Lesson 14: The Software as an Educational Resource

Content

            This topic talks about the use of modern information technology as a part of the learning process. The teacher must possess or has acquired the needed skills to evaluate the best hardware and software to install in the school.  What can easily be seen and appreciated is the computer itself, its design, memory capacity, video card, monitor/screen and other visible qualities.  However, what is more important is the software.  The choice of material or program to be installed as the main operating system which students can use as a source of information, and a tool for accomplishing assignments, group work or projects.  Terms such as windows, programs, graphics, download, internet and other pertinent technological words should be part of the teacher’s vocabulary and appreciation. What should be foremost however on the choice of software to use is that it should be current or updated and has a wide scope of educational resources for students to tap or use.

Experience

            In Educational Technology 2, Sir Alvin had grouped us and gave us tasks to look for different software that can be used in teaching and resources for the different subjects in the curriculum. I have realized then that even those games in our phones and computers that we use to play when we’re bored can be used in the instruction and which makes the teaching-learning process more interesting and enjoyable.

Reflection

Advancing technology has expanded students’ opportunities to interact with the world and learn vast amounts of knowledge. Students can Skype with people around the world. Technology will always be evolving and advancing. It will continue to make life easier for disabled students, make students more prepared for future jobs, and more intellectual about the world as a whole. Technology and the education system will always go hand in hand now that we live in technology influence world and society.  It will be up to our generation to make sure that these innovations in technology continue to evolve to fit the needs of people and to be used to make life better, especially for students.

Application

As a future educator, it is important that we minimize that modern software in instruction because evolving technology in schools could help disabled kids attend school with minimal aid, helps prepare students for using technology in the real world, and helps expand the students’ ability to obtain more knowledge about the world. Everything we use to operate inside the monitor is software and it is important to the user. However, both components are complement to one another.