ROLES AND FUNCTIONS OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY IN THE

21ST CENTURY EDUCATION

Submitted by: Ruby Jean Torrefiel

Submitted to: Ms. Maria Estella T. Balbuena

The term “21ST Century” has become the central part of Educational thinking and planning for the future. Creating a 21st century education system is about making sure that all students are prepared to succeed in a competitive world-a world with plenty of opportunities for highly skilled individuals and limited option for everyone else. It’s about maximizing the impact of technology to develop proficiency in 21st century skills, support innovative teaching and learning and learning and create robust education support system.

OPAQUE PROJECTORThe opaque projector, epidiascope, epidiascope or episcope is a device which displays opaque materials by shining a bright lamp onto the object from above. A system of mirrors, prisms and/or imaging lenses is used to focus an image of the material onto a viewing screen. Because they must project the reflected light, opaque projectors require brighter bulbs and larger lenses than overhead projectors. Care must be taken that the materials are not damaged by the heat generated by the light source. Opaque projectors are not as common as the overhead projector.

1. INSTRUCTION SHOULD BE STUDENT-CENTERED

While student-centered learning is strongly encourage in 21st century this does not mean that the teacher can never give lecture.

They will need to connect the new information with the knowledge that they already have and apply it to solving the problem by hand.

Different learning styles are encourage and students have enhanced sense of motivation and responsibility.

2. EDUCATION SHOULD BE COLLABORATIVE Students must learn how to collaborative with others.

Society today has people collaborating across the globe.

Collaboration should also be dynamic. Schools should also be collaborating with others

educational institutions around the world to share information and learn about different practices or method that has been developed.

3. LEARNING SHOULD HAVE CONTEXT The teacher can make a point of helping students to

understand how the skills they are building can be applied in their lives.

Students will be much more motivated to use something that they can see the value in.

We need to take a ore general approach and teach them the skills that are useful in any situation.

INTEGRATE TECHNOLOGY AS A FUNDAMENTAL BUILDING BOOKS INTO EDUCATION IN THREE BROAD AREAS:

1. USE TECHNOLOGY COMPREHENSIVELY TO DEVELOP PROFICIENCY IN 21ST CENTURY SKILLS.• Knowledge of core content is necessary ,but no longer

sufficient for success as competitive world. Use comprehensively, technology helps students develop 21st century skills.

INTEGRATE TECHNOLOGY AS A FUNDAMENTAL BUILDING BOOKS INTO EDUCATION IN THREE BROAD AREAS:

1. USE TECHNOLOGY COMPREHENSIVELY TO DEVELOP PROFICIENCY IN 21ST CENTURY SKILLS.

Knowledge of core content is necessary ,but no longer sufficient for success as competitive world. Use 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 relevant and engaging opportunity for students. To learn and to apply their knowledge and skills is meaningful.

3. USE TECHNOLOGY COMPREHENSIVELY TO CREATE ROBUST EDUCATION SUPPORT SYSTEM.

Used comprehensively, technology transform standards and assessments, curriculum and instruction, professional development, learning environment and administration.

IMPORTANT FUNCTION OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY

1. Improvement of TeachingEducational technology analyses the process of teaching thoroughly. It tries to find out the different variables of teaching.

2. Analysis of the Teaching-Learning processEducational technology tries to establish better relationship between teaching and learning.

3. Improvement of learningEducational technology analyses the process of learning and related theories.

4. Enhancing Goals of EducationThe objectives of education are being reviewed and revised with the passage of time. Educational Technology helps in enhancing the right objectives in the light of changed circumstances and change environment.

5. Training to TeachersThe change of type of environment with new curriculum and new materials is to be banded by the teachers.

6. Development of CurriculumKeeping in view the objectives of education which have been finalized by education. Technology thereafter, comes the question of developing right types of curriculum.

7. Development of Teaching-Learning MaterialsOnly right type of materials will able to modify the behavior of the learner suitability making him a fit- person for society.

8. Teaching-Learning StrategiesThe strategy has to be the right one, which should be according to the materials an is able to bring out affective teaching-learning.

9.Development of Audio-Visual AidsThe strategies aids, the hardware aids the computer and other such as appliances, equipment's have to be used in the present type of teaching learning environment.

10. Help overall Improvement Evaluation of teaching –learning process is also made better because through feedback, things are improved thoroughly and there in better control of over the process of education.

11. Identification of needs of community It helps in providing equal education opportunities to background people, disadvantages students and deprived sections of the society.