EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGICAL BLOG WK 8

Digital literacy is very important for students and learners become more successful because of the learning and enhancing their skills. As a learner it is a way to become competitive especially in the economic turns. Increasing literacy will provide more competition against others. Digital literacy will likely to improve our well-being because through satisfying our skills and knowledge need. The importance of literacy skills improve people to be more competent of the things surrounds them. Literacy enables us to connect meaningfully.

www.webjunction.org/news/webjunction/everyone-important-digital-literacy-skils.html.

The website is essential to acquire literacy and increase knowledge through community interaction or collaboration. The site relates professionally which encourages to increase efforts to going to library and to expand their knowledge (Thorne-Wallington, 2013).

     Digital commerce is a business that helps out in to selling products. The e-commerce is helpful because it is about collecting payments, handling customer refunds, and billing. This site assists clients to generate ways to be more tactical and strategic because of better skills and knowledge. The technopedia explains digital commerce (D-Commerce) important to assist and rely important financial information. The e-commerce relates professionally to better understand the implications of protecting our finances.

The URL is www.techopedia.com/definitation23336/digital-commerce-d-commerce.

 

 

 

 

Educational Technologies Blog wk 7

Computer communication is essential to promote positive outcomes. The code of ethics on communication is about improving quality on research, work-setting activities, and other computer services. Communication through e-mail or text is an example of electronic communication. The ethical responsibilities of the user is to stay as professional  and not use to transmit illegal activity. Ethical guidelines for communication include to protect us personally and professional and communicate necessary ways to our lifestyle (Bilal, & Sinan, 2013).

URL: http://it.eku.edu/codeofecthics

     The code of ethics on communication policies affects myself personally as part of my work-settings are completed through e-mail and text messaging. Therefore, the ethical means to communicate as one way to professionally improve our standards.

     The effects of technology on ethics in the work place affects behavior and misconduct in relation to new technologies. At times, managers interpret the use of technology in other means. The ethical responsibility of managers is to ensure that the use of the technology is for professional or work use. At times, we use our internets to other ways unnecessary or not related to our job description. Technology are used for business pueporses to remain competitive but workers often are always busy using their internet and less time to ethical assist their companies improve.

URL: http://ansteadsue.tripod.com/technology_ethics.html

     The importance of becoming more responsible to professional use our computers in relation to our work-settings. Incorporating this though to better serve our employers and not personally assist ourselves.

 

 

wk 6 Educational blog

The horizon site is about emerging technology and essential to learners because within the paradigm or technological shift, it is most helpful to assist distant learners. Distant learning is about linking from much community and the school. The URL is http://horizon.unc/projects/issues/papers/Distance_Learning.html. As a learner wanting to learn different strategies from many cultures and perspectives, this is helpful because it provides quality and offer opportunities to learners. Opportunities allow learners to incorporate to their professional practice as such is vital to improve learning abilities and sources to be more successful.

The implementation of strategies from educators wanting to assist learners from many perspectives such as video, audio, and printed learning as keys to improve learning. The learning technologies improve learners through assessing the learning style of students, and use this technique toward their success in school. Much time, learners are not motivated to study because of the learning style preference the school offers. The URL is: http://fcit.usf.edu/distance/.chap5.htm. The importance to incorporate this learning strategies toward professional practice as a way to improve education and learning. Learning and using technology improves efficiency and positive outcome to learners (Sheppard, & Straburger, 2011). 

Educational Technology Blog wk 5

Learning science is always a part of me. Working in the healthcare setting, it is important to use research skills to update my knowledge. I believe that other than refresher, I could learn things in other ways that I can enjoy and motivates myself to learning. The URL is http://www.tonybates.ca/2012/05/04/examples-of-virtual-worlds-simulations-and-mobile-apps-from-ontario/

This virtual science increase my knowledge as such aligns with my profession. Incorporating this link to increase knowledge and also share my knowledge in the work settings. The development of learning comes from our motivation to learn and explore (Squire, 2011).

Technology is always part of our advancing environment. A child who enjoys advance computers today uses many educational virtual educational games. Children likely enjoy lot of educational games because it enhances their knowledge and capability to reason and make right choices. At times, teachers provide things for children to work on which part of homework. The URL is http://www.vrs.org.uk/virtual-reality-education/educational-games.html. Educational and advance technology games are helpful to children to learn and understand about the many value of lifestyle. 

