This document discusses educational technology and its role in learning. It defines educational technology as using educational methods and resources to analyze and solve problems in human learning. It notes that technology can be both a "boon" and "bane" to education, as it allows for collaboration but risks students accepting information without verification. The roles of technology in learning are described as serving as a teacher that presents knowledge, and as a partner that students learn with through interaction. Different levels of the cone of experience are explained as representing different degrees of abstraction in learning experiences. The document stresses that as future teachers, engaging students with technology is important for education in the 21st century.
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