Back to “Mythstakes” of Technology Planning in the Future Classroom

Myths around educational technologies are to be found in any higher education institution.  These myths are perpetuated among administrators, academic staff and students. The incorporation of educational technologies requires a strategic plan that envisions educational technology as integral to curriculum development.  In many aspects educational technologies are underutilised and need to become better integrated with the curriculum if students are to be better prepared for the workplace.  All higher education institutions do have a strategic plan, or maybe, should have a strategic plan, for technology integration, but to which degree are the administrators incorporating the academic staff in the planning and strategizing phases?

Lecturers are the key to effective incorporation of educational technologies, not support services like the IT department and development services, although all these parties play a vital and irreplaceable role in the whole planning process.  There is concern over the lecturers’ involvement because of all the myths that are perpetuated among these staff members.

The great promise of educational technology is that it can improve student achievement, motivation, critical thinking and cooperation, but lecturers need to improve their own educational technology literacy levels and need to learn how to adapt their classroom teaching styles and extend their instructional strategies to include greater use of educational technologies.

Educational technology is not an end in itself.  The high costs of technology require a justification for technology planning that is visionary and comprehensive.  A successful educational technology plan must also focus on improving learning and communication.  This necessitates the continuous allocation of resources to equipment and software upgrades; a commitment to ongoing lecturer training by the Instructional Designers and Curriculum Practitioners; and a desire to provide access to global resources. Unfortunately, because of the complexity of technology and the rapid changes, the use of educational technology can be misguided by myths fostered by a lack of knowledge.

Smart Technology: Predictable, Planned, Proactive

As news of a weakened economy continues to saturate the media and bombard business owners with negative messages, one company has found a creative way of adapting its services to fit within the current economic conditions and help businesses succeed. Miles Technologies, a provider of business technology solutions, has created Monthly Budget Plans that allow customers to budget their technology-related expenses without having to commit to a long term contractual agreement.

According to Chris Miles, Chief Executive Officer of Miles Technologies, the company’s Monthly Budget Plans integrate separate services into one managed services package.  In a single plan a customer can select business services that include IT Help Desk & Support, Business Software Support, Website Updates, and Online Marketing and Public Relations, as well as strategic consulting for all services.

Miles says that the Monthly Budget Plans were developed as a way to help customers continue productive business operations within the unsteady economic conditions by making managed services more cost effective.

“The Monthly Budget Plans were specifically designed with flexibility in mind,” explains Miles.  “Most managed services providers require that customers sign a contract committing them to a certain monthly fee with a two to three year contract term.  They lock in the customer which lowers the need to provide exceptional service in order to retain the customer. We’re different in that we do not require any specified length to the contract and they can cancel at any time. This way, the customer is using our services because we add value and not because of a contract term. To further ensure the practicality of its monthly budget plans, Miles Technologies offers a one hour guaranteed response time for all budget plan customers 24 hours a day and seven days a week.

Teacher’s awareness about the availability and use of technology for visually impaired : A study

Advances in technology have significantly influenced in the blind and low vision individuals. Over the past 20th year improvement in computer has allowed for readily access to VI. Today a large percentage of students with VI spend over 80% of their school days in general educational classroom. Student with very severe visual impairment may need to learn read and write using different methods. Braille is a coded system of dots embossed on paper, so that individuals can feel a page of text. Braille is use for different type of reading such as Maths, and Music. Now seen fewer people are using Braille as a reading method today. First reason is that Braille method is slow. According to Tuttle and Ferrell (1995) reported that good Braille reader achieve a rate of only 100 words per minutes. Nolan (1967) found that average high school students who is blind reads even fewer words per minutes.

Can you think of some other reason, Why Braille is less popular today? The first reason is that the teachers don’t know how to use or teach the Braille and unavailability of the experts. Another reason is increasing availability of audio tape, immediate computerized print to voice translation difficulty of getting Braille version of books. Braille literacy has become focus of a great debate. Advanced technology is a reason for its unpopularity.

VIBUG (Visually Impaired Blind User Group), the Boston Computer Society are exchanging information to expand computer literacy among person with visual impairment. Gaining access of technology and the assistive device designed to minimize the effect of their disability. These exciting technological advances open up a new world for people with severe visual impairment. Technological aids categorized under three heads.

Abco Technology the Leading Computer Training Center Usa

is one of the leading Computer Training Schools who prides itself for providing hands-on practical computer training to both individuals as well as corporate professionals. ABCO Technology is your one stop center for exceptional training programs in a wide variety of delivery formats including computer based training, live instructor led hands-on computer courses, on site training, as well as IT certification boot camps. We understand that everyone has a preferred method of learning. With that in mind, we’ve broadened our selection to take intoaccount the different teaching methods available today. We prepare students by delivering Hands-on job oriented training with real time projects which teaches them how to apply the knowledge that they gain in classes along with preparing them to pass the vendor based certification exams, which build confidence and assist individuals to apply for a job in the IT industry.ABCO Technology have partnered with Microsoft, Oracle, Linux Professional Institute, CompTia and as such offer wide variety of training class that include but are not limited to MCSE training, A+ training, CCNA training, Oracle DBA training Internet and Web Design Training classes, Microsoft Office 2003 training including Microsoft Word Training, Microsoft Excel Training, Microsoft Outlook Training, Microsoft PowerPoint Training.

The Computer Training Courses provided by ABCO TECHNOLOGY are Adobe Courses,Cisco Courses,CompTia Courses,Computer Technicians Courses,Database Administrator Courses,Graphic Design Courses,Java Courses,Linux Courses,Microsoft Business Applications Courses,Microsoft Technical Courses,Oracle Courses,Programming Courses,Project Management Courses,Web Development Courses,

The Computer Training for Certification Exam provided by ABCO TECHNOLOGY are A+ Certification,Certified Internet Webmaster,Cisco Certified Network Associate,Cisco Certified Network Professional,Microsoft Certified IT Professional Database Administrator,Microsoft Certified Professional,Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator,Microsoft Certififed Systems Engineer,Microsoft Office User Specialist,Oracle Database Administrator.

TECHNOLOGY MARKETING The P’s and Q’s

This is the law of the hammer and this seems to be the leitmotif of the technology marketing scene in the Indian context today. And, in many cases, this approach seems to be succeeding, at least in the short term. The premise is that the customer is buying technology for technology’s sake, simply as a gimmick or to satisfy a perceived hedonistic need for novelty. Addressing the human need for novelty is just one aspect of technology marketing, albeit an important one, and may yield rich dividends in the short term.

However, a technological marketing strategy based solely on this approach is likely to be characterized by short market cycle, fast but unpredictable market penetration, and quick product obsolescence. Success with high-tech products requires a confluence of technical understanding and marketing skills

The P’s and Q’s of Marketing Marketing is something which the producer or manufacturer has to do, or get done; it is not conferred on his product as if by right. Marketing can be defined as “getting into the heads of your customers, identifying what they want, and giving it to them”. Marketing, therefore, is addressing a need or a desire. In the case of conventional products, the general need or desire is well known.

With new technological possibilities, the need or desire that is addressed is not always obvious. Therefore, in the care of new technology products, the technological marketer may have to take one step backwards to identify the fundamental role that his product can fulfill in the marketplace. This fundamental approach can be modeled as “The P’s and Q’s of Marketing”. The first step in technological marketing is to identify the role of technology in the new product, and hence how the PRODUCT relates to PEOPLE. Technology can have four roles in new products.

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