{"id":58,"date":"2014-03-30T16:29:01","date_gmt":"2014-03-30T23:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec533greenhalf\/?page_id=58"},"modified":"2014-04-02T16:54:44","modified_gmt":"2014-04-02T23:54:44","slug":"defining-technology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec533greenhalf\/defining-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"Defining Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Roblyer (2012) describes technology as <em>technology is us <\/em>-our tools, our methods, and our own creative attempts to solve problems in our environment. This is the description of technology I tend to most Identify with. I feel when thinking specifically about education technology, we may need to look at the description somewhat differently.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>Defining educational technology is something that is best left identifying it as a very general and wide simple definition. ET is continually evolving and ever changing. To put any specific traits in its definition is pointless since the traits of ET cover such a widespread spectrum.<\/p>\n<p>Educational technology could be defined by calling it the considered application\u00a0of\u00a0appropriate tools, techniques, or processes\u00a0that\u00a0facilitate the application of senses, memory, and cognition\u00a0to\u00a0enhance teaching practices\u00a0and\u00a0improve learning outcomes.<\/p>\n<p>Technology in general is quite a more complex question than considering the application of technology to education. I found a reading on \u201cThe Question Concerning Technology\u201d (Heidegger, M. 1977) very intriguing. I particularly like the elaboration on the essence of technology and how technology is not simply a means to an end but also a complex human activity of revealing and bringing forth.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>References:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Roblyer, M.D. &amp; Doering, A. (2012). Integrating educational technology into teaching, (5th Ed.). Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall.<\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" data-angle=\"0\" data-font-name=\"g_font_10_0\" data-canvas-width=\"32.187596589279174\">Heidegger, M. (1953\/1977). The question concerning technology. In M. Heidegger, The<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" data-angle=\"0\" data-font-name=\"g_font_8_0\" data-canvas-width=\"120.2309872598648\">question concerning technology and other essays (trans. W. Lovitt) (pp. 3 -35). New York:Harper &amp; Row<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Roblyer (2012) describes technology as technology is us -our tools, our methods, and our own creative attempts to solve problems in our environment. This is the description of technology I tend to most Identify with. I feel when thinking specifically about education technology, we may need to look at the description somewhat differently. Defining educational [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15838,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-58","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec533greenhalf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/58","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec533greenhalf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec533greenhalf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec533greenhalf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15838"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec533greenhalf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec533greenhalf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/58\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec533greenhalf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/58\/revisions\/61"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec533greenhalf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}