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How To Surf The Tsunami Technology Era

Updated: Nov 15, 2020



Agillix.com Agillix Labs Inc. National Education Foundation

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INTRO

There has always been an advancement in society that has defined an era. The industrial era, when innovation and natural resources are gathered and used to create the way manufacturing is done around the world. The internet era made its introduction to the world in the ’90s. it has since grown into the main way we communicate with each other with different platforms. And now we currently live in the technology era. In today’s world, the industrial way of things has long past with few traces of its remnants. As such, the old way of education has not changed very much to match with the way that the number of opportunities that’s produced from today’s growing technology. Almost every field of study or career genre has some form of technology which is growing more and more. Technology advances so fast there are threats of it outgrowing our humanity. This is why it is so important that education advancements grow as fast if not faster than what technologies can produce.


Pick Your Wave


Agilix Labs Inc. is a company that develops curriculums for more than just state academic and Board of Education requirements, but also relevant training for technology careers and life communications skills. The world we live in today has to prepare its students for the future of tomorrow. Agilix Labs Inc. is a great teaching curriculum that can be taught from anywhere in the world. It provides meaningful information that engages K-12 students and builds on key concepts for instruction. A few of these concepts include both core subjects and three skills: learning and information skills, information, media and technology skills, and life and career skills. The emphasis of the information, technology and communication skills includes the following five essential elements: accessibility skills, management skills, integration skills, assessment skills, and creative skills. (Changpetch, S., & Seechaliao, T. 2020). Information and Communication Technology could be used for different purposes. The Agilix Information Technology curriculums can be specialized in any technical career genre and used with any media device with teaching and learning, computers, projectors, televisions and other visual and audio-visual aids connected to the internet could be used to teach students and monitor their learning progress. (Osadebe, P. U., & Osadebe, J. F. 2020).

Board The Wave


The Agillix Lab online software has integrated pacing and tracking elements which compiles data both individual learners and for groups as a class. The data collected monitor the learner's progress which is a teachers’ tool for targeted instruction. As an instructor, you can provide positive feedback for learner motivation. It can be perceived by the learner that the knowledge gained will be meaningful in this technology-driven society we live in. Critical thinking, time management and practical use of the technology are a few of the skills that are highlighted throughout the curriculum. (Reiser, R. A., Dempsey, J. V. 2017) Agillix also promotes learning for specific I.T. careers. With real practical skills that can be directly learned from the curriculum, in most cases, learners qualify for internships or even scholarships, prior to becoming eligible for certification testing. This is from the knowledge attained When learners and students can measure their own competencies and problem-solving achievements, it stimulates the curiosity for continued learning. The success and progress can be measured and adjusted for individuals as well as group levels. (Reiser, R. A., Dempsey, J. V. 2017)


Land At The Shore


The flexibility to customize each career genre which makes learning adaptable for any type of learner or student once they have realized the benefit to this type of education system. There are downfalls to virtual learning, especially during the Covid-19 Pandemic. This is has sped up the options to what is already becoming attractive to parents. Life and different circumstances often times will get in the way of time management. Using audio and video recordings and other visual aids for learners to get the full experience and optimum training level integrates seamlessly with the Agilix Lab Curriculum. Personalized monitoring data helps an instructor focus on subject matter material where a student may need encouragement in their independent study. This principle helps build the learners level of volition, after enabling them to see their projected progress in real-time and hypothetical scenarios. The rapid and constant changes in technology forces society to change with every era. It is our ability to see the wave of change in order to take the opportunity for preparation. Agillix Information Technology training and education puts learners and students in a position to take full advantage of what new technology there is to com and causes them to become innovators with new and groundbreaking ideas from a firm foundation in career training. At the end of the technology courses, it will give the student and young adult learner alike the capabilities to ride any uncharted waves of technology to shore; or, cause new waves of their own.


 

References

Changpetch, S., & Seechaliao, T. (2020). The Propose of an Instructional Model Based on STEM Education Approach for Enhancing the Information and Communication Technology Skills for Elementary Students in Thailand. International Education Studies, 13(1), 69–75.

Osadebe, P. U., & Osadebe, J. F. (2020). Undergraduate Business Education Students’ Perception on Information and Communication Technology Use in Teaching and Learning. International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education, 9(2), 359–363.

Palekahelu, D. T., Hunt, J., Thrupp, R.-M., & Relmasira, S. (2016). The Use of Smartphones and Social Media in Schools of Kota Salatiga, Central Java. International Conference on Information, Communication Technologies in Education (pp. 102-111). Retrieved from http://www

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Reiser, R. A., Dempsey, J. V. (2017). Trends and Issues in Instructional Design and Technology, 4th Edition. [VitalSource Bookshelf 9.3.0]. Retrieved from vbk://9780134237039

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smjames3
Aug 14, 2022

Changing Demands

Times are changing quickly in this post-COVID era and education is playing “catch-up” to the wider society as institutions are trying to quickly deploy and stabilize new systems to aid them in attracting learners. Agillix Labs Inc. is a great example of the number of relatively new companies in the learning sphere that are developing content for clients in the educational, vocational, and corporate training sectors (dstanfo7, 2020). Students in the K-12 space require a different type of engagement than do learners in the adult vocational, higher education, and corporate spaces. Developing content specific to each demographic needs to be done by focusing on the specific needs and behaviors of the users (Karakaya, 2021).

The demands that students…


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sarrieta60
Apr 01, 2021

How to Surf the Tsunami Technology Era


Motivation to learn is promoted when the knowledge to be learned is perceived to be meaningfully related to one’s goals.


Teachers are leaders. Teachers like to be in control. Teachers do not trust students (and many times, rightfully so) to plan out their own learning. However, we at least have to be aware of a person’s goals before we try to motivate them. The reading tells us that, “The belief or actuality of having control over a situation underlies many of the psychological constructs in” education (Reiser, Dempsey pg. 80).


Teachers must also be willing to learn - and evolve. We must relinquish control of the classroom and allow students…

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rtholcomb
Nov 14, 2020

Mr. Stanford,


I concur with you that technology is important in all career fields and that is the reason I spend so much time trying to convince my students of the importance of computer science courses. I found it interesting that you stated how technology may outgrow our humanity as I remembered a quote by Albert Einstein that suggested the same thing: “It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity”-Albert Einstein (Liou, 2018) I researched this philosophy and concur with you that we are in unique times where advancing technology is driving us to move faster than ever before. Technology has transformed the world we live in and I agree that we need to be vigilant…


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