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Understanding Technology
Learners
Let me define the following terms:
“It is not easy to understand learners -
Traditional Learner – basically, a
technology learners,” I must say.
leaner who makes use of traditional ways
of learning; one who studies from books
and other second sources of information.
Education must cope up with the trends of
Technology Learner- Anyone who
the world. In the same way, teachers and
makes use of man-made inventions such
students too must adapt. Why? Is there as books in learning.
really a need to adapt? This could be
opinionated, but, we just cannot deny the
fact that even before the advent of HOWEVER, in the context of Educational
technology in education, schools have Technology, we are referring to
already been producing very good TECHNOLOGY LEARNERS as DIGITAL
students. Some people may even say, LEARNERS, a learner who learns with the
“Learners now are only smart because use of technology, anything that is digital.
they know how to use technology, but old
In my opinion, there should be no
times ‘smarties’ are different from now.”
comparing of traditional learners and
Based on the assertion above, what then technology learners because I believe the
are the significant differences of learners latter is just the transition of the other, it
yesterday and learners today? What may even just be a shifting! You may
makes a traditional learner better than a disagree with me, but if we just come to
technology learner, or the latter better think, no one has ever learned to do
than the other? Are the two even anything without going through the
comparable? traditional way of learning. Let me ask this
question, how did a child learn to
It is indeed a need for Education as a differentiate the voice of his mother and
whole, to adapt to what is in. I cannot say his father? Do you think the mother use
that without technology, a teacher is less any device just to teach her child to
effective but I want to emphasize that with differentiate her voice and her husband’s
technology, teachers’ teaching will voice? No, right. By mere talking to the
become better. If teachers will not adapt, child, the child gets to learn his mother’s
there is a big tendency that students will and father’s voice – that is natural,
become passive learners and will easily traditional. Allow me to cite myself as an
get bore because in the environment now, example, I learn to read by reading books
everyone needs to do something to learn. – traditional; now, I read Ebooks at times
If students will not adapt, they will find a because they are less bulky – I am a
hard time in school (say, submitting technology/digital learner. See? From
requirements, getting informed, and being a traditional learner I turned into a
accessing information). In the future Technology learner. (There are even times
where technology will become a necessity, that I shift styles because going through
anyone who sticks with the traditional may the traditional makes me learn better than
not be able to understand the language of doing the digital way). (I may have
world (figuratively!). It may be true that answered differently from the report)
intellectuals have been products of
traditional schools, but human as we are,
we change, we innovate, and we find ways
to improve things.
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A traditional learner is indeed different The following are among
from a technology learner, in terms of the realizations on this lesson: it is not good to
medium used. But as I say, the other is compare students with regards to the type
just the transition of the other, they may of learner they choose to be. Instead, a
even shift depending on what’s necessary. teacher must be the aid of the students in
transforming into learners they are
supposed to be, to be in conformity with
The most important question is, how then the trend of global education. The change
should we understand the technology must not be abrupt so as not to shock the
learners? One must go back to the basic. students.
The teacher must identify first the
strengths and weaknesses among his/her
students. He/she must give activities APPLICATION
catering the strengths and weaknesses of
his/her students to develop what needs to
be developed. If there be deviations, that A traditional learner is
indeed different from a technology learner
this the time the teacher makes the
in terms of the medium used for learning.
analysis leading him/her understand
As a future, I must not make any
his/her students. comparison with the learning styles of my
students. Instead, I must develop the
necessary skills they need to have to
EXPERIENCE: compete with the world. Not all students
prefer technology all the time, some
Integration of technology in prefer the traditional. Hence, it goes back
education really helps. I am a traditional to the issue of appropriateness. As a
learner but I am also a technology learner. future teacher, I must evaluate the
Sometimes I shift my styles to cater my usefulness and application a certain
preferences in learning. Sometimes I technology
prefer reading books rather than just read
the softcopy of it.
Bridging the
Moreover, it is important for a
teaching to have an understanding of
technology learners, what are they and
Generation Gap
what makes them that.
Old generation usually compares their
I failed to answer one of the
time with new generation. They believe
questions thrown during the report
that their generation is better than now.
because I failed to differentiate what a
On their times, dressing must be decent
“traditional learner” and “technology” is.
and must hide your skin from the sight of
The question is kind of hard. It’s like
other specially for men, they believe that
differentiating a human and papers. It is
the manner of dressing is letting everyone
somehow distinct but I think I got the
now that your a respected person.
essence of understanding technology
Socializing is a formal gathering and must
learners. Being digital learners, learners
be held on formal places. In terms of
construct their own meanings which are
relationship, old generation value the
sometimes crooked. That is why the
traditional way of courtship wherein the
teacher should be there to assist.
guy need to ask permission first to the
parents of the girl he like/love before
proceeding to the formal way of courting.
