Integrating educational tecnology into teaching

Topic: Educational technology in context: The big picture

- Educators who want to study the field must

 Key terminology recognize that language used to describe
 Educational technology technology reflects different perspectives on
 Technology in Education the appropriate uses of educational
 Educational technology technology.
issues - Instructional Technology defined educational
technology as both “The media born of the
 Educational technology
communication revolution which can be used
skills for instructional purposes” and “a systematic
way of designing, carrying out, and
evaluating the total process of learning and
teaching”
- Each of these four perspectives on
technology in education has contributed to
the current body of knowledge about
processes and tools to address educational
needs.
-Processes
-Tools
-Educational technology
-Integrating educational technology
-Instructional technology
- Teaching today is challenging because it
occurs in an environment that mirrors—and
sometimes magnifies—some of society’s
most problematic issues. Adding digital
technologies to this mix continues to make
the situation even more complex. Yet, to
integrate technology successfully into their
teaching, educators must recognize and be
prepared to work in this environment with all
its subtleties and complexities.
- Clearly, 21st- century educators will have to
deal with issues and situations that their
predecessors could not even have imagined.
New technology tools also mean new and
different ways of accessing and processing
information needed for teaching and
learning. Both teachers and students must
have the skills and knowledge that will
prepare them to meet these new
challenges and use these new and
powerful strategies.