{"id":804,"date":"2017-09-08T10:32:19","date_gmt":"2017-09-08T14:32:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0016\/?p=804"},"modified":"2017-09-08T10:36:23","modified_gmt":"2017-09-08T14:36:23","slug":"whats-the-plan-stan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0016\/whats-the-plan-stan\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s the plan Stan?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_806\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-806\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-806 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2017\/09\/5694248921_167e08ae85_b-300x183.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"183\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2017\/09\/5694248921_167e08ae85_b-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2017\/09\/5694248921_167e08ae85_b-768x467.jpg 768w, https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2017\/09\/5694248921_167e08ae85_b.jpg 1024w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/183;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-806\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">CC BY 2.0 Licence. Retrieved from www.flickr.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1504880835770_54\" dir=\"ltr\">The first thing I noticed when I entered the search terms \u2018education, technology, history\u2019 is that most of the websites provided information and timelines regarding software and hardware that have been developed over the years. \u00a0Bates (2014) provides an overview of the history of how we moved through the basic levels of educational technologies:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Oral communication as the earliest form of sharing knowledge<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Written communication where early correspondence education started in the 1840\u2019s in England<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Broadcasting and video education that started with the BBC in the 1920\u2019s<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Computer based learning that began with B.F. Skinner experimenting with teaching machines in the 1950\u2019s<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Computer networking where higher education institutions began using networks to assist in learning in the 1980\u2019s<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Online learning environments (LMS\u2019s such as Moodle) that began in the 1990\u2019s providing comprehensive spaces for teaching and learning<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">What I found interesting is that much of the focus on educational technology is on the hardware and software and not the pedagogy and theory of using educational technologies properly in order to effectively integrate them into the classroom. \u00a0Once I added \u2018pedagogy\u2019 to my search terms several articles did appear that related more to more of the theory behind applying technology to education. \u00a0One early framework for the integration of technology is the TPCK theoretical model where attention is paid not only to the technology itself, but also to the pedagogy, content, and knowledge (Koehler, Mishra, Yahya, 2007, pp. 741-743).<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">What I have found in my experience as a teacher using technology and a faculty mentor in integrating technology is that people get distracted by the technology itself and tend to focus on the \u2018cool, new tech toys\u2019. \u00a0\u00a0More focus on how to make a plan to apply technology in the classroom is needed in order to enhance learning, not just supplement it.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><b>References<\/b><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Bates, T. \u00a0(2014). \u00a0\u00a0A short history of educational technology. \u00a0In Online learning and distance education Resources. \u00a0Retrieved from https:\/\/www.tonybates.ca\/2014\/12\/10\/a-short-history-of-educational-technology\/<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Koehler, M.J., Mishra, P., Yahya, K. \u00a0(2007). \u00a0Tracing the development of teacher knowledge in a design seminar: Integrating content, pedagogy and technology. \u00a0Computers and Education. \u00a0(49). \u00a0740-762. \u00a0Retrieved from\u00a0https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/academia.edu.documents\/31313419\/KoehlerMishraYahya2007.pdf?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAIWOWYYGZ2Y53UL3A&amp;Expires=1504882412&amp;Signature=EKBIIMw3FGgwNn%2BEwR2BpJEyB3k%3D&amp;response-content-disposition=inline%3B%20filename%3DTracing_the_development_of_teacher_knowl.pdf<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first thing I noticed when I entered the search terms \u2018education, technology, history\u2019 is that most of the websites provided information and timelines regarding software and hardware that have been developed over the years. \u00a0Bates (2014) provides an overview of the history of how we moved through the basic levels of educational technologies: Oral &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0016\/whats-the-plan-stan\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">What&#8217;s the plan Stan?<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6,1],"tags":[49,48],"class_list":["post-804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lrnt523","category-uncategorized","tag-edtech","tag-lrnt-523"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=804"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":807,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804\/revisions\/807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}