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LESSON 2: Many college students are presently required to take Computer courses including word processing (Microsoft Office), spreadsheet preparation (Excel), presentation techniques (PowerPoint), etc. How do you think this will help application of skills needed in Educational Technology 2?


Taking computer courses is the best way or the first way to help students to learn about using computers and teaching them the skills of using it and applying the skills that they’ve learn from it to the Educational Technology 2. As far as I know in Educational Technology 2 there new lessons that you have to face that is new to your sights and mind, new things to explore in the technology world and new things that you can learn that also need the skills that you have learned from the previous lessons in your computer course that you’ve taken recently.

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