Rodegelio Jalandoni
EdTech1
Reflection Paper
Topic: Interdisciplinary Curriculum and The Role of Technology
I completely agree with the topic that technology should be part of the Interdisciplinary Curriculum simply because the role of technology can help greatly with fit the needs like the growth of knowledge, fragmented schedules and its relevance to the curriculum. Technology can help increase efficiency and help make more time for schedules and time constraint. Programs like excel, word and power point can help people do things in 10 min rather than 40 min. Because we have access now to the internet, it can greatly help since the internet has a whole abundance of knowledge with just a mouse click away. Using the internet can help research other aspects of interdisciplinary discipline and can use these techniques to be able to solve problems that cant be solve by other methods. The use of technology here is very important and I agree that technology would be a great factor in making a very good interdisciplinary curriculum.
Rodegelio Jalandoni
EdTech1
Reflection Paper
Topic: Designing a School Technology Plan
When I think of School Plan, I think of a curriculum. Designing a School Technology Plan wherein technology would be a main role is good yet it is also dangerous. The use of Technology would help with efficiency and with other aspects that would be related in the curriculum. As technology is slowly being integrated with the school curriculum, I think that we should thread carefully on how we use technology relevant with curriculum. Since the curriculum is important in our society especially for out future generations, we must use technology wisely. Our children would be the one greatly affected with the influence of technology and curriculum especially related to education aspects. Technology can help people work faster, help in computations and everyday use, and nowadays, it is essential to use technology like computers with software’s like excel, mircrosoft word and powerpoint. Yet regarding technology with education in the curriculum, it might make our future generation lazy and too dependent to computers to do anything. So I say that how we put technology into our curriculum is important in order not to make our children pay for our mistakes.
Rodegelio Jalandoni
EdTech1
Reflection Paper
Topic: Theories in Education with Technology
There are many theories that were discovered in the history of man. Since as early as 2000bc, there were already discoveries and inventions that helped propel man to what he is now. Technology was built and its foundation based on this kind of theories knowledge. One of these theories was in education. I feel that without these kinds of discoveries, man would not be where he would be today. It is also in theories in education that man was able to grow and help control with flow of knowledge and made it into a complete structured foundation. But there are many kinds of theories in education like behaviorism, cognitism, constructivism and conditioning just to name a few, that were discovered and used to help people develop in their fullest potential. These kinds of theories were used to help people. I think there is no ultimate theory since all of these theories have advantages, disadvantages towards a person. Some theories may work well with one yet not with another. Regarding education, it has also helped people but using different kinds of theories would be the best way to help everyone and not let one theory be used only. New kinds of theories are being discovered today and I feel that with these kinds of discoveries, man would be able to develop more than what he is now.
Rodegelio Jalandoni
EdTech1
Reflection Paper
Topic: Risky Promises of New Information Technology to Information
When this topic was reported, I agree there would be a great risk of new information in relation to education. Our future generation would grow up to think of what we thought them today. There are many technologies’s that have let people access information easily. There is the Internet, cd’s (like encyclopedias), email and more that gives people huge amounts of information with just a mouse click away. It is through technology that we have numerous data that flows through the internet. Some information may be good yet some may also be bad that will permanently influence a person. That is why in relation to education, we should control the flow of information towards our students since it is very dangerous for them if unsupervised. Some child can easily make a homemade bomb with the help of information of the internet. That is why in the title “risky promises”, there would always be pro’s and cons regarding information technology in relation to education.
Rodegelio Jalandoni
EdTech1
Reflection Paper
Topic: Integrated Learning System
I think it would be very good if we were able to integrate fully technology with our learning system today. This has already been an ongoing process in the present but since there are many discoveries, I feel that integrating technology would be always continuous and never-ending. As I recall in the report, there are already things like the online classrooms and tests as well as online classes that have already been tested and is used presently through the internet as well as in schools like in De LaSalle. It is wonderful that we would be able to use the technology to improve our education system yet sometimes I feel that we rely too much on technology to do our work. It is okay since it makes the work easier and the job faster but making us dependent on our technology would be letting the people be lazy to do their work. But in other matters, using technology, in relation to education, like PowerPoint would give the teachers and students an easier time for discussion and lectures. Seatwork in math without the use of calculators to solve sophisticated problems like logarithm and derivatives would be impossible.
Rodegelio Jalandoni
Edtech Reaction Paper
Topic: Front Page
I think that frontpage is a very useful software for making webpages. It is true that using frontpage, what you see is what you get. Frontpage is a very user friendly feature that you can tinker with it for a couple of hours and you can already figure out the basics of making the webpage. It has nearly all of the built-in features that makes it easier for everybody to use. I prefer this than using notepad in making a webpage. It is easier and faster. It saves time and effort when making this webpage.