Mindanao State University-General Santos Campus

General Santos City

Module 1

CPE 107
Technology for Teaching and Learning 1

Course Name Technology for Teaching and Learning 1

Module 1
Introduction
Using ICT in Developing 21 century Skills/ICT in the 21st Century Skills
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Course Objective: To use ICT to develop 21st century skills: Information, Media and Technology Skills.
Learning and Innovation Skills, Life and Career Skills, and Effective Communication Skills

ICT Terms
1. Technology refers to methods, processes, and devices used for practical purposes. It includes instruments
from pencil and paper to modern electronic gadgets and tools for the practical task.

2. Information and Communication Technology and Literacy or ICT Literacy is the use of digital
technology, communication tools and networks to access, manage, integrate, evaluate, create and
communicate information (Guro 21,2011).

3. Educational Technology refers to the utilization of technology in teaching and learning, which includes
both the non-digital (flip charts, pictures, models, realia,etc.). And digital (electronic tools: hardware,
software, and connections, etc.).\

4. Digital Literacy refers to the ability to discover, assess, utilize, share, and generate content
with the use of information technologies and the internet(Cornell University).

5. Digital Learning is an instructional practice that utilizes technology to reinforce students‘ learning
experience. It covers the use of a broad spectrum of processes that comprises blended or virtual learning. It
can come as online or off-line, which utilizes digital technology.

6. Online Digital Tools and Apps use an Internet connection to access the information needed,
like Skype. It is a telecommunication application software product that focuses on providing video chat and
video calls between computers, tablets, mobile devices via the Internet and to regular telephones.

7. Off-line Digital Tools and Apps can still be used even if there is no internet access. Among these are
Canary Learning, Pocket, Evertone, iBooks, KA LITE(Gupta, Prinyaka, 2017).
8. Instructional Technology refers to the theory and practice of design, development, utilization,
management, and evaluation of the processes and resources for learning (Association for
Educational Communications and Technology, Seels, B.B. &Richey, P.C. 1994).9.

9. Software refers to program control instructions and accompanying documentation stored on disks or
tapes when not being used in the computer. By extension, the term refers to audiovisual materials
(Smaldino, 2005).

10. Multimedia is a sequential or simultaneous use of a variety of media formats in a given presentation or
self-study program (Smaldino, 2005).

11. Internet is a massive network of networks, a networking infrastructure. It connects millions

12. World Wide Web (www) is also called a Web, which is a graphical environment on computer
networks that allows you to access, view, and maintain documentation that can include text, data,
sound, and videos (Smaldino, 2005). Itis a way of accessing information over the medium of
the internet. It is an information-sharing model that is built on top of the Internet.

13. Web Access is the ability of the learner to access the Internet at any point during the lesson to take
advantage of the array of available educational resources.

14. Webquest is an inquiry-oriented lesson format in which most or all information that learners work
with comes from the web. These can be created using various programs, including simple word processing
documents that include links to websites

15. Productivity Tools refer to any type of software associated with computers and related technologies
that can be used as tools for personal, professional, or classroom productivity.

Examples: Microsoft Office, Apple Works – word processing, grade and record-keeping, web page
production, presentation) (KFIT-Unesco 2016).

16. Technology Tool is an instrument used for doing work. It can be anything that helps you accomplish
your goal with the use of technology. These technology tools can be classified as:a.
a. Data/Calculation Tools. Examples: spreadsheets, Excels, Sketchpads, probability constructor
b. Design Tools. These are used to make models and design, creating, and building.
Included here are Family Tree Maker, GollyGee, and Crazy Machines, among others.
c. Discussion Tools. Four different approaches utilize discussion and interaction on the Internet.
These are threaded discussion forum, Blogging,Live chat, and Video Teleconferencing, Netiquette, and
Safety on the Net.
d. Email Tools. Emails are great communication tools for sending messages, photographs, videos, and
other files. It allows you to reach out to others around the world. Examples are google mail, ymail,
Yahoo mail, and many more.
e. Handheld Devices. Handheld devices have become popular among learners. These include Personal
Digital Assistants, global positioning system, (GPS)and Geographic Information system (GIS) in
the classroom, Portable electronic keyboards, Digital cameras, Mobile phones, Palm, Handheld
computer
17. Blog is an online journal where posted information from both teachers and students is
arranged. There are three kinds of blogs: blogs used for communication, blogs used for instruction,
and blogs used for both (Ferriter & Garry, 2010).

18. Wiki, an editable website usually with limited access, allows students to collaboratively
create and post written work or digital files, such as digital photos or videos. Wikipedia is one of the
most widely recognized of all the wikis (Watters, 2011).

19. Flipped classroom utilizes a reverse instructional delivery, where the teacher is required to use the web
resources as homework or out of class activity as initial instruction of the lesson, which will be discussed
during class time.

20. Podcast is a video or audio multi-media clip about a single topic typically in the format of the radio
talk show. The two essential functions of a podcast are to retrieve information to disseminate information
(Eash, 2006).

21. Google App is a cloud-based teaching tool which is stored in the Google server and is available for
students both at home and in school. It includes the Gmail, a free-mail for all; Google calendar – a
tool used for organizational purposes; Google sites that provide options for developing blogs and wikis;
and Google docs are used for sophisticated word processing and editing for the document.

22. Vlog is a video blog where each entry is posted as a video instead of the text.

23. Facebook is a popular social networking site used by students and adults worldwide to
present information on themselves and the world.

24. VOIP (voice over internet protocol) is a category of hardware and software that enables people to use
the Internet as a transmission medium for telephone calls by sending voice data in packets using IP rather
than traditional circuit transmission
Activity 1

Output 1 Short Vlog

References: Sanchez, R. A. (2020). Technology for Teaching and Learning.