What is a simulation?

While I was reading the assigned chapters to read, I came across a word I was familiar with but I could not figure out its relation with education. This word was simulation. The meaning I found for simulation is imitation of some real thing, state of affairs, or process. The act of simulating something generally entails representing certain key characteristics or behaviors of a selected physical or abstract system.

I was familiar with use the use of simulation in video games, not in education. While I pondered on how it has relations to education. I came to realize that it can help with education to provide students with simulations to solve a math problem. This will help the students a lot and make them be interactive with the software.

E-Portfolio's

As we embark further into our educational path, new programs are being thrown at us. These programs can help us in numerous ways. One that I came across is E-Portfolio. E-Portfolio can be used for applications, transition, learning, teaching and assessment, and personal development planning (PDP). When you apply for a job e-portfolio can provide evidence in support for a job or admission to further your study, for transition it can provide a richer and more immediate picture of learners’ achievement. As for learning, teaching and assessment e-portfolio’s supports the process of learning through reflection, discussion and formative assessment; which provides evidence for summative assessment. Also, e-portfolio helps in personal development planning (PDP) by supporting and evidencing the pursuit and achievement of personal or professional competences.

New Era, New Technologies!

My how long have we come from when they was using telegraph to send messages. Now we have different devices to send our messages and they reach the next party within seconds. It is amazing to see how technology has enhanced right in front our eyes.

Now technology can even detect when a student has plagiarized in his/her papers. Growing up you was afraid of your teacher checking your sources to see if you plagiarized. Today there is no need for that at all; they have various websites to check such information. Fascinated!

Other than that technology is beneficial to everyone in different ways. It can work for teachers with online grade books. Technology is not what it once was before; it has opened many gateways for a lot of people.