Chapter 6 and 11 Responses

Chapter 6: Digital Technologies in the Classroom

Based on the information in chapter 6, I would prefer to teach in a classroom with more digital technologies, because our world today is always advancing and producing new technologies. I feel that if I have a classroom with more digital technologies, my students will have an advantage from learning what each form of technology is and how to accurately utilize them. Technologies such as electronic whiteboards can help expand a student's learning experience by making it easier to save documents and print your work without ever logging into a computer. Technologies such as whiteboards, scanners and microphones make learning in the classroom easier to accommodate larger classes, which are becoming more common in public schools due to funding and allows students to have access to replicate and save their work. Technology in the classroom also helps to accommodate students with different learning styles and students with disabilities, so it can also help a classroom become more effective for both teaching and learning.

Chapter 7: Audiovisual Technologies

A traditional audio technology is a cassette recorder and player and cd player. This device allows students to play back for students and teachers, such as recording student reports, stories, read-aloud practice for teaching purposes. While students can record lessons, instructions and reviews for learning purposes. An emerging audio technology is internet search engines. This plays a major role in students methods in researching for projects and papers, while allowing students to find credited sources and learning how to cite properly to avoid plagiarism. A traditional visual technology recorded video technologies, such as a VHS formatted tape. This allows an inexpensive alternative for teachers to broadcast an educated television program for students. An emerging visual technology are internet meetings where an individual who is not present in the classroom can be broadcast live via a web camera. This allows teachers to give students a method of interviewing people outside of the classroom, which may come in handy for real word jobs, while allowing students to have a field trip experience without ever leaving the classroom.