ED TECH REVIEW

How many pictures can you download from a group of artists?

• 20

• 5

• 10

• 15

Answer explanation

This is what is mandated in the Copyright Law: to obtain a maximum of 15 images, properly citing the image owner.

How can a teacher assist learners in developing ICT skills? Choose the correct order of the following steps:
I. Give feedback for improvement.
II. Provide explanation and verbal description
III. Guide the learner in his practice.
IV Give opportunity for independent practice.

• I, II, III, & IV

• II, III, IV, & I

• III, I, IV, & II

• IV, II, I, & III

Answer explanation

With the use of ICT and other apps, teachers may now teach the same materials in novel ways, through the use of games and virtual field trips.

TPACK, SAMR, iPadagogy, and Bloom's Taxonomy are frameworks and models that are useful in the use of technology in teaching and learning. Which description DOES NOT correctly describe the framework or model?

• iPadagogy wheel provides mutually exclusive tools in the integration and application of instruction

• Bloom's revised taxonomy focuses on a more active perspective with the use of action verbs rather than nouns.

• TPACK shows the intersection of teachers’ content, pedagogical, and technological knowledge needed in teaching for the 21st century.

• SAMR is redefined as a transformative attempt in guiding students to create something not perceived before.

Answer explanation

iPadagogy wheel provides mutually exclusive tools in the integration and application of instructions.

The SAMR (Substitution, Augmentation, Modification, Redefinition) model evaluates how technology enhances learning in a lesson, while the TPACK (Technological, Pedagogical, Content Knowledge) framework describes the necessary knowledge for effective technology integration

Which is the best example of collaboration among teachers in a school?

• Two teachers prepare their instructional materials together.

• A senior teacher with a skewed TPACK, favoring the content and pedagogical knowledge, teams up with a new teacher whose TPACK favors technological knowledge.

• The older teacher allows the younger teacher to lead because she thinks the latter has more ideas, being fresh from college.

• The senior teacher insists on the younger teacher's use of conventional materials because they are time-tested.

Answer explanation

Collaboration or the act of working together, becomes most effective when people bring in their potential to complement those of others.

Information and Media literacy skills are 21st-century skills that need to be integrated into the lessons for these skills to be developed. Which situation illustrates this?

• A student accesses information on any website.

• A student analyzes data gathered from various sources.

• A student discriminates a web page according to its animations and graphics.

• A student downloads articles and copies them on his/her written outputs.

Answer explanation

It is very important to ensure that students are trained to analyze data from various sources. These are skills covered under media literacy.

Cite reasons why the use of ICT motivates the learner?

• Engages in experiential activities

• Uses his thinking skills to solve problems

• Assumes responsibility for his learning

• All of These

Answer explanation

Students may easily revisit particular topics, go further into them, test concepts, and get feeback thanks to interactive learning.

Which should a teacher avoid when asking students to do an inquiry?

• More involved in directly teaching students

• Adapts his/her levels of instruction

• Creates a conducive learning environment where students develop skills

• Helps students to use documentary tools

Answer explanation

In inquiry-based elarning, the teacher acts as a guide on the side or a learning facilitator. S/he must allow the students to explore on their own.

Using project-based learning can pose challenges in terms of finishing the subject matter because of this:

• There is a mandate to cover the curriculum.

• Administrative support is lacking.

• Standardized tests are required.

• Valid assessment is complex and difficult.

Answer explanation

Because of the mandate to cover curriculum due to the coverage of examinations, these hamper the full implementation of PBL.

Software application programs on basic spelling or math skills are examples of

• simulation program

• an instructional game

• a problem-solving software

• multimedia encyclopedia and electronic hook

Answer explanation

Instructional Games are software designed to increase motivation to learning by adding game rules and/or competition to learning activities. They are used as learning tool in the teaching-learning process.

Who among the following is a global digital citizen?

• An internet user who creates interesting content to earn money

• An internet user who observes proper behavior online and offline

• An internet user who creates a prank account to stalk others

• An internet user who is carefree to perform anything he wants in the digital world

Answer explanation

A global digital citizen is a responsible, ethical citizen leveraging technology yo foster community on a global scale through connection and compassion.