Educational technology

philosophy of technology use in education depends on many factors. It is influenced by educator’s age; by positive and negative experiences in prior technology use; by fear of unknown information; or it could be even dictated by the school. It differentiates from one generation of teachers to the next. At age of 36 I have managed to develop fear of failing to keep up with the speed of the technology progress, but in the same time I try to remain open to the idea of being educated in technology…

Technology is a big part of the world today everything revolves around technology. Technology changes every time an inventor gets a new idea to help society or make a new upgrade. Technology is now even in automobiles such that one can connect their phones to the car speakers and play music, internet can be routed into an automobile so that the automobile is a hot-spot and you can connect your phone to the Wi-Fi. The interest I have to technology is that my goal is to become a software developer…

Sincerely speaking the term “digital identity” is new to me. Digital identity is defined as the way people engage with technology and has been variously called "digital identity" (Towndrow & Fareed, 2014) "technology identity"(Goode, 2010), or “personal digital engagement” (Gurung & Rutledge, 2014). This definition is entirely different from that of Warburton (2010) who mentioned that the term digital identity is problematic in that its definition is so broad. Warburton (2010) emphasizes that…

essay by Leo Mirani titled “Personal technology gets truly personal.” In this article, Mirani argues that the blend of real and digital realities encourages the world of 2050 to become personalized, stating “as the real and virtual worlds become increasingly intertwined, digital technology will penetrate ever deeper into our lives,” (Mirani, p. 141). Various recent developments, specifically in the category of education, agree with Mirani’s statement as technology personalizes to all…

digital technology in a classroom have positive effects across all major subject areas, from Preschool through to High School, and beyond, inclusive of teachers, regular students and special education students. The introduction of computers, interactive whiteboards, and online telecommunications across classrooms to collaborate in different locations across the country and the world has also shown great benefit and improvement in academic learning. Introducing students and teachers to…

Behen, L. (2013). Outside Our Control. In L. Behen, Recharge Your Library Programs with Pop Culture and Technology (pp. 11-15). Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, LLC. The purpose of Behen’s section Outside Our Control is to state that the transition to technology is outside our control just like time and the school’s enviroment on the effect of students.These things being out of our control means that there is nothing that we can do to stop these things from effecting the students, we just have to see…

contains personal thoughts of learning technologies as used for academic purposes and broad-spectrum primary, secondary and tertiary education. The terms education and technology are currently, the penultimate buzzwords. If one was to reach for a new source or social media outlet one could come to the belief that six-year-olds can build their own Deathstars out of marbles and pre-chewed marshmallows because of the power of technology and its implementation of educational domain. Children who…

ambitions. In addition, technology has played an essential role in enhancing and developing the educational process. Frederick Douglass, in his essay “Learning to Read”, describes his extraordinary tale from an uneducated slave to a prominent writer of his time. A critical point to note is that during his time period, the most advanced form of educational technology was the pen and paper. As such, the entirety of Douglass’s future rested on his ability to master this technology. With this in…

On October 18, 1958 the American nuclear physicist William Higinbotham introduced the first two-person electronic game Tennis for Two during a Brookhaven National Laboratory open house demonstration (BNL.org). Tennis for Two consisted of a two-dimensional side view of a tennis court that was projected onto an oscilloscope screen which was similar to a black and white television. Participants of this revolutionary electronic game served and volleyed an electronic tennis ball utilizing controllers…

the students of the school and in our district. "Technology won 't replace teachers...but teachers who use technology will probably replace teachers who do not"(Tarte). This quote is actually from a tweet from Dr. Justin Tarte, a Director of Teaching and Learning. This quote, ironically in the form of a tweet, Is a highly discussed topic within the community. Our educators are constantly posed with the challenge of incorporating the use of technology in teaching the curriculum. The challenge…