Future of Educational Technology in the Philippines
New
“high tech” devices come out almost every year. And indeed, these
gadgets make our lives easier. Technology plays a big role in a
child’s learning process. That’s why rapid changes of technology
would cause the different roles significant in one’s education,
respond differently. Fast changes would certainly affect the
teachers’ new approach in teaching, the students’ creative way of
learning, the institution’s way on how to develop and improve the
teaching and learning process by providing sufficient resources.
The
present situation of educational technology in the Philippines shows
that we have a long way to go. A number of students in the city know
how to use the computer, but are they completely knowledgeable about
it? It is a known fact that the youth today, uses the computer and
internet to play games and view their facebook account instead of
researching. A lot of resources are provided to us that’s why we
are lucky that learning is not limited in school. The problem is that
we don’t know how to use technology properly and yet we overuse it.
In
the case of schools situated in rural areas, we can see that the
students and teachers are having difficult time learning about
technology. Teachers don’t know and are afraid to operate on those
technological devices. They also have insufficient resources. And the
worst situation they’re in is that they still don’t have the
necessary materials such as blackboard, tables, chairs, chalk, etc. A
very disappointing fact that they weren’t given the chance and up
until now, technology is out of their reach.
When
it comes to educational technology, we are still left behind by other
countries and have a long way to go. But it is not impossible that
there comes the time when we will improve and develop into a
successful country because of technology. But to achieve this, we
should all do our part. It should start first with the educators,
they should be creative and use multimedia and online resources for
students to use and learn from.
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