Patrick+Connolly



Greetings fellow authors, I am Patrick of Cincinnati. My time here at UC is dedicated to gaining the credentials needed to teach science to high school kids. I studied environmental science at Antioch college along with some amazing peers and professors. I worked in the environmental field for a few years before deciding to pursue a career in education. I like ecology, music, agriculture, and art. My real job has been parenting for the last 10 years. Shown above is my son who was 4 at the time. This photo is from our tour of the Philippines a few years ago.

Educational Technology

What technology is more vital to civilization than **irrigation** for the purposes of agriculture? Agricultural operations provide a tremendous opportunity to learn about plants, animals, nutrient cycling, industry, mathematics, economics, cultural differences, social studies, etc. I suppose that many may view educational technology primarily as software or hardware that was //designed// to teach or specifically make teaching easier. These technologies may be helpful but only if they are put to a good use. To me education much broader than just teaching. Any technology that a person uses to learn I consider to be educational. I would consider Mars rovers and brain scanning technology to be educational. These technologies were designed to help us gather data and learn about what is going on. Information technologies designed to teach is what I expect to discuss in this course.

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