How technology is a tool in education, How technology is a catalyze in education, How technology is a medium in education?

Technology is the study of science and ideas about how things work and using this to build and make things

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Technology can be defined as the studies and knowledge of the practical especially the use of scientific discoveries.

Generally, technology is scientific study, ideas, and knowledge of practical on how things work and using this to build and make things.

So technology has been dividing into two types which are traditional technology such as chalkboard, pointer, newspaper and modern technology like lap top internet, projector.

Therefore education technology refers to the application of devices or machines in solving the problem arising in education thus why technology in education can be both a tool, a catalyze and medium as follows.

Technology use as a tool in education through the use of different machines or devices like Computer in searching various materials which are so essential in academic issues so as to facilitate teaching and learning process where by the learners or teacher through the use of different website like goggle, g-mail, can get various meaning of different terminology concerned with the subject matter.  For example, what is education.

Technology as a tool used on well organization of materials in education through the use of laptop where by the learners or teacher could store the organized.  Materials purposely for representing facts concerned with the particular lesson during teaching and learning process hence ensure the subject to be understood well for learners which prevent the misuriderstanding between learners and teacher or among learners themselves concerned with lesson due to reducing complicated question since the lesson run smoothly.  For example, the teacher can store the materials and use it during teaching where the learners may receive different ideas, attitude and skills.

Calculator as a tools in education almost simplfy work especially when used in mathematics and geography in calculation involved such as finding mode and medium in grouped data in geography or calculating in mathematic instead of using brain which can lead into confusion, a teacher or learners could use calculator which on calculating the needed task hence use a short time to get the answers which are accuracy answers.

The use of mobile phone as a tools in education facilitate good communication between learners themselves or learners and teacher, through the use of mobile phone the learners could interact with other learners from other institution or school through face book, twitter and exchanging the materials concerned academic issues through the fax or teacher can provide the notes for learners through the email and each learners can get that notes through his/her email.

Also technology as catalyzer can encourage the developing of critical language skills such as the use of letters when teaching the elementary school always conduct in trial and error not only reputation of letters or alphabet but also using different songs may develop language skills such as pronunciation skills for example. 

If you are happy and you know claps your hands, if you are happy and you know clap your  hands, for kindergarten school.

Technology as catalyze in education can build long memory to learners through the use of pictures found in computer magazine and cinema concerning academic issue in visual audio like video or television the learners got the real concept about a particularly subject or lesson where by learners could arise the long memory by interacting directly to the concerned matter since will be difficult for them to forget.

For example watching for internally work such as Ngoma ya Ng’wanamalundi in Kiswahili literature.

Student can receive various reports from the teacher through mobile phone by communicating with him/her like information for excuse for not coming to school or work to be conducted in a specific time.

While technology used as catalyze in education because can create awareness, interest and attention to the learners during teaching and learning process fore instance the use of pictures photographs and songs motivate much the interest to the learners hence the learner being concentrated much towards the subject.

Educational productivity as technology being catalyzer in education through the information attended by learners from the internet, radio or television mostly make the learners to be practiced for example the materials available in interment are mostly used by student compared from those given by their teacher for institutional or college learners. 

Also through the interment or television someone can avoid himself or herself from drug abuse or sexually intercourse by visualizing the affects of involving on that during studying through pictures shown hence motivated himself or herself on academic issues.

Technology as catalyzer increase interaction among learners and their teachers especially when teacher use lap top or computer on teaching – learning process could spread the various pictures concerned a particular subject like biology in classification topic and allow the students to interpreter that picture concerned with the kingdom belong or sometimes teacher could ask a question for learners to  know the understanding capability of his/her learners which enable the teaching on evaluation prices as well as student discussion concerned with function of the particular picture could facilitate interaction among themselves.

Also technology used as medium in education because act as the channel through which the intended information reach to the learners, therefore the intended information or materials involved in academic issue can reach to intended learners through visualization, hearing or visualization and hearing and printed documents.

For example when teacher taught education for self reliance can use different speech from Mwl. Julius Kambarage Nyerere through the use of radio where learners could her what Nyerere says about Education for self reliance or a teacher can use television to teach literature like instead of studying books the learners could watching the television of video on visualizing and hearing those action done by the particular character of the concerned movie eg. Things fall Apart written by Chinua Achebe for secondary levels a teacher must use video so as to make easily understanding by learners and use short time on teaching it.

Students can receive various reports from the teacher through mobile phone by communicating with him/her like information for excuse for coming to school or work to be conducted in a specific time.

While technology used as catalyze in education because can create awareness, interest and attention to the learners during teaching and learning process fore stance the use of pictures photographs and songs motivate much the interest to the learners hence the learners being concentrated much towards the subject.

Therefore technology used both a tool, catalyze and medium in education but face some difficulties or challenges like technology is expensive such that few people can accommodate it.  Since many teachers and learners cannot afford to purchase difference devices that used in education like computer, laptop or projector because most of teachers and learners lack knowledge on how to use the technology in academic matter since national level these are more available in adversities although faced with shortage of experts (experienced teachers on the use of machines).  Therefore the teachers and learners in all levels could involve in the effectively use of local environment so as to integrated with technology and to make effective teaching and learning process.