Importance of educational technology in teaching for those wants to be good mentor

INTRODUCTION

Educational technology is a systematic approach to improve the quality of education.It is a systematic way of conceptualizing the execution and evaluation of the educational process. It includes instructional materials, methods and organization of work and relationships, i.e. the behavior of all participants in the educational process. The word technology means skills, knowledge of the way, rule, skill, tools and “logos” which means science, word, learning, mental state.Different countries use different terms and synonyms for educational technology,like AV resource, the technology of teaching.

Differences in terminology mostly occur on the grounds of the approach to the technical characteristics and the use of latest appliances, and not their active involvement in the teaching i.e. their actual pedagogical application. For this reason, there are different opinions among teachers in the field of social and technical sciences. Educational technology is still not being applied appropriately,mostly for reasons is lack of equipment necessary resources and insufficient qualification of teachers for the application of these funds.

EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES DOMAINS

Educational technology has three domains of use: Depending on the use and benefits, the research by different analysts shows that education technology is not at the position where it should be, in spite of their suggestions, Today’s children use modern technical equipment from an early age so that their coming in with new educational technologies at school will not be a problem.In studies we can find out that more students use modern technical equipment.

HOW TO USE EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY

When using educational technology we should first focus on the educational use, how adequate they are in the acquisition of knowledge, whether there is an interaction between users and tools, and if we have positive effects in using them. A number of authors and researches suggest that we should focus on five areas of software programs that have the potential to strongly influence children’s learning experience: 1. The educational value of the program, 2. Its ability to engage children in learning, 3. Ease of use, 4. Interactivity between the child and programs, 5. The possibility that a software program monitors the progress of the child.

IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY

Since computers are still not widely used in many schools, the teaching process is dominated by traditional methods. It is dominated by the frontal form of work where the teacher had enough interaction with students. Failure to thrive at their own pace and insufficient activity of students was one of the drawbacks of this type of learning. In class, we have children who are not too much intelligent and have less knowledge and experience. The teacher chooses to keep standard to good teaching where children with less knowledge would not get the sufficient knowledge.The period from 1967. to 1972. is considered to be a period of consolidation of educational technology, which has become the most commonly used term in the science of pedagogy and the educational process.With the application of educational technology, students can independently progress in mastering teaching materials, to choose the pace of work, to repeat the material that is not sufficiently clear, that after tests performed immediately get results and track their progress. Interactive, multimedia content provides a great advantage of modern learning over traditional learning. With the application of educational technology we get feedback between the teacher and the student.

Among the first studies on the comparison of the traditional and modern ways with the help of educational technologies research was Clark Richard (Clark, R. 1983). He tried to compare research between lectures and computer guidance and instruction to determine which the better way of learning is. His conclusion was effective for both ways to be used. conclusion by other author also suggests that there are some major differences in the use of educational technology and traditional teaching. On the other hand, other researches also suggests that computers are better made to the individual abilities of students, rather than teachers themselves. Educational technology must be integrated into classrooms. With the advancement of educational technology in the classroom teacher, education is faced with the challenge that teachers uses educational technology even in their daily work. Numerous studies have shown that a small number of teachers is willing to integrate educational technology in their teaching activities (Becker, 2000; Hermans et al., 2008; Stošić and Stošić 2013; Wang et al., 2004). The reason is that there are two categories of teachers in the understanding of educational technology. Some of them have thorough understanding of modern technical appliances and their operation while others think it is necessary for them to gain additional technical knowledge of the appliances and methods, teaching methods, student-teacher relationship... These two groups represent a group of teachers between older and younger teachers. Older teachers during their study did not have the possibility of training with modern technical appliances, did not have the information technology, educational technology... while the younger generation of teachers possess the knowledge required for the use of educational technology. To understands educational technology better we requires a set of computer science and other equipment. First of all, teachers have a basic knowledge of the use of educational technology. The fact is that ineffective use of educational technology, mainly due to poor school equipment necessary resources, insufficient information and knowledge of teachers about course. Teachers have to be motivated to use the same because the use of educational technology in teaching provides better interaction with students, better reception of information because the students receive insight of knowledge and kinesthetic way. Among other things, an educational technology motivates students to work with freedom where the student is more motivated to return to learning and working because modern technical equipment can be accessed very easily at any given moment.

CONCLUSION

The availability and need of educational technology is growing in the classroom. The new generation is curious to get interacted with these new technologies, which play a vital role in children’s learning and acquiring various cognitive knowledge so that educational technology must be incorporated into future curricula. The application of educational technology improves skills and competency of students . With the help of new technology comes an explosion of learning and receiving new information, especially on mobile devices. Teachers have been using new technologies in the classroom. However, the development and application of new technologies grows as a measure that is the question of whether teachers are enough competent and have experience to keep up with them. Here we have two problems. Are the teachers have the ability to use educational technology and whether the school is sufficiently equipped with all modern technical means? Many studies and efforts were carried out but we have to find the best and better techniques to apply educational technology in teaching.

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