LB#3 Educational Technology in the Asia Pacific Region

The progressive countries in the Asia Pacific region namely New Zealand , Australia, Malaysia, Singapore and Hong Kong have formulated state policies and strategies to infuse technology in schools.

In New Zealand 2001 ICT Goals and Strategy, government with the education and technology sectors, community groups and industry envisions to support to the development of the capability of schools to use information and communication technologies in teaching-and-learning and in administration.

In Australia, the plans for achieving the national goal for IT are left to individual states and territories with the Educational Network Australia (EDNA) as the coordinating and advisory body.

In Malaysia Smart School-Level Technology Project, technology plays many roles in a Smart School from facilitating teaching-learning activities to assisting with school management.

In Singapore Master plan for IT in Education, the four key dimensions are Curriculum and dimensions, Learning resources, Teacher development and Physical and technological infrastructure.

In Hong Kong Education Program Highlights, government aims to raise the quality of school education by promoting the use of IT in the teaching and learning.

LB#2 An Overview: Educational Technology 2

Educational Technology 2 us concerned with "Integrating Technology into Teaching and Learning."This is focused on the introducing,reinforcing,supplementing and extending the knowledge and skills to learners so that they can become exemplary users of educational technology.The course objectives are to impart learning in instructional technology supported instructional planing,to acquaint students on Information Technology or IT-related learning theories with the computer as a tutor & etc.

EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY 2 LB#1 A Review of Educational Technology 1

Educational technology 1 served as a way for the learner to become aware,appreciate and equipped to use educational technology tools ranging from traditional to modern educational media.It is also served as to lend familiarization on how educational technology can be utilized as media for the avenues teaching-learning process in the school.Another also is served as to impart skills in planning,designing,using and evaluating the technology-enriched teaching-learning process.

LB# 18 Roles & Functions of an Educational Media Center

It is a vital instrument as well as basic requirement for quality education enriching all parts of the schools educational process.
1. It reflects & supports the philosophy of the school
2. It shares & implements the school's aims & objectives
3. It involved in the teaching & learning process
4. It is source center
5. It is a learning laboratory
6. It is a teaching agency
7. It is a service agency
8. A coordinating agency
9. A center for recreational reading,viewing & listening

LB# 17 Assessment in a Constructivist,Technology-Supported Learning

In a constructivist classroom,learning transcends memorization of facts.It is putting these isolated facts together,from concepts & construct meaning from them.It is connecting the integration of these facts & concepts to what we value & treasure in life.

LB# 16 Using the Project-Based Multimedia as a Teaching-Learning Strategy

By using this kind of teaching learning strategy,the students will enable
to understand better about the content as they perform real-world tasks such as researching for answers to problems,analyzing,assessing,making decision & working w/other.
In case your schools lack computers & other more recent technological gadgets & students are not familiar w/ & are skilled in computers,then make use of a combination of media available.It will be project based multi-media learning.

LB# 15 Project-based Learning and Multimedia: What Is It?

This project-based leaning and multimedia is a combination of learning resources to make our teaching as concrete as we can so abstractions will be clear and meaningful.

Project-based multimedia learning involves the whole class, whether in groups or as a whole. If the students understand what output is to be expected of their project, they actively participate and each student contributes to the completion of the project. The teacher can only set the goals to be achieved by the students by the end of the project and supervise them.

Students are developed greatly in many aspects. Cooperation and camaraderie among classmates, decision making skills, research skills, technical skills, intellect, imagination, creativity, responsibility, time management and more are developed. Throughout the process, the student also learns the lesson in a way that he/she won't forget as it was a participative learning process. The students learn and enjoy at the same time.