My General Reflection on Education Technology

Reflection on the Education Technology Course

The Education Technology Course is a course that has inspired me as a student-teacher as it taught me how to interact with the different students in the classroom that are of the twenty-first century. I have learnt that the students of the twenty-first century are referred to as digital natives who are influenced by technology whether inside or outside of the classroom meanwhile digital immigrants are those persons who were born before the twenty-first century and find it difficult to implement technology in their everyday life.  As a result the educators have to keep in tuned to effectively teach the students we have today and this can only happen if these educators are taught the Education Technology Course which equips teachers with the methods, strategies and tools that are necessary for learning. The Educational Technology course has given attention to the National Educational Technology Standards for Students (NETSS) which encourages effective teachers to  model and apply the use of technology as they design, implement, and assess learning experiences to engage students and improve learning; enrich professional practice; and provide positive models for students, colleagues, and the community.

Educational Technology has taught me to use the Addie and the Assure Model lesson plans in order to construct lessons that will cater to the different learning styles and that is more student centred that teacher centred. With learning being primarily student centered, the Assure model lesson plan stresses the analysis of the learner, clearly stating the objectives, selection of the material, media, and methods, the utilization of the media and materials requisition of the learners attention and proper evaluation. I have also learnt about the different ways of engaging  the students in the lessons with interactive videos such webQuest, wiki, podcast along with others technological tools that were introduced to us. It can be said that Education Technology plays a major role on individuals in society as we all have to depend on society.