Technology Application In Education And Learning Process

Abstract Talking about education, firstly, education is a conscious effort in realizing the learning process in order to make students actively develop their potential to be able to have noble character, intelligence and personality that are good for themselves and society. Along with the development in the world of education that continues to change rapidly or develop rapidly which can change the mindset of educators, from being rigid to modern. That is very influential to education. The main purpose of education is to produce or make someone to have quality, knowledge and character, so that he has a broad view to get the desired ideals and to be able to adapt in environment. Education provides motivation to be a good person in all aspects of life. Education itself is a very important thing in human life. Therefore all citizens have right to get good quality of education. In education the role of a teacher is very important. A teacher is an educator, a teacher and an example for his students. Teaching is a very complicated matter, not as easy as we imagine when teacher is teaching, he must know each character of the students. In addition the teacher must also prepare designs before conducting the teaching and learning process. The teacher must think of ways that are used to increase students’ interest in learning and improve the quality of teaching. With the rapid development of technology, teachers must be able to use these technological developments in the teaching and learning process in the classroom. So that there will be no lag in that development. In the teaching and learning process the teacher only uses the monotonous lecture method that will reduce students’ interest in learning because students may feel bored or think it is not interesting for them. Therefore the teacher is able to apply the technology in learning. It is usually known as Educational Technology. Educational Technology is a medium that is used as a tool in education or the learning process to be more effective, and can be easily observed by students. The purpose of this Educational Technology is as a media to solve problems in learning that can improve learning performance. So that it can increase learning interest for students. Educational technology also help teachers in making media used in the learning process, so that students can attract the desire to learn. By Educational Technology, teachers can create media that enable them to apply the material presented with images on the internet. The material can be presented through videos or stories on YouTube. It is the same as making a TTS column from this technology the teacher can make questions through this TTS. So there is a touch of games in learning. This can increase students’ desire to learn. In addition, this can also make students more active and critical in learning activities.