REFLECTION Unlike now, new generation seems to
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forget this things. They are more focus on in school than just learning but also
the what’s new neglecting the values and developing necessarily values and
beliefs of the old generation. Most of the significant skills to cope with the world.
time, old generation feel a huge gap These major differences makes the gap –
between them and the new generation. the “generation gap.” This gap impacts
In terms of technology, old people tends to the teaching and learning process most
feel like “dumb” not because they can’t especially if the teacher isn’t in conformity
afford to buy new gadgets but because with new trend in education. Below are the
they are old enough to learn how to use defining differences that contributes to the
the gadgets. As we all know, as people generation gap.
gets older their neurons and nerves
function becomes slower the reason why
its hard fo them to learn how to us Text versus Visuals – The previous
technologies and gadgets. As well as they generation were into written and tangible
said that its hard for them to look at the materials enriched with illustrations and
screen because the letters are so small photos while the generation now has
and the lights are to bright for their eye broader and greater preference to visuals.
sight. The learners now are mostly visual
In general, there us a huge gap existing on learners so they understand concepts if
both generation. In Alvin Toffler’s book, visuals are used. There are “not so into” in
Future Shock he shows how information or reading but more on believing and
technology begun to create many cultural understanding what they see. They tend
changes in the family, societies, to choose pictures over reading materials.
businesses, government, etc. Old things
are difficult to overcome yet older
generation must also need to understand Linear versus Hyper-media – The
that new generation are just adapting the previous generation learned in a
culture they born with. We must accept sequential and linear manner no wonder
the fact that we can do nothing about it, learners before are more logical than
for we all now that changes is a part of life today, they have become reflective
and the only thing that we can do is to thinkers and focused. Today, because of
accept and cope up with the changes. “hyper-media,” the learner now gets to
Generation gap is normal for we all now access to information easily. It is notable
that we are not born on the same time. that because of the learners’ random
access to hyperlinked digital information,
they are bored and distracted easily
during classes.
Preferences of Technology
Generation
Independent versus Social Learners
CONTENT:
– The traditional way of learning is more
Only a fool would ever deny the major on independent learning; the way of
differences of the teaching-learning styles learning today encourages collaboration
and strategies of the previous and present and cooperation among learners. The
generation. There are major differences trend now is more social and that digital
even from the media used up to the learning is better when it is done in
outcome produced. The previous groups. Learners can communicate in
generation are more into content in every many ways, in many avenues.
lesson while for now, there so much more
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Understanding Technology
Learners
Let me define the following terms:
“It is not easy to understand learners -
Traditional Learner – basically, a
technology learners,” I must say.
leaner who makes use of traditional ways
of learning; one who studies from books
and other second sources of information.
Education must cope up with the trends of
Technology Learner- Anyone who
the world. In the same way, teachers and
makes use of man-made inventions such
students too must adapt. Why? Is there as books in learning.
really a need to adapt? This could be
opinionated, but, we just cannot deny the
fact that even before the advent of HOWEVER, in the context of Educational
technology in education, schools have Technology, we are referring to
already been producing very good TECHNOLOGY LEARNERS as DIGITAL
students. Some people may even say, LEARNERS, a learner who learns with the
“Learners now are only smart because use of technology, anything that is digital.
they know how to use technology, but old
In my opinion, there should be no
times ‘smarties’ are different from now.”
comparing of traditional learners and
Based on the assertion above, what then technology learners because I believe the
are the significant differences of learners latter is just the transition of the other, it
yesterday and learners today? What may even just be a shifting! You may
makes a traditional learner better than a disagree with me, but if we just come to
technology learner, or the latter better think, no one has ever learned to do
than the other? Are the two even anything without going through the
comparable? traditional way of learning. Let me ask this
question, how did a child learn to
It is indeed a need for Education as a differentiate the voice of his mother and
whole, to adapt to what is in. I cannot say his father? Do you think the mother use
that without technology, a teacher is less any device just to teach her child to
effective but I want to emphasize that with differentiate her voice and her husband’s
technology, teachers’ teaching will voice? No, right. By mere talking to the
become better. If teachers will not adapt, child, the child gets to learn his mother’s
there is a big tendency that students will and father’s voice – that is natural,
become passive learners and will easily traditional. Allow me to cite myself as an
get bore because in the environment now, example, I learn to read by reading books
everyone needs to do something to learn. – traditional; now, I read Ebooks at times
If students will not adapt, they will find a because they are less bulky – I am a
hard time in school (say, submitting technology/digital learner. See? From
requirements, getting informed, and being a traditional learner I turned into a
accessing information). In the future Technology learner. (There are even times
where technology will become a necessity, that I shift styles because going through
anyone who sticks with the traditional may the traditional makes me learn better than
not be able to understand the language of doing the digital way). (I may have
world (figuratively!). It may be true that answered differently from the report)
intellectuals have been products of
traditional schools, but human as we are,
we change, we innovate, and we find ways
to improve things.
