My Educational Technology Reflection

Reflection on Educational Technology

The Educational Technology course has been a journey. It has made me appreciate technology more and what it has to offer. This was all made possible by a patient, reliable and enthused lecturer. When I first began this course, I felt lost and not in “the know”. I have learnt a lot about computers and how to use the programs designed on it to my advantage in everyday life and in the classroom when I enter the working world.

            Through the completion of this course I have now gained a better understanding of how important it is to employ technology as a teaching strategy as an Early Childhood educator. I have learnt to create things I have only saw and heard about, such as web quest, wikis, blogs among others. These programs have taught me to be tolerant and patient as executing these programs were tedious and even got frustrating at times. I enjoyed sharing on the blogs and the forums as it gave me an opportunity to socialize with others on a social media apart from the usual ‘facebook’ and ‘watsapp’.

            During my study of this course I also learnt about the ISTE standards  which shows that children use technology in a variety of ways for a variety of reasons. For example they use technology to be creative individuals, where they apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas, products or processes. The standards also show where students use technology to communicate with other peers and relay messages and solve problems. This way students will be able socialize with others and develop critical thinking skills. This problem solving skills will be accomplished after the students have used technology to research and use information. I enjoyed learning all about technology and will use this experience to my advantage in the future to enhance teaching in my classroom when I enter the working world.

            Indeed Educational technology has taught me a lot and I hope to continue using what I have learnt to teach others so they can explore as I did during my completion of this course.