Roles and Functions of "Educational

Technology in the 21st Century Education"

by: Unilyn H. Duhig

BEEd - 2

• Here we are to talk about technology and the role it plays in the 21st century education....

• In the 21st century educators must create a curriculum that will help students connect with... incorporate many skills and intelligence levels, and makes use of technology and multimedia.

• The role of technology is helping the educators promote and teach the 4 c's (critical thinking, collaboration, communcation, and creativity) of 21st century learning. We are teaching students skills that they will need once they are out of their educational career and serve our communities.

The Role of Technology in 21st Century Learning:

1. Technology allows for 24/7 access to information

2. Constant social interaction, and

3. Easily created and shared digital content

Three broad areas to integrate

technology as a fundamental

building block into education:

1. Use technology comprehensively to develop proficiency in 21st century skills.

* Knowledge of core content is necessary, but no longer sufficient, for success in a competitive world. Even if all students mastered core academic subjects, they still would be woefully underprepared to succeed in postsecondary institutions and workplaces, which increasingly value people who can use their knowledge to communicate, collaborate, analyze, create, innovate and solve problems. Used comprehensively, technology helps students develop 21st century skills.

2. Use technology comprehensively to support innovative teaching and learning

• * To keep pace with a changing world, schools need to offer more rigorous, relevant and engaging opportunities fro students to learn - and to apply their knowledge and skills in meaningful ways. Used comprehensively, technology supports new, research-based approaches and promising practices in teaching and learning.

• 3. Use technology comprehensively to create robust education support systems.

* To be effective in schools and classrooms, teachers and administrators need training, tools and proficiencyin 21st skills themselves. Used comprehensively , technology transforms standards and assessment, curriculum and instruction, professional development, learning environments, and administration.

• Both teachers and the students are convinced about the important contributions of educational technoloy can offer. If properly selected and used, instructional materials can do the following...

• 1. Arouse and sustain the interest and attention of the pupils/ students to learn.

• 2. Concretize abstract concepts/ ideas to promote meaningful learning.

• 3. Makes learning more permanent because of the rich experiences that they provide.

• 4. Provide self-activities for independent learning.

• 5. Increase vocabulary by eliminating verbalism.

• 6. Develop continuity of thought.

• 7. Increase the quality of learning while decreasing the time spent.

• 8. Check pupils preparedness.• 9. Make learning more interactive,

hence learning is improved.