Assignment 1

# How technology is going to affect how your students are going to be learning.

# How you as a teacher will be learning.

In my opinion, technology was one of the practical, useful medium to be used in teaching and learning process in the classroom. It makes some of the ‘impossible’ things translated into reality, for instance the use of animation in teaching students about the concept of earth and universe for science. Imagine how much the effort will it takes by the teacher to prepare conventional teaching aids in order to show the circulation of the orbit, the change of night and day and the location of stars and galaxies. The amount of time and money spent will be so high and demanding, and possibly lead to lack of dedication and productivity of teachers towards their core business of teaching. This is the part where we are really afraid of, as it has massive impact towards the learning progress of the students. The environment of the class will somehow become so dim and depressing, resulting in the lack of the motivation of students toward their own learning. You may think that I am thinking too deeply or just dragging things too much, but we cannot deny the fact that this things may happen if the teacher himself/ herself lost their passion towards teaching after a long period of time.
In contrary, imagine the colour of the world if the technology is efficiently and optimisely applied in the classroom. There will be an interesting, lively, colourful, and interactive atmosphere in the classroom. However, I would like to remind that all these situation are not impossible to be created in the class without technology, but the effort and the effect may be quite reasonably different when you are using technology. Both classes have its pros and cons, and for sure we don’t want to underestimate the effort made by the previous generation of teachers. Stepping into today’s explosion world of technology demands for a better knowledge of a teacher in manipulating as much as the resources found so that the process of teaching and learning will become more effective.
Using technology, students will become more resourceful and independent, since the information was just at their fingertips.
Therefore, it is a must for me as a ‘teacher to be’ to equip and immerse myself into this world of technology, as the readiness of learning really depends on the total immersion in technology-based learning environment. All the important soft skills such as downloading, converting, editing and publishing must be in my grasp so that I can maximize the use of technology in my teaching. I am very grateful to be exposed to this subject of technology as it functions as a platform for me to explore, create, and even polish my skill in technology. However, it was really important for teachers to not be the ‘slave’ of technology and let it do all the teaching, while we just sitting ignorantly in the classroom. Hence, the basic skill of classroom management, classroom control, added with the glory of technology will be a very good ingredient in creating a successful, appealing classroom for both teacher and students.