roles and functions of educational technology in 21st century education

1. Roles and Function of
Educational Technology
in the 21st century
By: Norjanah T. Baulo

2. • The role of technology in the
classroom is ever changing. Those
who utilize and embrace the use of
technology in the classroom are
better prepared to serve the next
generation of learners.

3. • Students are demanding a new way of
learning and the role of technology is pivotal
in fulfilling this need for change. Let's make
school an exciting place for students to learn
and grow. For many, school may be the only
place students have access to technology. It is
the role of technology and schools to provide
students the skills they will need for college or
career.

4. • From the traditional point of view ,
technology serves as a source and presenter
of knowledge Technology like computers is
seen as a productivity tool

5. • THE ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY IN 21ST
CENTURY LEARNING Technology
allows for 24/7 access to information
Constant social interaction Easily
created and shared digital content

6. • Technology as information vehicles for
exploring knowledge to support learning- by-
constructing: for representing and simulating
meaningful real- world , problems, situations
and contexts. -For representing beliefs,
perspectives, arguments, and stories of others

7. • Technology as a social medium to support
learning by conversing: -For collaborating with
others -For discussing, arguing, and building
consensus among members of community -
For supporting discourse among knowledge-
building communities

8. • THE ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY Technology as
tools to support knowledge construction: -For
representing learner’s ideas, understandings
and beliefs -For producing organized,
multimedia knowledge bases

9. • Technology as intellectual partner (Jonassen
1996) to support learning-by-reflecting: -For
helping learners to articulate and represent
what they know -For reflecting on what they
have learned and how they came to know it -
For constructing personal representation of
meaning

10. IMPORTANT FUNCTIONS OF
EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY
1. Improvement of Teaching
2. Analysis of the Teaching – Learning Process
3. Improvement of Learning
4. Enhancing Goals of Education
5. Training to Teacher
6. Development of Curriculum
7. Development of Teaching – Learning Materials
8. Teaching- Learning Strategies
9.Development of Audio-Visual Aids
10. Help in Overall Improvement
11. Identification of Needs of the Community