Roles and function of educational technology in the 21st century in education

2.  The term 21st century has become the central
part of education thinking and planning for the
future. Administrators and teachers are actively
searching for ways to prepare students for the
future, and the educational system has been
evolving faster than ever before.
 Technology, in one form or another, has always
been part of the teaching and learning
environment. It is part of the teacher’s
professional toolbox. In other words, it is among
the resources that teachers use to help facilitate
student learning.

3.  Learning with technology has become essential
in today’s schools. Worldwide, governments,
education system, researchers, school Leaders,
teachers and parents consider technology to be
a critical part of a child’s education.
 The important role that technology plays in
education gives teachers the opportunity to
design meaningful learning experiences that
embed technology.

4.  The Overhead Projector, or “OHP” is one of
the most frequently used (and misused) tools
in education and training today. It may be
facing a challenge from the data projector,
but it is still more flexible and useful for all
except uninterrupted, rehearsed
presentations..

5.  The overhead projector played a significant role
in my educational history, both as a student and
later on as an elementary teacher, offering a
viable alternative to the traditional blackboard. It
is a tool of educational technology that was
developed not only with help from its
predecessors, but also from the cultural
environment it belonged to.
 The overhead projector has influenced the way
teachers prepare for and present the class
material, as well as the way students
experience learning during instruction.

6.  Students are directly involved and invested
in the discovery of their own knowledge.
 In this classroom model, the teacher would
act as facilitator for the students. Instead of
passively receiving information, the students
would gather information on their own, under
the guidance of their teacher.

7.  Student must learn how to collaborate with
others. Through collaboration and
cooperation with others, students engage in
experiential learning that is authentic,
holistic, and challenging.

8.  Student-centered does not mean that the
teacher gives up all control of the classroom.
While students are encouraged to learn in
different ways, the teacher still provides
guidance as to the skills that need to be
acquired.

10.  Educational technology analyses the
process of teaching thoroughly. It tries to find
out the different variables of teaching, their
interlinks, effects upon each other,
relationships, theories of teaching, phases of
teaching principles of teaching, maxims of
teaching etc. by developing the theories of
teaching , it helps in improving the quality of
education.

11.  Education technology aims at analyzing the
process of teaching-Learning thoroughly. It
tries to find out the different variables of
teaching, their interlinks, effects upon each
other, relationships, etc. it also concerned
with various phases of teaching.

12.  Educational technology analyses the
process of learning and the related theories.
It facilitates more and more of learning in
less time.
 Overhead initially served the purpose of
entertaining children.

13.  Education technology helps in finding out the
right objectives. Everything in this universe is
undergoing tremendous changes and with a
very fast speed. Educational technology
helps in enhancing the right objectives in the
light of the changed circumstances and
changed environment.

14.  The changed type of environment with new
curriculum and new materials is to be
handles by the teachers.
 The use of a projector enables teachers to
move more quickly through material,
avoiding students and their questions by
cutting out distractions and anything that
may slow down the information progress.

15.  Keeping in view the objectives of education,
which have been a new materials is to be
handles by the teachers. Right type of
question of developing right type of
curriculum. Only a suitable curriculum will
help in attainment of goals.

16.  Teaching-Learning materials are also as important
as anything else in the Teaching-learning process.
They have to be accordance with the environment
of the learners. Only right type if materials will able
to modify the behavior of the learner suitably
making him a fit person for the society.
 The overhead projector used in the classroom
could imply a sense of teacher control or authority,
even though the teachers themselves may say
otherwise.

17.  A strategy plays an important role in the
hands of a teacher in every teaching-
Learning situation.
 Overhead projector also works as a great
classroom management strategy to the
teachers.

18.  Audio-visual aids have always played an
important role in the teaching-learning process.
 Overhead projector slides/transparencies are
displayed on the overhead projector (OHP)- A
very useful tool found in most lecture and
seminar rooms. The OHP projects and enlarges
your slides onto a screen or wall without
requiring the lights to be dimmed.

19.  Educational technology helps in locating the
problems in the different areas or education. It
also helps in remedying the draw-backs.
Evaluation of teaching-learning process is also
made better because through feedback, things
are improved thoroughly and there is better
control over the process of education.
 The overhead projector is a great teaching tool
as well as a powerful technique for maintaining
order in your classroom.

20.  Educational technology identifies the need of
the community. It helps in providing equal
education opportunities to backward people,
disadvantaged students and deprived sections
of the society.
 Educational technology aims at identifying the
needs of the community from time to time. Then
it tries to improve the community in every
possible way.

21. -Knexie Digdigan Geras