LB#2: Is Technology a boon or a bane?

• We have started to determine or know the meaning of educational technology. Now is this a blessing or a curse to have technology in our lives? Quite a huge question and a deeper explanation. 
• Living in the 20th Century of course is a blessing thus with the technology that came with it. It is a boon because it makes our lives easier in so many ways. With technology, the educational community becomes more global thus reaching out to different places just to learn or find answer to questions that is quite difficult to phatom. 
• But even if we are already in this era, there are still people who are uneducated about these technologies. Then I would say technology becomes a bane for the reason of not knowing how to handle it or how to be responsible in dealing with it. People who just got around of using internet becomes "hook" that it forgets the very essence of the technology. Still for me it all boils down to the person on how he/she deals with such inventions. If they can't make themselves responsible enough to know and deal with the fast pace of technological world that we are now living in then it's their own perogative of accepting technology as a boon or a bane.

LB#1: Meaning of Educational Technology 1

• Yesterday was a lovely day in my Ed Tech 1 subject with Mr. Guirit (my professor), for we did a very interacting discussion of finding the meaning of Educational Technology. A lot of my classmates came up with different answers which are then considered not wrong for it's their very own opinion or understanding of the word itself. Mr. Guirit then read some of the meaning from the book which made it a little more clearer of what really the meaning of Educational Technology. But if we stick to the book a lot of these meanings are also an opinion of some great persons who have maybe contributed a great deal in Educational Technology. 

• So our class came up with our definition of Educational Technology which is; finding ways of how to use the technology and applying this in our future classroom settings or instructional media. And using this technology to help students how to learn the said technology.

• As per my opinion, first thing that comes up in my mind if asked what is the meaning of Educational Technology is of course computers. The advancement of having technology in the classroom is the way forward in this world we are living in. So having the knowledge of how to use this technology will not only make your life easier in teaching but also making you a leader of knowing what is the "IN" thing in the 20th century or for short making you a very able & knowledgeable person in this era we are in. Example on how to use this technology in the educational system is the use of the microsoft office i.e. word, excel, powerpoint. With Microsoft word you can make questionaires for your exams by making a template. With excel you can make you grade recording faster. With powerpoint you can make slides for your presentation of your subject matter. And there's a lot more to explore if you will just take the step one at a time. Remember that this is all a learning process.