Lesson 18: Tablets for Textbooks in Schools

Today, books are still the primary medium of instruction in most schools. Already, there is a disadvantage of using books for learning that are being debated upon. The errors in public school textbooks have also been exposed, errors resulting from wrong information, technical mistakes and editorial lapses.

      Today, technology is being viewed as a savior because the students are enamored by computer games. By that, the educators have begun to think that the computer screen can very well serve as a power point educational medium.

      In general, tablets as a primary learning tool can be replacing the textbooks. Tablets are conducive to higher thinking, constructive and participative teaching-and-learning. By that, parents gave full support to the IT advancement. Technology itself may be a key to problem resolution and Filipino ingenuity is called to respond to the challenge facing the digital generation of the millennium.

Experience

Nowadays, students interest is taken into consideration that’s why instead of students bringing their multiple books they would just bring their tablets. One school who are utilizing these practice is the Ateneo.

Reflection

Using tablets in school is really awesome but we must into consideration that our country cannot afford it because aside from being so expensive it is vulnerable to be broken and once it is broken it cannot be brought back to its original size.

Application

Although using tablets in schools for book replacement is expensive there are still private schools who are using these things. But public school in our country cannot afford it yet still maybe in the near future it is still attainable.

Reference:


Lucido, P. I. (2012). Educational Technology 2. LORIMAR PUBLISHING INC.

Lesson 17: Educational Technology 2 Practicum

EdTech 2 Practicum is a performance phase, which offers students the experiential process of adapting to technology. This is the practicum phase consist of hands-on computer tutorials and requirements such as:

Ø      Computer laboratory or special classroom with adequate computers for learning

Ø      Participation of computer lab assistant- to assist the learners in the use of computer

Ø      Assigned number of hours base on the requirements needed by the course

The practicum phase consists of:

1. Basic Microsoft Word

            - Tutorial familiarizes each individual learner to the basics of Microsoft Word by learning how to use the toolbars and software; they will be taught how to encode, edit and format text; creating, formatting, editing and saving documents and printing as well.

            At the end, the learner shall be able to create, open and save word documents; insert graphics, tables or charts; apply format on the text, hyperlink or creating standard documents.

2. Microsoft PowerPoint

            - Tutorial is focus on the familiarization on the basics of Microsoft PowerPoint presentations to enhance the teaching of subjects. Coverage of learning includes PowerPoint fundamentals, enhancement of powerpoint presentation with the use of graphics, audio or videos, using templates, presenting and printing a slide.

            At the end of the tutorial, the learner will be able to create and open PowerPoint presentations, insets objects to creative presentations and templates to enhance presentations.

3. Internet as tool of Inquiry

            - Tutorial will facilitate the finding of sources of information appropriate to a learning task. Its coverage includes accessing the internet, use of internet tools and search techniques.

            Thus, at the end the learner may able to search and retrieve information from the web, acquire skills in locating appropriate information, acquire ability to use internet tools, gain knowledge of techniques use and learn the ability to execute the research.

            Therefore, the practicum phase brings the learners and educators a challenge of a new age by integrating technology in the teaching-learning process. In each phase students were expected to know and understand such task and in the end they will be able to perform and apply it. Thus, practicum is a preparation to encourage the educators to instil learning with the aid of technology and shall be empowered to meet the technology challenges of the 21st Century.

Experience

In Educational Technology 2, students experience a hands-on learning when it comes to manipulating computer. Some example of these are the video and photo editing done by the students.

Reflection

As a student, being acquainted to the computer is very essential especially now that we are in the technological era. Also, teachers must be globally competitive. Thus, they must be computer literate.

Application

Today, there are these people who are expert in computer and students can take class about the computer itself.

Reference:


Lucido, P. I. (2012). Educational Technology 2. LORIMAR PUBLISHING INC.

Lesson 16: The Internet and Education

The invention of the computer and the subsequent software programmed for its use has totally changed the whole concept of progress and communication.  Every part of the world can now be reached and contact with other persons where ever they are can be done through the internet.  The internet is the system that enables the user of a computer to gain access to whatever he needs be it for information, for communication, for business or for personal reasons.  Missing relatives can even be found thru the internet by using different search and social sites.  How much more for the field of education; the internet has become its partner in the ever changing learning process.  Students can interact with students in foreign countries, they can share information, learn and grow with each other.  They can search any topic and subject they want to research.  The globe becomes smaller and its inhabitants become closer and relations between countries are improved and strengthened.

Experience

As a student, the most convenient thing to do for a research is to search the net than to go to the library to borrow a book which is so tiring and time consuming whereas, if we would just search in the internet using a search engine everything is already in there. Moreover, browsing the net is much faster than browsing books in the library.

Reflection

Because everything can be found in the internet there’s a tendency for the students to become lazy and become too dependent on the technology. Although, there are things that users must be cautious especially the learners and that is by avoiding plagiarism. Moreover, students nowadays are contented by copy and paste and not exerting any effort to rephrase and paraphrase the sentence they get from the internet.

Application

Through internet, the learners learning is readily attainable because it will takes a small amount of time to complete a specific task. Furthermore, if the students have their research paper they can just look into the net for an example for their basis.

Reference:


Lucido, P. I. (2012). Educational Technology 2. LORIMAR PUBLISHING INC.