Integrating Educational Technology into Teaching

Technology is a practical application of human knowledge to solve real problems through the design of tools and machines. Nowadays people are really helped with this kind of tool, whether it is to communicate, to give them some entertainment or even to help them with their job. All of those things really prove that technology give comfort, world access in order to get the information faster in our daily life. Even though there some disadvantages in the process where people get lazy, become less critical thinkers because they can find almost everything in the net without trying too hard and unfortunately the misuse of technology for crimes that several people do.
Nevertheless the net is nowadays a universal medium where the transmission of information happens automatically in a daily basis, is part of who we are as a whole society.

Here are the most important general concepts which can help us to understand more about this topic.

Instructional technology : getting training to use technology to teach others. The use of a variety of teaching tools to improve student learning.

Technology for learning: is the use of technological means to support learning.

Educational technology : studies the ethical practice of facilitation learning and improving performances by creating using and managing technological process and resources.
UAE Journal: Education Technological and E-learning

BenefitsEasy access
Students motivate
Wide participations
Improve students writing
Subjects make easier to learn

Rational
Motivation: gaining learner attention, unique instructional capabilities
Support for new instructional approaches
Increase teaching productivity
Require skills for information age.

Seven principles
1. Encourage contact between the students and the Faculty
2. Develops the reciprocity and cooperation between students
3. Encourage active learning
4. Gives prompt feedback
5. Emphasizes time on tasks.
6. Communicates high expectations
7. Respects diverse talents and ways of learning.