Reflection 9:What have you learned about the use of technology in the process of instructional delivery?

Technology is something that has grown tremendously each year and because of this it has affected today’s world, as far as how everything is done and operated. When it comes to using technology within the process of instructional delivery there are both positives and negatives. Because of technology’s impact it is vital to imply technology because majority is operated by technology in some way. Due to everything being operated over a computer or any computer-based devices it is rare to find people who physically write anymore or do anything physical.

Some positive aspects to implying technology would be the convenience. The internet, laptop, home computer is very convenient. You can now take online classes where the work is posted on a website. You are guided by the teacher through the web. It is up to your convenience as to where you do your work and when, but it is also your responsibility to keep up with what you are assigned and submit the work on its specific due date. Another good thing would be the expansion of learning. You not only have one library but you have resources from all over the world. When researching on a subject, using the internet, you receive hundreds of sites devoted to that one subject. You obtain the opinions of different people. When coming across different opinions you are able to become open-minded and to become open-minded is to educate yourself. To use technology within the process of instructional delivery the students are also being able to learn on their own, utilizing their independent skills to become resourceful. A negative about the growth of technology today would be the lack of interpersonal skills but even so there are telecollaborative lessons where students are able to group up with others trough the internet. An example of a telecollaborative lesson would be having your students have key pals. This was talked about in a previous reflection due, reflection 6.

Like stated earlier, majority of the world is now based on computers, because of this it is important to teach students how to use this technology. When students are able to understand this and master this they are progressing and preparing themselves for the future. Many jobs are required to have computer-based skills especially Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint. Even within this course EME 2040 all four of these software’s are required.