The document discusses the importance of preparing students for the 21st century through education reform. It advocates for student-centered, collaborative learning with real-world context. Technology is seen as crucial for providing constant access to information, social interaction, and sharing digital content. Educational technology can help improve teaching, analyze the learning process, enhance educational goals, develop curricula and materials, and identify community needs. The role of the teacher is also emphasized to handle new environments, strategies, and aids enabled by technology.

2. The term “21st century” has become the central part of
educational
thinking and planning for the future. Administrators and
Teachers are
actively searching for ways to prepare students for the
future,and the
educational system has been evolving faster than ever
before. 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
options for
everyone else

3. IN ORDER TO PREPARE STUDENTS TO PLAY THEIR ROLE IN THE
21ST
CENTURY SOCIETY WE ARE PART
OF, THE FOLLOWING CAN BE CONSIDERED WHEN DECIDING
HOW
EDUCATION WILL LOOK IN OUR SCHOOLS AND CLASSROOMS.

4. INSTRUCTION SHOULD BE STUDENT -CENTERED

5. EDUCATION SHOULD BE COLLABORATIVE

6. LEARNING SHOULD HAVE CONTEXT

7. THE ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY IN 21ST CENTURY
LEARNING
1.TECHNOLOGY ALLOWS FOR 24/7 ACCESS TO IN
FORMATION.
2.CONSTANT SOCIAL INTERACTION, AND
3.EASILY CREATED AND SHARED DIGITAL
CONTENT.

8. IMPORTANT FUNCTIONS OF EDUCATIONAL
TECHNOLOGY
1.IMPROVEMENT OF TEACHING
EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY ANALYSES THE PROCESS
OF TEACHING THOROUGHLY.

9. 2.ANALYSIS OF THE TEACHING-
LEARNING PROCESS
EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY AIMS AT ANALYZING
THE PROCESS OF
TEACHING- LEARNING THOROUGHLY.

10. 3.IMPROVEMENT OF LEARNING
EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY ANALYSES THE
PROCESS OF
LEARNING AND THE RELATED THEORIES.

11. 4.ENHANCING GOALS OF EDUCATION
THE OBJECTIVES OF EDUCATION ARE BEING
REVIEWED AND
REVISED WITH THE PASSAGE OF TIME.

12. 5.TRAINING TO TEACHERS
THE CHANGED TYPE OF ENVIRONMENT WITH NEW
CURRICULUM
AND NEW MATERIALS IS TO BE HANDLED BY THE TEACHERS.

13. 6.DEVELOPMENT OF CURRICULUM
CURRICULUM IS THE TOTAL TEACHING_LEARNING
ENVIRONMENT,WHICH HAS
TO BE MODIFIED AND REMODELED IN THE LIGHT OF LATEST THOUGHTS.

14. 7.DEVELOPMENT OF TEACHING_LEARNING
MATERIALS
TEACHING-LEARNING MATERIALS ARE ALSO AS
IMPORTANT AS ANYTHING
ELSE IN THE TEACHING-LEARNING PROCESS.

15. 8.TEACHING_LEARNING STRATEGIES
A STRATEGY PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE
HANDS OF A
TEACHER IN EVERY TEACHING_LEARNING SITUATION.

16. 9.DEVELOPMENT OF AUDIO_VISUAL AIDS
AUDIO_VISUAL AIDS HAVE ALWAYS PLAYED AN
IMPORTANT ROLE IN
THE TEACHING LEARNING PROCESS.

17. 10.HELP IN OVERALL IMPROVEMENT
EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY HELPS IN LOCATING THE
POBLEMS IN THE
DIFFERENT AREAS OF EDUCATION.

18. 12.IDENTIFICATION OF NEEDS OF THE
COMMUNITY
EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY IDENTIFIES THE NEEDS
OF THE COMMUNITY.

19. Prepared By:Abuda,Rotsie S.