Educational technology is the study and practice of using technology to improve learning and performance. Assessments of student achievement when using educational technology should be appropriate to the learning outcomes promoted by the specific technologies used. There are seven key factors for successful technology implementation in schools: effective teacher training; aligning technology use to curriculum standards; individualized feedback; incorporating technology into daily lessons; encouraging student collaboration; using project-based and real-world simulations; and support from teachers, administrators, and parents. Research shows that combining technology with traditional instruction can increase student learning compared to traditional instruction alone.

1. Educational
Technology II
Promoting Technology in School to
improve Students Achievement

2. What is Educational
Technology?
Educational technology is the study and
ethical practice of facilitating elearning, which is the learning and
improving performance by creating,
using and managing
appropriate technological
processes and resources.

3. Assessment of Student’s
Achievement
- Most research on technology
and student achievement has
used traditional standardized
assessments to measure
changes in students
performance.

4. - To measure the
effect of specific
technologies on students
achievement, assessment methods and
instruments should be appropriate to
the learning outcomes promoted by
those technologies.
(Glenn & Melmed; 1996)
(Conte; 1997)

5. Technology in our Schools
1. Can help eliminate many
educational inequities between
city and suburban
schools, between urban and
rural
districts, and those affecting
minorities and
people with physical
learning disabilities.

6. Technology in our Schools:
Envisions technology as offering endless
possibilities to enhance educational
experiences, expand academic
opportunities and develop critical
employment skills
Wilson (2002)

7. Seven factors for successful
technology implementation:
1. Effective professional
development for
teachers in the
integration of
technology into
instruction.

8. 2. Teacher’s direct
application of technology
must be aligned to
the curriculum
standards.

9. 3. Programs and applications must
provide individualized feedback to the
students and teacher must have the
ability to tailor lessons to individual
student needs.
4. Technology must
be incorporated into
the daily learning
schedule.

10. 5. Student collaboration in the use
of technology is more effective in
influencing student
achievement than strictly
individual
use.

11. 6. Project-based learning and
real world simulations are more
effective in changing student
motivation and
achievement than
drill-and-practice
applications.

12. 7. Effective technology
integration requires leadership,
support, and modeling
from teachers,
administrators,
and the
community
parents.

13. Technology can served as enabler
in teaching and learning to:
1. Help organize and provide
structure for material to
students.
2. Help students, teachers,
and parents interact,
anytime and
anywhere.

14. 3. Facilitate and assist in the
authentication and prioritization
of Internet material.
4. Simulate, visualize, and interact
with scientific
structures,
processes
and models.

15. 5. Help in learning
history and depicting
future trends.
6. Serve as an
extension and enhancer for
handicapped populations.

16. 7. Provide automated
translators for multilingual
populations.

17. Research reviews have generally
concurred that:
1.
When combined with traditional
instruction, the use of computers
can increase student learning.
2. The integration of computers with
traditional instruction produces
higher academic achievement in a
variety of subject areas than does
traditional instruction alone.

18. 3. Students learn more quickly and
with greater retention when
learning with the aid of computers.
4. The use of computers
appears more promising
for low achieving and
at-risk students.

19. 5. Students like learning
with computers and their
attitudes toward learning
and school are positively
affected by computer use.
6. Effective and adequate teacher
training is an integral element of
successful learning programs based
or assisted by technology.

20. Thank you and
GodBless