Reflection

My Reflection

         

                Educational Teachonology is a field which is concerned with the practice of using educational methods and resources for the ultimate goal of facilitating the learning process. That is what I learned in our subject “Edtech 1”. Edtech 1 is totally different with Edtech 2. Edtech 2 is more on practical and manipulating tools compared to Edtech 1 which is more on principles and theory. Honestly, both are very tiring and stressful yet very meaningful and helpful to me as a student and a future teacher.

            There are so many things I learned from this subject. It brings new knowledge and skills to a newbie like me. From drawing and shading to manoeuvring equipments and tools for instruction. I learned the techniques in drawing, sketching and shading because of this subject. Computer applications were taught too like MS Word, MS Excel, MS Powerpoint , MS Publisher and Movie maker. These applications are important for it helps in our future career as teacher. MS Word is important for it allows us to right any documents while MS Excel will help us compute the grades of our students for instance. We can make or present our lesson in an innovative way by the use of MS Powerpoint. By this, it will catch their attention through the use of different effects, transitions and animations. You can also add images, graphics, picture or even videos. It is really helpful for you can use this application instead of using visual aids in your discussion. I also learned how to make a certificate, business card and greeting card. So now, I can customize and make what I want. Through the application movie maker, I knew how to make a movie. And because of this activity, we became instant actors and actresses of our own educational movie. It was so fun.

            Now, technology makes the world go around and it is the most influential thing in this world. It affects our actions. Technology can be used in a destructive or in a meaningful way and this subject taught us how to use it in a productive and beneficial way.  As time goes by, teachers should be more innovative and creative in delivering our topics to our students and technology is helping us. Technologies are made as a tool to improve lives and not a machine for destruction. As a student and a future teacher, the skills I acquired and developed from this subject is very helpful in my teaching career. I will share and apply all the learnings I got from this subject. A big piece of me was connected towards becoming a teacher.  By all the learnings I got, I can improve myself and my teaching skills for the betterment of my future students. What I experienced and learned from this subject will always remain in my mind and I’m happy to impart all of these to others.

~Rexter Lopez Fernandez~