Lien Timeline
- 2. Overview My name is Lien Nguyen I started school in 1983s in Ba Ria - Vung Tau Province, Vietnam I graduated from high school in 1994s in Ba Ria - Vung Tau Province, Vietnam I first went to college at University of Ho Chi Minh City in 1995s When I finish my degree, I hope to become a biology curriculum designer
- 3. My definition of educational technology Educational technology is the use of technological tools to support and improve quality and process of teaching and learning.
- 4. Web sites on ed tech history Association for educational communications and technology: http://www.thejournal.com/articles/13739 History, the history of computers, and the history of computers in education: http://www.csulb.edu/~murdock/histofcs.html Educational technology: http://edtech.twinisles.com/index.html History of technology in education: http://www.educating-america.com/educational-technology-history.htm
- 5. Kindergarten technology No computers Just one or two black and white televisions in the village No technology at school
- 6. High school technology No computers Teaching and learning activities based on blackboard and chalks Only one color television in school used for showing documentary films
- 7. College technology One computer lab for students But students used computer lab only two hours per week I learned about the use of Word, Excel and PowerPoint Slow telephone internet connection
- 8. A vivid technology learning experience Under development of technology, classroom will be changed from traditional to virtual platform
- 9. A technology I want to use in my classroom Each student has a mini laptop to access the internet when we have lessons
- 10. My vision of the classroom of the future A classroom has multi-touch screens in walls that students can access the internet anytime, and they can do virtual experiments in the touch screens
- 11. A challenge for teaching Not enough money to invest for technological tools Not enough facilities to apply new technology Not enough technological skills
- 12. Words of wisdom “ The technology itself is not transformative. It’s the school, the pedagogy, that is transformative.” - Tanya Byron