,EdTech 2
Educ 103
A traditional learner is indeed different The following are among
from a technology learner, in terms of the realizations on this lesson: it is not good to
medium used. But as I say, the other is compare students with regards to the type
just the transition of the other, they may of learner they choose to be. Instead, a
even shift depending on what’s necessary. teacher must be the aid of the students in
transforming into learners they are
supposed to be, to be in conformity with
The most important question is, how then the trend of global education. The change
should we understand the technology must not be abrupt so as not to shock the
learners? One must go back to the basic. students.
The teacher must identify first the
strengths and weaknesses among his/her
students. He/she must give activities APPLICATION
catering the strengths and weaknesses of
his/her students to develop what needs to
be developed. If there be deviations, that A traditional learner is
indeed different from a technology learner
this the time the teacher makes the
in terms of the medium used for learning.
analysis leading him/her understand
As a future, I must not make any
his/her students. comparison with the learning styles of my
students. Instead, I must develop the
necessary skills they need to have to
EXPERIENCE: compete with the world. Not all students
prefer technology all the time, some
Integration of technology in prefer the traditional. Hence, it goes back
education really helps. I am a traditional to the issue of appropriateness. As a
learner but I am also a technology learner. future teacher, I must evaluate the
Sometimes I shift my styles to cater my usefulness and application a certain
preferences in learning. Sometimes I technology
prefer reading books rather than just read
the softcopy of it.
Bridging the
Moreover, it is important for a
teaching to have an understanding of
technology learners, what are they and
Generation Gap
what makes them that.
Old generation usually compares their
I failed to answer one of the
time with new generation. They believe
questions thrown during the report
that their generation is better than now.
because I failed to differentiate what a
On their times, dressing must be decent
“traditional learner” and “technology” is.
and must hide your skin from the sight of
The question is kind of hard. It’s like
other specially for men, they believe that
differentiating a human and papers. It is
the manner of dressing is letting everyone
somehow distinct but I think I got the
now that your a respected person.
essence of understanding technology
Socializing is a formal gathering and must
learners. Being digital learners, learners
be held on formal places. In terms of
construct their own meanings which are
relationship, old generation value the
sometimes crooked. That is why the
traditional way of courtship wherein the
teacher should be there to assist.
guy need to ask permission first to the
parents of the girl he like/love before
proceeding to the formal way of courting.
REFLECTION Unlike now, new generation seems to
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forget this things. They are more focus on in school than just learning but also
the what’s new neglecting the values and developing necessarily values and
beliefs of the old generation. Most of the significant skills to cope with the world.
time, old generation feel a huge gap These major differences makes the gap –
between them and the new generation. the “generation gap.” This gap impacts
In terms of technology, old people tends to the teaching and learning process most
feel like “dumb” not because they can’t especially if the teacher isn’t in conformity
afford to buy new gadgets but because with new trend in education. Below are the
they are old enough to learn how to use defining differences that contributes to the
the gadgets. As we all know, as people generation gap.
gets older their neurons and nerves
function becomes slower the reason why
its hard fo them to learn how to us Text versus Visuals – The previous
technologies and gadgets. As well as they generation were into written and tangible
said that its hard for them to look at the materials enriched with illustrations and
screen because the letters are so small photos while the generation now has
and the lights are to bright for their eye broader and greater preference to visuals.
sight. The learners now are mostly visual
In general, there us a huge gap existing on learners so they understand concepts if
both generation. In Alvin Toffler’s book, visuals are used. There are “not so into” in
Future Shock he shows how information or reading but more on believing and
technology begun to create many cultural understanding what they see. They tend
changes in the family, societies, to choose pictures over reading materials.
businesses, government, etc. Old things
are difficult to overcome yet older
generation must also need to understand Linear versus Hyper-media – The
that new generation are just adapting the previous generation learned in a
culture they born with. We must accept sequential and linear manner no wonder
the fact that we can do nothing about it, learners before are more logical than
for we all now that changes is a part of life today, they have become reflective
and the only thing that we can do is to thinkers and focused. Today, because of
accept and cope up with the changes. “hyper-media,” the learner now gets to
Generation gap is normal for we all now access to information easily. It is notable
that we are not born on the same time. that because of the learners’ random
access to hyperlinked digital information,
they are bored and distracted easily
during classes.
Preferences of Technology
Generation
Independent versus Social Learners
CONTENT:
– The traditional way of learning is more
Only a fool would ever deny the major on independent learning; the way of
differences of the teaching-learning styles learning today encourages collaboration
and strategies of the previous and present and cooperation among learners. The
generation. There are major differences trend now is more social and that digital
even from the media used up to the learning is better when it is done in
outcome produced. The previous groups. Learners can communicate in
generation are more into content in every many ways, in many avenues.
lesson while for now, there so much more
