Educational Technology Tips from ICT Workshops Participants
Are you planning to incorporate educational technology into your courses? Here are some tips before choosing and using the right tools and techniques:
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Some students might not be familiar to the tools being used . Therefore, training and providing them with good examples are crucial issues. It is important to consider the devices students have access to while selecting tools and apps to be used. Make sure you understand the technology before you present it. It will be very useful while explaining the rationale behind the tools to be used and convincing students to use the recommended ones. Have a backup plan for potential problems. It can be possible to encounter a problem while using educational technology. Make sure that you have screenshots, photocopies, recordings for being able to carry out the activities smoothly. Be ready to learn from students. It is possible to discover more about innovative uses of educational technology thanks to their feedback. Be aware of student backgrounds. For students with high technology exposure will usually grasp new tools easier than once that lack it.
It is important to create meaningful links with the given task and the tools to be used. Analyze real life situations for adding meaning to the tasks. 8. Some students should be trained since they may not be aware of the potential uses of tools and applications. Tutorial videos can be used if there is not enough time to tackle problems related to literacy. 9. There will be students who will not take the lessons including technology seriously which might be related to their awareness and meaningfulness of the tasks. If the content is meaningful, they will understand that it can be possible to learn something from these lessons. 10. Keep in mind that using educational technology effectively can help and motivate students to benefit from digital world and encourage them to learn how to be more literate. 11. It is also a good idea to use educational technology to foster creativity by assigning students some projects. 12. It is advisable to follow the recent trends and new tools by joining online professional development 7.
groups and online communities of practice on social media.