Question 1
My definition of educational
technology is a collection of media that is easily interchangeable and with subtle
transitions between media types while maintaining relevance by keeping the
information within the technology real-time current. This definition does differ from the book, which
sees educational technology as a process that has changed throughout the years
and does not seem as focused on the media being used for instruction, but as a system
for learning. I recognized that as the
years have gone by the definition has changed due to the needs that were common
at a specific time, however, I still see the underlying component is that
educational technology is a process that fills the needs of our students. My definition has changed a little as I did
not view educational technology as a process as I do now, but I do feel that I
have the essence of educational technology for today’s definition.
Question 2
I feel that my lesson involving
technology adheres to most of the six characteristic of instructional design; 5
out of 6 easily. I feel I could make it
more collaborative by having more group centered aspects such as turn and
talk. Working in teams is an important
part of the lesson that I could improve on.
I start my lesson with a short
video clip to activate my student’s schema.
I use a mobile device, iPad to be specific, to do a short direct mini-teach
for about 10 minutes. I then give them a
problem to solve and have them log into to their devices and complete an
on-line survey where they choose the answer they came up with from a
multiple-choice window. I can see the
results immediately and this guides my lesson to the next step or reteach of
the subject.
Question 3
I feel that the reason that instructional media was distinguished
from instruction design is because I feel instructional design is the content
teachers teach and instructional media is more of how we teach the
content. I would certainly consider
teachers, chalkboards and textbooks instructional media as they are still a media
of delivery for instruction. They are just
not as exciting as modern technology. I
do not think the purpose of instructional design is to incorporate media into instruction
because I believe that media has a stronger purpose by allowing instructional design
to be more effective by being more aesthetically pleasing to the students
viewing the lesson.