 

 

 

 

 

Educational Technology blog wk 4

The use of laptops is always been helpful for me because it generally all the things I needed to pursue my studies. As a graduate student, it thus help me in many ways such as simply browsing to different things need to finish projects or papers. The URL is http://goarticles.com/article/Importance -of-computers-emglish-essay/1665664.

My rational of using laptops is so convenient that is more helpful other than mobile devices. Laptops are incorporated toward my profession such as the word document and PowerPoint. Also, laptops have allowed myself to use university libraries needed to complete my paper.

 

Tablet which is considered most popular nowadays is helpful because it allows as much possibilities as the laptops. The URL is: www.howtohint.com/computers/tablets/article-765-how-important-are-tablets-computers.html

My rationale of using tablets is always the word features that are very helpful for me in considering my papers. Microsoft Word document has an advance technology that allows learners to be successful. An example to incorporate tablet to my professional practice is the many advance features and easy to access.

 

Educational Technology blog, wk 3

Adult learners use many social networking systems today that can bring success towards their goals or plans. The most popular domains are the face book, twitter, and LinkedIn. The purpose of social technologies allows the users to communicate effectively with their peers.

      The use of professional networking is for career-growth assistance. With the current job challenges today, it is important that job seekers use this domain in order to connect to professional workers. The URL is: http://www.linkedin.com/. LinkedIn is one of the most popular sites to connect with professional people. The rational of choosing this technology allows assisting, communicate, and collaborate with professional workers and their strategy on how to become successful.

     As a professional, learning from professional people allows myself to learn from their professional insights and ideas. Incorporating that through communicating with them allows myself to understand their path to success.

     The ePALS school blog is about international connections to promote world peace. As an adult learner who concentrates on social topics, this domain is very helpful because it allows the user from two different countries to share information on how to increase peace. Choosing this site is that, it promotes to how the world would be better in some way (rationale). The URL is: http://www.epals.com/#!/main. This website also encourages many users to promote world peace and become an advocate (Northup, 2003).

     The importance of incorporating the value of peace can foster other web users to also share information on how to impact the world in a positive way. The social networking allows users to be more creative and cooperative in a positive way (Richardson, 2010).

 

 

References

Northup, C. (2003). On creating world peace. Consumer Health Newsletter, 26(2), 7. Retrieved

     January 21, 2014, from EBSCO database.

Richardson, W. (2010). Blogs, wikis, podcasts, and other powerful web tools for classrooms (3rd

     ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.

 

Educational technological blog

Technological blogging system is so common today because teachers and students are facing so many technological advance and features that affects to improve learning. Schools often improve computer environment to show their eagerness to elevate learning system.

     The application helpful for schools and learners is the rich interactive website design that seems to accompany the advance features to satisfying distant learners. Interactive learning includes increasing learning because it is enjoyable and presentable rather than traditional classroom lectures. Interactive design captures learners’ imagination and leading to stimulate cognitive theories. Interactive learning leads to positive effects and outcomes to learners (Freddolino, 1996).

     As a learner, the part where our brain activity captures our interests the most is the most important issue in learning. Students might have all the resources available but stimulation and attraction is the most helpful nowadays because of the technologies that support learning systems.

     An example of multimedia resources is PowerPoint and Multimedia Slideshow. Whenever presenters used multimedia sideshows, it is valuable because it is direct, supportive, and educational. Some students learn a lot from summarize scenarios. At this time, multimedia sources accompany slideshows which lessens boredom. The virtual lab system is so advance because it uses many advance modems such as formational of theoretical lab and interactive systems (Oral, Ozaltin, & Ozsoy, 2012).

     Facing reality, schools and universities are in-demand of advance technology inventions. The application of interactive design as an advance learning system while interactive multimedia improves learning system.

 

URL of Interactive learning: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08832323.1996.10116785?journalCode=vjeb20#preview

 

URL of multimedia sources: http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/84685271/forming-virtual-material-lab

 

 

 

References

Freddolino, P. P. (1996). Journal of Education for Business, 71(4), 205. Retrieved January 13,

      2014, from EBSCO database.

Oral,O.,  Ozaltin, O., & Ozsoy, A. (2012). Forming a Virtual Material Lab. Proceedings of the

     International Future-Learning Conference on Innovations in Learning for the Future: e-

     Learning, 353. Retrieved January 13, 2014, from EBSCO database.