{"id":248,"date":"2014-03-29T20:24:02","date_gmt":"2014-03-29T20:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.miracosta.edu\/pmendoza\/?p=248"},"modified":"2014-03-29T20:24:02","modified_gmt":"2014-03-29T20:24:02","slug":"introduction-to-educational-technology-and-instructional-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.miracosta.edu\/pmendoza\/2014\/03\/29\/introduction-to-educational-technology-and-instructional-design\/","title":{"rendered":"Introduction to Educational Technology and Instructional Design"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When I began teaching I was very in love with technology and used it frequently in class, creating PowerPoint presentations, using Youtube videos and music, but I slowly began to thrift away from it. After a while I divorced from technology.\u00a0 My main focus and energy was mainly directed toward improving my\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pedagogy\">pedagogy<\/a> and especially my <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Instructional_design\">Instructional Design<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0 My main goal was to learn and then help students make meaningful, long-lasting connections with the class content. Some of the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Learning_theory_%28education%29\">learning theories<\/a> that interested me were <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cognitivism_%28learning_theory%29\">Cognitivism <\/a>and <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Behaviorism\">Behaviorism<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Recently my fire and passion for technology ignited once again, but sadly I often overdose on technology and I wonder if the students overdose too. When do we stop? How do we know? Sometimes nostalgia hits me and I long for those remote time where students were not easily distracted by buzzing, flashy or vibrating sounds. I do believe in having a well-balanced class, taking advantage of the great resources and tools <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Educational_technology\">EdTech <\/a>(<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/E-learning\">E-learning<\/a>) can provide for the instructor and for the students. I strongly believe technology can provide that long-lasting connections and learning I so eagerly search for. I loved when <a href=\"http:\/\/jmolina85.wordpress.com\/2014\/03\/29\/week-20-introduction-to-educational-technology-and-instructional-design\/\">Jordan Molina<\/a> on her post asked how much harder does an online teacher has to work to inspire her\/his students. In my opinion, not much because personally I have been inspired by cyber-friends whom I have never met.\u00a0 It is a mysterious connection I cannot describe well. Do you have a online friend, teacher or instructor who has inspired you?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.miracosta.edu\/pmendoza\/files\/2014\/03\/CIBERAMOR.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-251\" alt=\"CIBERAMOR\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.miracosta.edu\/pmendoza\/files\/2014\/03\/CIBERAMOR.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"390\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I began teaching I was very in love with technology and used it frequently in class, creating PowerPoint presentations, using Youtube videos and music, but I slowly began to thrift away from it. 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