more complicated than I ever realized. It is an area within the field of education that has seen more change than any other field. It was only recently that I discovered that what I thought was educational technology is really more accurately described as technology in education. Educational technology is not in itself about the technology used in classrooms, which is the misconception that I had. That is technology in education. Educational technology is more about trying to solve the problems that arise in human learning. It is a complex marriage of the people and resources that try to work to better student learning.
I can understand how you feel. I never realized how complicated it really is. It can be very overwhelming when you really think about it!
ReplyDeleteI had the same misconception about educational technology. The terms educational technology and technology in education are very similar, but turns out they have quite different definitions.-Darci
ReplyDeleteI used to think the same way you did about what educational technology is. With all of th enew software programs that are coming out, it starts to get confusing. I just got used to Word 2007 at my school and now they are switching some, not all, computers to Word 2010. AHHH! My computer will be updated soon I guess!
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