The document discusses how education needs to evolve to prepare students for the 21st century. It emphasizes that education should be student-centered, collaborative, and contextual. Technology is seen as playing a key role by providing 24/7 access to information, enabling constant social interaction, and allowing for easily created and shared digital content. Educational technology can help improve teaching, analyze the teaching-learning process, enhance educational goals, train teachers, develop curriculum and materials, and identify community needs. Overall, the document argues education must maximize technology and focus on developing 21st century skills to prepare students for the future.

1. Prepared by:
Pino, Cathy
BEED

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. It's about maximizing the impact of
technology to develop proficiency in 21st
century skills, support innovative teaching
and learning, and create robust education
support systems.
The Role of education is to prepare students
to become active, successful, and
contributing members of society.

4. In order to prepare students to play their role in
the 21st century society we are a part of ,
the following can be considered when deciding
how education will look in our schools and
classrooms.
1.) INSTRUCTIONSHOULDBE STUDENT-CENTEREd
 The days of lecturing teachers has passed though
not entirely. Student-centered learning is strongly
encouraged in the 21st century.
 They will not be able to call upon a teacher for
answers, so will need to have “
Learned how to learn’ on their own.
 Teacher would act as a facilitator for the students.

5. 2.) EDUCATIONSHOULDBE COLLABORATIVE
 Students must learn how to collaborate with others.
Students should be encouraged to work together to
discover information, piece it together, and construct
meaning.
3.) LEARNINGSHOULDHAVECONTEXT
 Student-centered does not mean that the teacher gives
up all control of the classroom. Students are encouraged
to learn in different ways, the teacher still provides
guidance as to the skills that need to be acquired.

6. the role of technology in 21st century learning
1.) Technology allows for 24/7 access to
information
2.) Constant social interaction, and
3.) Easily created and shared digital content

7. There is a call for action to integrate technology
as a fundamental building block into
education in three broad areas.
1.) Use technology comprehensively to develop
proficiency in 21st century skills.
Used comprehensively technology helps students
develop 21st century skills.

8. 2.) Use technology comprehensively to support
innovative teaching and learning.
Used comprehensively, technology supports research –
based approaches and promising practices in teaching
and learning.
3.)Use technology comprehensively to create robust
education support systems.
Used comprehensively, technology transforms
standards and assessments, curriculum and
instruction.

9. IMPORTANT FUNCTIONS OF EDUCATIONAL
TECHNOLOGY
1.) Improvement of Teaching
 By developing the theories of teaching, it helps in
improving the quality of education.
2.) Analysis of the Teaching-Learning Process
 Educational technology aims at analyzing the process
of teaching learning thoroughly.
3.) Improvement of Learning
 Educational Technology analyses the process of
learning and the related theories. It takes the help of
various empirically established generalizations from
psychology, sociology, physical sciences and etc.

10. 4.) Enhancing Goals of Education
 Educational Technology helps in enhancing the right
objectives in the light of the changed circumstances and
changed environment.
5.) Training to Teachers
 Educational Technology can render its valuable help in the
training of teachers .
6.) Development of Curriculum
 Curriculum is the total learning environment which has to
be modified and remodeled in the light of latest thoughts.

11. 7.) Development of Teaching-Learning Materials
Teaching-learning materials are also as important as
anything else in the teaching-learning process . They
have to be in accordance with the environment of the
learners.
8.) Teaching-Learning Strategies
A strategy plays an important role in the hands of a
teacher in every teaching-learning situation.

12. 9.) Development of Audio-Visual Aids
Audio-visual aids have always played an important role
in the teaching-learning process. They need be used
according to the times.
10.) Help in Overall Improvement
 Educational technology can revolutionize the whole
process of teaching learning.
11.) Identification of Needs of the Community
 Educational Technology aims at identifying the needs of
the community from time to time. Then it tries to
improve the community in every possible way.