educational technology

1. Philippine Electronics and
Communication Institute of
Technology.(PECIT)

2. UNDERSTANDING
TECHNOLOGY
LEARNING'S

3. Today learners appear smarter, yet they can’t read as their parents
do and they are addicted to the Internet. Even in classes, their
concentration is questionable as they are uneasy to simply sit and
listen. They become alive again through video presentation, group
activities and computer classes.

4. They concern for the new learner is valid. On the other hand ,it is
to be admitted that our teachers today generally use the traditional
education program applicable to learners of the past, acquainted with
linear, textual, sequential learning. They fail to realize that they new
generation of the 21st millennium is not thy kind of learners that they
were, but are information technology or digital learners.

5. It is observe that, the new learners spend much time talking with
friend on their cell phone, sending text message, interacting through
social internet media like Facebook, playing video games and surfing
the Wold Wide Web.

6. Lest they concern for the new learners is not well understood, it serves to
know what scientist say, as follow.
 There are positive benefit derive from the use of information of
technology or digital resources and these counter balance possible
negative effects of technology on children.
 Daily exposure to high technology-personal computer, video game
gadget, cell phone, internet search sites- stimulates the brain by
strengthening and creating circuit.

7.  A current technology revolution is creating an intellectual
revolution, faster and better than ever before.

8.  The 19th century psychologies Jean Piaget presented the chart from childhood to
adulthood with the first two years of susceptible mind, six years of squaring
communication skills, teenage years of transition concrete thinking, and adult year
abstract thinking and reasoning. Giving the digital ages today Jean Piaget traditional
learning chart my have to be refined. Even at the very early stage of preparatory
school, computer aided instruction are offered as a digital tools. Digital technology
resource, such as IPod music, devices, video game gadget, computer games, mobile
phones, and the internet contribute to their digital acculturation.

9.  Truly, there are valid concern which must be met, and among the is the feared
underdevelopment of new learners along social face-to-face interaction skills. On the
other hand, there is the phenomenon of young generation taking on multi-tasking as they
perform task simultaneously: watching video, chatting on line, downloading picture and
music, surfing the web, etc. True to say, research shows that multitasking can be
detrimental since this prevents concentration and the completion of specific task.
However, multitasking characterized professional work in the new world of information
technology. There is the need therefore no balance the good and possibly detrimental
changes observed among new learners of this information technology age.

10.  Jenny Vaiv Andaya Hantud
 Nezan Havana