Enhancing Teaching Skills of the Teachers through Educational Technology in Tangob Elementary School

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

The changing instructional approach is no easy task particularly when technology is involved. Still, there are teachers that have difficulties in adopting technology in their everyday lives. They tend to take seminars for them to be more knowledgeable in the use of educational technology and the enhancement of their skills in using technology. Using technology and multimedia sources effectively in teaching draws on two separate skills. It usually takes time for teachers to gain facility with the equipment and computer programs needed for displaying multimedia in the classroom. Hooking up a laptop to various projectors, DVD players and other equipment in a classroom can be complicated and acquiring confidence using potentially new programs to present films, music, images, or web-based material requires practice.

METHODS

This action research embarked on intervention activities that aimed to enhance teaching skills of the teachers in Tangob Elementary School in school year 2017-2018. This qualitative research used stratified sampling in selecting respondents. Furthermore, a questionnaire was used to attain the objective of this study.

RESULTS

Based on the gathered data, it was found out that 90% of the teachers always used laptop, 100% used printers, 80% sometimes used the projector and 80% always used LED television. According to the performance of teachers using technology, 70% of the teachers have an average of 80% -84% which is satisfactory and 30% got very satisfactory. Data showed that more than half of the teachers needed improvement in teaching skills using technology.

DISCUSSIONS

The results demonstrate that some teachers find difficulty in using technology. Using technology in the classroom makes learning more motivating, technology makes teaching and learning process creative and effective. It is recommended to train teachers to teach more ways of using technology as instructional materials, establish technology competencies for teachers, and teachers must be encouraged to explore themselves to technology.