Educational Technology II (Lesson 3: Understanding Technology Learners)

We are now adapting on the 21^st century. Nowadays, learners have a deeper understanding about technology and they appear smarter. They even exposed and almost always rely on the internet. How can we understand technology learners?

We have observed that learners nowadays always rely on technologies. They are talking with friends on their cellphones, sending text messages, interacting through social internet, playing and surfing. We can say that what they’re doing have negative and positive effects on the learners. These technologies strengthen neural circuits. It also makes technical revolution faster and better than ever before.

From Jean Piaget’s presented chart rom childhood to adulthood, we experienced having susceptible minds in the first two years where we are easily influenced or affected by something or someone. We are acquiring communication skills on six years. There is a transition of concrete thinking in teenage years and we experienced abstract thinking and reasoning in adult years. By that presented chart, even in our early years, we can easily adapt to the new technologies and even enhance it until we are getting older.

By Jean Piaget’s presentation, I realized that we should understand our students being exposed and re keep on relying on technologies. We understand that 21^st century learners are having such skills and knowledge about new technologies, create new social relationships and having new beliefs and values.

As a future teacher, I should go through video presentation, group activities and other technology-based instruction that will make m students alive and active.