are related to technology that you need to digest.

One. Technology refers to methods, processes, and devices used for practical purposes. It includes instruments from pencil and paper to modern electronic gadgets and tools for the practical task.

Two. Information and Communication Technology and Literacy or ICT Literacy is the use of digital technology, communication tools and networks to access, manage, integrate, evaluate, create and communicate information.

Three. Educational Technology refers to the utilization of technology in teaching and learning, which includes both the non-digital (flip charts, pictures, models, realia, etc.) and digital (electronic tools: hardware, software, and connections, etc.).

Four. Digital Literacy refers to the ability to discover, assess, utilize, share, and generate content with the use of information technologies and the internet.

Five. Digital Learning is an instructional practice that utilizes technology to reinforce students' learning experience. It covers the use of a broad spectrum of processes that comprises blended or virtual learning. It can come as online or off-line, which utilizes digital technology.

Six. Online Digital Tools and Apps use an Internet connection to access the information needed, like Skype. It is a telecommunication application software product that focuses on providing video chat and video calls between computers, tablets, mobile devices via the Internet and to regular telephones.

Seven. Off-line Digital Tools and Apps can still be used even if there is no internet access. Among these are Canary Learning, Pocket, Evertone, iBooks, KA LITE.

Eight. Instructional Technology refers to the theory and practice of design, development, utilization, management, and evaluation of the processes and resources for learning.

Nine. Software refers to program control instructions and accompanying documentation stored on disks or tapes when not being used in the computer. By extension, the term refers to audiovisual materials.

Ten. Multimedia is a sequential or simultaneous use of a variety of media formats in a given presentation or self-study program.

Eleven. Internet is a massive network of networks, a networking infrastructure. It connects millions of computers globally, forming a network in which any computer can communicate with any other computer as long as they are connected to the internet. It is generally defined as a global network connecting millions of computers.

Twelve. World Wide Web is also called a Web, which is a graphical environment on computer networks that allows you to access, view, and maintain documentation that can include text, data, sound, and videos. It is a way of accessing information over the medium of the internet. It is an information-sharing model that is built on top of the Internet.

Thirteen. Web Access is the ability of the learner to access the Internet at any point during the lesson to take advantage of the array of available educational resources.

Fourteen. Webquest is an inquiry-oriented lesson format in which most or all information that learners work with comes from the web. These can be created using various programs, including simple word processing documents that include links to websites.

Fifteen. Productivity Tools refers to any type of software associated with computers and related technologies that can be used as tools for personal, professional, or classroom productivity.

Examples: Microsoft Office, Apple Works - word processing, grade and record-keeping, web page production, presentation.

Sixteen. Technology Tool is an instrument used for doing work. It can be anything that helps you accomplish your goal with the use of technology. These technology tools can be classified as:

a. Data/Calculation Tools. Examples: spreadsheets, Excels, Sketchpads, probability constructor.

b. Design Tools. These are used to make models and design, creating, and building. Included here are Family Tree Maker, GollyGee, and Crazy Machines, among others.

c. Discussion Tools. Four different approaches utilize discussion and interaction on the Internet. These are threaded discussion forum, Blogging, Live chat, and Video Teleconferencing, Netiquette, and Safety on the Net.

d. Email Tools. Emails are great communication tools for sending messages, photographs, videos, and other files. It allows you to reach out to others around the world. Examples are google mail, Ymail, Yahoo mail, and many more.

e. Handheld Devices. Handheld devices have become popular among learners. These include Personal Digital Assistants, global positioning system, GPS and Geographic Information system GIS in the classroom, Portable electronic keyboards, Digital cameras, Mobile phones, Palm, Handheld computers.

Seventeen. Webquest is a teacher structured research experience for the students that are primarily based on the use of the World Wide Web and typically takes one or more instructional periods.

Eighteen. Blog is an online journal where posted information from both teachers and students is arranged. There are three kinds of blogs: blogs used for communication, blogs used for instruction, and blogs used for both.

Nineteen. Wiki, an editable website usually with limited access, allows students to collaboratively create and post written work or digital files, such as digital photos or videos. Wikipedia is one of the most widely recognized of all the wikis.

Twenty. Flipped classroom utilizes a reverse instructional delivery, where the teacher is required to use the web resources as homework or out of class activity as initial instruction of the lesson, which will be discussed during class time.

Twenty-one. Podcast is a video or audio multi-media clip about a single topic typically in the format of the radio talk show. The two essential functions of a podcast are to retrieve information to disseminate information.

Twenty-two. Google Apps is a cloud-based teaching tool which is stored in the Google server and is available for students both at home and in school. It includes the Gmail, a free-mail for all; Google calendar - a tool used for organizational purposes; Google sites that provide options for developing blogs and wikis; and Google docs are used for sophisticated word processing and editing for the document.

Twenty-three. Vlog is a video blog where each entry is posted as a video instead of the text.

Twenty-four. Facebook is a popular social networking site used by students and adults worldwide to present information on themselves and the world.

Twenty-five. VOIP (voice over internet protocol) is a category of hardware and software that enables people to use the Internet as a transmission medium for telephone calls by sending voice data in packets using IP rather than traditional circuit transmission.

Roles of Technology for Teaching and Learning

Roles of Technology for Teaching

According to Stosic, twenty fifteen, educational technology has three domains:

One. Technology as a tutor. Technology can support the teachers, tutors and other professionals to help students learn better.

Two. Technology as a teaching tool. Technology can be used as an instrument in teaching.

Three. Technology as a learning tool. Technology makes learning easier and more effective. use these tools for learning for life.