Educational technology

Technology is an innovative and prominent aspect of today 's modern society evident through the extensive amounts of time that people are seen distracted with their heads down looking at the phone screen. Although the increase of technology use among the modern generation of students is looked at as a nuisance in student learning advancement, this does not have to be the case. Technology may be increasing significantly in the lives of future generations of students, but it is our job to prepare…

The Correlation Between Bystander Effect and Camera Phone Accessibility With advancements in technology emerging among humans, it can be presumed that as a result, humankind is equally evolving; however, as one analyzes the ramifications that technology poses, he/she is left to question if technology does more harm than good. In the case of the camera phone, it appears to have highly promoted the phenomenon of bystander effect; this occurrence transpires when an individual is least likely to…

Technology, and its effect on the world has always been argued to be both a gift and a curse. A large majority of those who were born during the Baby Boomer generation and other skeptics have argued that technology has been a derailing gift almost like a paradox and has enacted people to become brainwashed contributing to devolvement. This idea or theory has become a cliché with those of the older yet wiser generation. This cliché is possible to supported and refuted, because technology has not…

Nobody would argue that the use of technology has dramatically increased over the past decade, let alone over the past century. Need an example? By looking at our everyday lives, countless examples exist from cars to computers. Technology has impacted and changed every aspect of our lives. Namely, one piece of technology in particular transformed people’s lives: the television. Less than a century ago, people lived without the use of this revolutionary technological item. Now the vast majority…

dimensions like age, and extent of hearing loss, gender, geographic location, country of birth, communication preference, language use, educational level, occupation, and social economic background. Many laws like the ADA and IDEA have impacted the Deaf community by making assess to education, communication, and work more feasible then in the past. The age of technology, like the Internet and smart phones, has impacted this community in many positive ways. This has all played into the ASL…

communicate with people around the world with cell phones. On the other hand, many people think that mobile phones are useless. Because it is neither important for children, nor it is important in our life. For instance, it will affect their children’s educational life. It will affect children’s sleep schedule and make them drowsy, and feel tired. Also, it can affect their sight and their health.…

500 million users on Instagram, and 377 million users of Twitter, social media has become prevalent in the lives of many young children (“Global Social Media Ranking 2016 | Statistic”). Considering the advancement of technology in personal lives, society could infer that technology would inevitably make its way into classrooms. With this new implementation comes not only new and exciting opportunities for teachers and students, but also rules and responsibilities regarding ethical use of social…

The Evolution of TPACK Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) is a framework for teachers in how they make connections between pedagogy, content knowledge, and technology (Koehler & Mishra, 2005). This paper briefly discusses the evolution of this theory, its strengths, and challenges it presents. Article One: Reviewing the Literature Voogt, J., Fisser, P., Pareja Roblin, N., Tondeur, J., & van Braak, J. (2012). Technological pedagogical content knowledge - a review of the…

up faster and faster. It has often been said that the youth is losing their innocence at younger ages. However these ideas are new. Neil Postman wrote the Disappearance of Childhood, where he attributes to this fleeting youth to the birth of new technology, especially television. What is interesting about Postman argument is to establish his points he first begins with discussing the invention of childhood. Thus giving his readers the impression that he believes that childhood did not always…

First and foremost, the standard of life has improved due to the development of education. Education institutions can be accessed easily as it can be found at every corner, even in the countryside. There are countless government educational institutions in all states.…