The document summarizes the key lessons and takeaways from an Educational Technology 1 course. The course equipped students to use educational technology tools from traditional to modern media. It provided a thorough treatment of the history of educational technology and its role in the 21st century. Students were also oriented on averting the dangers of technology, such as propaganda and financial fraud. The course showed the four phases of applying technology to instruction and refined the distinctions between educational technology, instructional technology, educational media, and audio-visual aids. Overall, the course served to orient students to the role of technology in education and society and teach how technology can be utilized in the teaching-learning process.