Roles and Functions of Educational Technology in 21st century Education

Submitted by:Maria Dorian Mangubat

Submitted to:Ms. Maria Estela Balbuena

Our world is changing, and we have to prepare our children for this new world. We need to change the way we educate them.

The term “21st century” has become the central part of educational thinking and planning for the future. The 21st century educators must create a curriculum that will help students connect with the world and understand the issues that our world faces.

How to educate 21st century learners:

Teachers and administrators need to cultivate and maintain the student's interest in the material by showing how this knowledge applies in the real world.

They must also try to increase their student's curiosity, which will help them become lifelong learners.

They should be flexible with how they teach and give learners the resources to continue learning outside of school.

Technology in Education: Future

classroom

Student-Centered InstructionIt is a teaching strategy that fundamentally breaks the

traditional way of teaching – though not entirely. The teacher acts as a facilitator for the students in student-centered instruction therefore,:

Student will be able to acquire new information.Connects new information with the knowledge they

already have and apply it to solving new problem at hand.

They need to have “learn how to learn” on their own.

Collaborative Teaching and LearningIt is a method of teaching and learning in which

students team together to explore a significant question or create a meaningful project, therefore,:

Students are expected to work with people from other cultures, with different values from their own.

Students are encouraged to work together to discover information, piece it together, and construct a meaning.

Students learns how to recognize the different strengths and talents and change roles depending on the attributes.

Context Teaching and Learning

The teacher provides guidance as to the skill that is needed to be acquired. The teacher makes point of helping the students. It is an area which must be addressed if meaningful learning has taken place, therefore,:

Students understands how the skills they are building can be applied in their lives.

Students will be more motivated to learn something that they can see value in.

Students learns the skills that are useful in any situation.

Technology

allows for

24/7 access

to information

Constant

social interac

tion

Easily created

and shared digital content

The Role of Technology in

21st Century Learnin

g

Fundamental building blocks in

Education

Integrating technology:

Fundamental building blocks

in Education

1. Use technology comprehensively to develop proficiency

in 21st century skills.

Developing proficiency in technology helps the student develop

their skills, specifically their knowledge to

communicate, collaborate, analyze, create, innovate and

solve problems.

2. Use technology comprehensively to support innovative

teaching and learning.

Technology supports new, research-based

approaches and promising practices in teaching and learning.

Students will then learn and apply their

knowledge and skills in meaningful ways.

3. Use technology comprehensively to

create robust education support

system.

Technology transforms standards and assessments,

curriculum and instruction, professional

development, learning environments, and

administration.

Important functions of Educational Technology

Improvement of TeachingFinding the different variables in teaching and the phases of teaching principles of teaching. It is the process of teaching thoroughly.

Analysis of the Teaching-Learning ProcessEstablishes better relationship between teaching and learning. It also aims at analyzing the process of teaching-learning thoroughly.

Improvement of LearningAnalyses the process of learning and related theories. It facilitates more learning in a lesser time.

Enhancing Goals of Education The objectives are being reviewed and revised with the passage of time. Enhances the right objectives in the light of the changed circumstances and changed environment.

Training to TeachersRenders its valuable help in training of teachers.

Development of CurriculumDevelops a suitable curriculum appropriately. Curriculum is the total teaching-learning environment, which has to be modified and remolded in the light of lightest thoughts.

Development of Teaching-Learning MaterialsTeaching learning materials are also as important as anything in teaching-

learning process.

Teaching-Learning StrategiesKnowledge of every strategy is a must to every teacher. The strategies are

being evolved into more appropriate and more improved that can caught students’ attention

Development of Audio-Visual AidsAudio-visual are used according to the times. They have to be used in

present type wherein they are used appropriately and responsibly.

Help in Overall CurriculumLocates the problem from different areas of education. It can revolutionize

the whole process of teaching.

Identification of Needs of the Communityprovides equal education opportunities to backward people, disadvantaged

students and deprived sections of the society. Aims the and identify the needs of the community and tries to improve it in a possible way.

In an overview the roles and functions of educational technology in 21st century will be enhanced and will create a well prepared students to succeed in a competitive world with bigger opportunities. Schools in the 21st century will become nerve centers, a place for teachers and students to connect with those around them and their community. Teachers in this new environment will become less instructors and more orchestrators of information, giving children the ability to turn knowledge into wisdom.

The End !!!

Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important.

- Bill Gates