Module 1

Introduction to Teaching in Common Competencies in ICT

Module Overview

“Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher
is most important”.-Bill Gates-

Lessons in this Module

 Understanding the Basic Concept Related to Technology
 Roles of Technology for Teaching and Learning

In this module, essential terms and constructs of getting the knack of technology for teaching and learning
are defined. You will encounter this term as we go through this course. Also, this module introduces to
students the roles of technology for teaching and learning.

At the end of this module, you are expected to:

 Define terms and concept essential to the understanding of technology for teaching and learning
 Use the concepts and terms with communicating with peers
 Explain the roles of technology in teaching and learning
 Portray the value of technology in student learning

Lesson 1
Understanding the Basic Concepts Related to ICT

Introduction
Welcome to lesson 1 of Module 1! This lesson will provide you a flavor of essentials ideas in ICT
for teaching and learning.

Write honestly the words you are familiar with. Write your idea on the box below about the words you
see from the picture.

Analysis

 How useful is the technology for teaching and learning?

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 What are the terms and concepts related to technology for teaching and learning?
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Abstraction

The following terms and concepts are related to ICT that you need to digest.

1. Technology refers to method, processes, and devices used for practical purposes. In includes
instruments from pencil to paper to modern electronic gadgets and tools for the practical task.

2. Information and Communication Technology and Literacy or ICT Literacy is the use of
digital technology, communication tools and networks to access, manage, integrate, evaluate,
create and communicate information (Guro 21, 1011)

3. Educational Technology refers to the utilization of technology in teaching and learning which
includes both the non-digital (flip charts, pictures, models, realia, etc.). And digital (electronic
tools: hardware, software, and connections, etc).

4. Digital Literacy refers to the ability to discover, asses, utilize, share, and generate content with
the use of information technologies and internet (Cornell University).

5. Digital Learning is an instructional practice that utilizes technology to reinforce student’s

learning experience. It covers the use of board spectrum of processes that comprises of blended or
virtual learning. It can come as online or offline, which utilizes digital technology.

6. Online Digital Tools and Apps use an internet connection to access the information needed, like
Skype. It is a telecommunication application software product that focuses on providing video
chat and audio calls between computers, tablets, mobile devices via the internet and to regular
telephones.

7. Off-line Digital Tools and Apps can still be used even if there is no internet access. Among
these are Canary Learning, Pocket, Evertone, iBooks, KA LITE (Grupta Prinyanka, 2017)

8. Instructional Technology refers to the theory and practice of design, development, utilization,
management, and evaluation of the processes and resources of learning.

9. Software refers to program control instructions and accompanying documentation stored on disk
or tapes when not being used in computer. By extension, the term use to audiovisual materials.

10. Multimedia is a sequential or simultaneous use of a variety of media formats in a given

presentation or self-study program.

11. Internet is a massive network of networks, a networking infrastructure. It connects millions of

computers globally, forming a network in which any computer can communicate with any other
computer as long as they are connected to the internet. It is generally defined as a global network
connecting millions of computers.

12. World Wide Web is also called a Web, which is a graphical environment on computer networks
that allows you to access, view, maintain documentation that can include text, data, sound, and
videos. It is a way accessing information over the medium of the internet. It is an information
sharing model that is built on the top of the internet.
13. Webquest is an inquiry-oriented lesson format in which most or all information that learners
work with comes from the web. These can be created using various programs, including simple
word processing documents that include link to website.

14. Web Access is the ablity of the learner to access the internet at any point during the lesson to take
advantage of the array of available educational resources.
 15. Productivity Tools refers to any type of software associated with computers and related
technologies that can be used as tools for personal, professional, or classroom productivity

16. Technology Tool is an instrument used for doing work. It can be anything that helps you
accomplish your goal with the use of technology. These technologies can be can be classified as:

a. Data collection tools- spreadsheet, excels, sketchpads, probability constructor.

b. Design tools- Family three maker, GollyGee, Crazy Machines
c. Discussion tools- Blogging, live chat, Video Teleconferencing, Netiquette, Safety on the Net
d. Email tools- google mail, Ymail, Yahoo mail,
e. Handled devices- Personal Digital Assistant, Global positioning system (GPS), Geographic
Information system (GIS), Portable electronic keyboards, Digital Cameras, Mobile phones,
Palm, Handled Computers

17. Wiki, an editable website usually with limited access, allows students to collaboratively create
and post written works or digital files, such as digital photos or videos. Wekipedia is one of the
most widely recognized of all the wiki’s (Watters 2011).

18. Flipped classroom utilizes a reverse instructional delivery, where the teacher is required to use
the web resources as homework or out of class activity as initial instruction of the lesson which
will be discussed during class time.

19. Podcast is a video or audio multi-media clip about a single topic typically in the format of the
radio talk show. The two essential functions of a podcast are to retrieve information to
disseminate information (Eash, 2006).

20. Google Apps is a cloud-based teaching tool which is stored in the Google server and is available
for students both at home and in school. It includes the Gmail, a free mail for all, Google
calendar, a tool used for organizational purposes; Google sites that provide options for
developing blogs and wikis; and Google docs are used for sophisticated word processing and
editing for the document.

21. Vlog is a video blog where each entry is posted as a video instead of the text.

22. Facebook is a popular social networking site used by students and adults worldwide to present
information on themselves and the world.

23. VOIP (voice over internet protocol) is a category of hardware and software that enables people
to use the Internet as a transmission medium for telephone calls by sending voice data in packets
using IP rather than traditional circuit transmission.

Application

1. Make a wordlist of terms of at least 20 ICT-terms with definitions or descriptions. Write in your
references (APA Format) to the source of your explanations.

2. Identify three (3) concepts that you learned in this lesson. Write your ideas about the idea.