Chapter Eleven

One traditional audio technology I would use in the class are audiotapes. Audiotapes such as books on tape, can could help students establish better learning skills along with comprehending the reading better. I always acquired more information when hearing the reading. When reading it to yourself, you could miss something or get distracted easily. So, audio books could be very beneficial to students such as myself. One traditional visual technology, I would use would be VCR/Film Projectors. Although, VCR tapes are very outdated, there are still several useful videos are there that have not been updated. It is important for students to learn from those tapes because they are still very important to education. One emerging audio technology I would use are podcasts. I had a teacher in high school that made podcasts of his lectures for students who were not able to attend a certain class. He made these podcasts available online for students to apprehend from their own home. It was also very helpful when it came time to review for a quiz/test. I really liked this idea and I plan to use it someday. One emerging visual technology I would use inside a classroom someday would be, Youtube. It seems as if Youtube has a video for everything. Most projects that I have done that involved having a video, I found one on Youtube. There is just so much out there on that website and it would be very useful to have in class, to show videos on a topic relevant to what I was teaching.

Chapter Six

Based on the information in chapter 6, would you prefer to teach in a classroom that had more or less digital technologies? Why or why not?


 Based on the information I attained from chapter six, I was convinced to use more digital technologies. I am a big fan of technology and I love learning new things. When I was in high school, only a few of my teachers had Smart Boards, and I felt that I learned better in those classes versus the ones that did not. It was fun and the students got to be more involved. As a prior student, I also got excited when we used computers or lap tops. You want the students to have fun in your class but also learn new things. Although, digital technology can be distracting, if you keep your students on track, they are great learning tools and will overall be very beneficial to the classroom. Chapter six illustrates that there are countless software out there to meet academic and administrative needs. One software mentioned in chapter six that I would love to incorporate in my classroom someday are Electronic Books (e-books).  It allows students to take digital notes and also read the text aloud. There were many times in school where I wanted to write down notes inside the book what I thought about a particular section but could not because it was the schools property. But if every student had their on e-book, it would make things much easier and allow students to learn at their own pace.