Meaning of Educational Technology
    
         The word TECHNOLOGY comes from the Greek word techne which means "craft of art". Based on the etymology of the word "Technology", the term educational technology, therefore, refers to the art or craft of responding to our educational needs.
 

   Educational Technology (also known as “EdTech”) refers to an area of technology devoted to the development and application of tools (including software, hardware, and processes) intended to promote education. It is a complex, integrated process involving people, procedures, ideas, devices and organization for analyzing problems and devising, implementing, evaluating and managing solutions to those problems, involved in all aspects of human learning.

         If developed and applied correctly, educational technology has the potential to become truly industry-changing for educators–streamlining time-consuming processes (like lesson planning, reporting, and record-keeping) and simplifying communication–with even farther-reaching implications for educational institutions themselves.

THERE ARE OTHER TERMS ASSOCIATED WITH EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY: Technology in education, instructional technology and technology in education.

   Technology in education is the application of technology to any of those processes involved in operating institutions which house the educational enterprise. it includes the application of technology to food, health, finance, scheduling, grade, reporting and other processes which support education within institutions.


  Instructional technology refers to those aspects of educational technology that are concerned with instruction as contrasted to designs and operations of educational institutions. It is also a systematic way of designing, carrying out, and evaluating the total process of learning and teaching in terms of specific objectives.


  Technology integration means using learning technologies to introduce, reinforce, supplement and extend skills.


Put another way, “EdTech is a study and ethical practice for facilitating learning and improving performance by creating, using and managing appropriate technological processes and resources.”