History of Educational Technology and the ICT Revolution

Ganancial, Estela L. BSEd General Science 4

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Educational Technology 2

History of Educational Technology and the ICT Revolution

Content

ICT is the short for information and communications technology. It refers to a broad of field encompassing computers, communications equipment and the services associated with them. It includes those things that are already familiar to us such as telephones, cellular networks, satellite communication, b broadcasting media and other forms of communications.

With the advent of ICT and Educational Technology, here are the characteristics of digital technology: Media integrity, Media integration, Flexible interaction, Transactions, Tailoring, and Editing. Way back before, educational process started with the use of questioning by Socrates and other teacher-centered approaches. Then a free public school model was introduced and distance learning. It was leveled up into learning by doing until the advent of computers as the ICT resources. World Wide Web was then developed which lead to the internet that we’re using nowadays. It was then progressed as time pass by developing new materials to improve the education process.

Aristotle's class with his students

Television as educational media in the class

 Experience

            When I was a pupil, computer is really intended for computer laboratory to provide drill exercises in practicing the basic operations in computers. In our discussion, we didn’t have any gadgets to use in our learning (too expensive to buy that time). My teacher would use to series of lectures and discussions by having a drawing on the blackboard and sort of “bitaymax” just to visualize what she’s talking about. It was not really that interactive because we were only required to copy what’ in written in the blackboard. When I was in high school, the same scenario was still there but with little changes already.  Some of my teacher owned a laptop but frequent they used it. Projector was not allowed to use in the classroom because it is intended for school events and gatherings. Until I reached college, I was culture shocked by the education process here and it seems that using of laptop or computer and LCD projector are very common.

A traditional classroom

Reflection

            Since I was still a pupil in elementary and a high school student until I entered the college, I witness how technology evolves over time. All things change. Change in only permanent thing is this world. As a future teacher, it is important that must have at least prior knowledge on how the educational technology and ICT evolved as time pass for the improvement of the education. Prior knowledge is a fundamental tool to achieve innovation of ideas with the use of technology in educative process.  At least we could trace back and familiarize the foundations behind the progress of ICT and Educational technology.

An  ICT classroom

Application

            As I will teach someday, if necessary, I would combined all strategies appropriate for my teaching of science concepts as well as the use of ICT resources to have an effective teaching-learning process because in this modern times, our teaching must be equipped with technology for it to be more interesting to the students but then it may subject to changes or variations because I know there are still traditional classrooms especially in rural areas. If I will also stick one or two strategies, that may not ensure effective one unless I’m a perfect teacher.  We all know that we have diverse students with diverse interests and needs as well as preferences in learning so as much as possible, we as future teachers, should cater those things for them to learn.

This is an illustration of a future classroom