This document discusses the roles and functions of technology in 21st century education. It outlines a constructivist model for professional development and educational technology that focuses on creating, self-motivating, and self-learning. It also defines technology projects as those that cannot be done without technology and do not simply replace existing tools. The document also discusses bringing your own devices to class, using tags and social media for research, organizing information distributed across different tools, and using blogging to share ideas before finalizing content.

1. Roles and Functions of
Technology in the 21st Century
Education
By: Cesar Bulanadi

2. Constructivist Model of
Professional Development & Ed Tech
1) Create
2) Self-Motivate
3) Self-Learn

3. Defining a “Technology Project”
1) If you can do it on the back of a shovel with a lump of coal, it’s
NOT a technology project.
2) Don’t seek to replace the typewriter in the publishing process.

4. Get Into Their Pocket
Blackboard
vs
BYOD
(Bring Your Own
Device)
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5. New Ways to Organize
“Tags”
“Social Bookmarking”
“Social Media as Research”
“Distributed Memory”
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6. Lists
• Powerful Concept
• Still Pictures
• Video
• Snagit
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7. Blogging
90% of the Goodness
happens,
before anyone has read it.
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