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Hello my follower/friends, I started to like IT class's long time ago. Since I was studying in school, I felt happy when I was playing with the computer, learning new programs, doing IT assignments, and helping other girls to complete the class activities. I have always liked to play teacher's role in IT classes. My dream was to be an IT teacher. Now, as I am studying at the Instructional and Learning Technologies Department in the college of education at Sultan Qaboos University. This is my fourth year.  I have learned a lot of skills, knowledge, programs in different courses. One of these courses is E-Learning Courseware Development, which was one of the most interesting and useful courses. The things that I liked the most were creating professional lessons and activities, assessing students using 21st assessment, and a lot more. To know more about my opinion and reflection on my best subject on this course, please read my posts. I really, will be happy and ...
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Technology in Education

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Technology in education is what whole my major deal with, what the obstacles and how to cover them, the challenges that teachers faced when they used and support their classes by using one or more technologies. In sum, it means how to integrate technology into teaching process to facilitate, enhance learning and mach Individual differences. In fact, the technology not only the hardware or it is just software only as some people think. It is combine all of them together. The use of technology in education is increased and improves. There are no limits of using technology in education; teachers can use it as many they want. Could you please watch the video below to enrich your knowledge about the history of educational technology? The advantages of using technology in education are: 1.     Various ways of improving teaching efficiency. 2.     Helps in protecting t...
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Mobile learning in the classroom

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As the world improving in term of using and integrating technologies into education process, the m-learning was appear around the world. At the beginning, it was only a dream that educators want to be achieved, but today it became one of the tools that facilitate learning process. The educators and researchers define m-learning (mobile-learning) as any activity that allows individuals to be more productive when consuming, interacting with, or creating information, mediated through a compact digital portable device that the individual carries on a regular basis, has reliable connectivity, and fits in a pocket or purse.  Other definition is the use of mobile technology to aid in the learning, reference or exploration of information useful to an individual at that moment or in a specific use context.  As it show in the previous two definitions the advantages of m-learning are: ·      ...
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Assessing technology-based learning (Assessment in the 21st Century)

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Traditionally assessments in schools and universities are still the examinations. But there are Changes is beginning in the nature of the assessments. There are numbers of teachers who start to change their ways to assess students. They use assessing technology-based learning method. This is "methods of assessment that prompt students to represent their learning and enable you to make inferences about students learning Technology-students’ students 'learning,   Peggy L. Maki". The purposes of assessing technology-based learning are: ·           Inform students how well they have learnt and where they need to develop further understanding. ·           Reinforce the learning process and measure success. ·           To provide teachers with an understanding of the students' abilities. 21st Century Assessment will enable students t...
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Digital storytelling

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Methods of teaching are increasing fast. One of the methods and strategies that recently appear is teaching by using digital storytelling. Digital Storytelling provides new ways to combine various technology mediums such as graphics, audio, video, animation and web site publishing to create powerful stories for all to see and hear. Digital Storytelling is very powerful tool for many students because it addressing various types of learning styles. It is provides meaning to learning through the use of their auditory, visual and kinesthetic skills. Students are also required to use higher order thinking skills in their creativity of their stories. In addition, the digital storytelling increases the students' imagination which leads to consider new and attractive ideas, contribute personal motivation and self-confidence. Moreover, it enhances student's skills in technically and pedagogical. In technical aspect, students learn about multimedia and programs for c...
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The importance of cybersafety

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Most of parents think that browsing internet is safety, and their children are in safe side and do not face problems and harassment from others online. But in fact, there are a lot of children who exposed a lot of harassment. Every day the ways that those people use it are increasing. The risks that face the kids are: ·         Identity Thieves,   ID theft is what happens when someone uses another person’s private identifying information – like usernames, passwords, bank accounts, credit card numbers, and so on . ·         Hackers,   Hacking is when someone manipulates the features of a system in order to do something different than what the original inventor of the system intended. Originally, hacking was supposed to be a fun and educational practice. ·         Phishes,   Phishing is when con artists use email or fraud...
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