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Explain what educational technology is using this graphic organizer

Educational Technology A complex process A process, not a product A tool used to enhance the cognitive thinking & critical skills of one’s being A profession like teaching A field study that deals with the use of educational methods, techniques and resources.

Using the three concentric circles given below, show that educational technology are much broader than educational media and technology integration.

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Differentiate educational technology from technology in education by the help of these arrows. The direction of the arrows suggests that they differ.

Technology education is “the application of technology to any of those process involved in operating the institutions which house the educational enterprise. It includes the application of technology to food, health, finance, scheduling, grade, reporting, and other process which support education within institutions. Educational technology refers to various forms of technology that can be used to improve or enhance the learning process for the student.

Are the chalkboards and bulletin boards and other traditional learning equipment also included in the term educational technology? Educational technology includes all educational inventions- old and new that satisfy our human needs to learn. Chalkboards and bulletin boards are human educational inventions that serve to help us as we learn. Thus, we say, that chalkboards and bulletin boards are included in the term educational technology.