Response to Chapter 11

Audio and visual technologies are beginning to play a big part in classrooms. One example of traditional audio technology is an oral history. I remember in 3rd grade I was asked to interview a war veteran for a Veteran's Day project. I would love to have my students ascertain information by interviewing grandparents and other family members about their past. I think it would give the students good insight. I would also play music while students are working through CDs or the radio, even though this is a more emerging technology. More examples of emerging audio technology are an MP3 and internet radio. Just like CDs, I can also play MP3 files while students are studying or assign a listening journal where I would play a piece of music and the students would have to write their thoughts and feelings about the piece. One example of traditional visual technology is a bulletin board. My classroom will be covered with posters and pictures related to course material. I will also post student work that I find to be excelling, so they see their hard work in a pleasant way as a reward. An emerging technology I plan to use is the DVD. I will show movies based on course content and as a way of entertainment or reward for good behavior.

Response to Chapter 6

I would prefer to teach in a classroom that includes more digital technology. Besides these technologies being extremely useful teaching aids, they also further a child's knowledge about the technology themselves. As they grow and advance in their schooling they will need to know about technologies such as scanners, digital cameras, graphics tablets, touch screens, electronic whiteboards and so many others. The world requires technological knowledge. There is literally software for every aspect of education. I think I would also enjoy using these different forms of technology to aid in my lesson plans. Scanners go hand-in-hand with digital cameras in transferring picture and text data onto a computer. I would also like to try out teaching with an electronic whiteboard. My calculus teacher used one and it made more understandable.