In this topic, I need to watch a video and read an article to understand the evolution of educational technology. The video “This will Revolutionize Education” by Derek Alexander Muller is about revolutions in education. In summary, Derek first determines that throughout the centuries, the educational process has remained largely unchanged despite the various revolutions in other fields (like computing). Nevertheless, teacher-student interactions may now include video and social media, classrooms are still mainly comprised of a sole teacher and a body of students. This is due to two things:
• First, the process of learning is determined not by the media of instruction, but by the way students form connections in their brains.
• Second, teachers are not obsoleted by video or online classrooms because their actual role has not yet been fulfilled by any other means. That is, teachers are to inspire more than they convey information.
Anyway, I really enjoyed the quick overview of the history of predicting how various new inventions could affect learning and personally, I found this video very encouraging, especially as an aspiring teacher or educator.
The article, “Technology for the sake of technology: False promises, false prophets and false notions”, by Jamie McKenzie seek to address for thirty years schools have been racing down a road that was paved with good intentions but full of sound and fury signifying very little in the way of student learning. Jamie claims that a focus on technologies tools rather than sound instruction is a waste and a diversion from the goals of the Core Standards.
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