Based on the reading from chapter six, I would much rather teach in a classroom that has more digital technologies. Especially the way we live our everyday lives involving technology, it seems only natural to incorporate it into the classroom as well. Technologies such as electronic whiteboards and data projectors help immensely in classrooms, letting students learn as a group through websites and other sources. It also allows the class as a whole to learn together, looking at the same website or video allowing for smoother class discussions. With electronic whiteboards, otherwise known as smart boards, can be really helpful with storing notes from the class that day onto the internet for students who were absent, so they can see anything that was added that day to the notes. Technologies in classrooms also brings a more interesting way to learn for the children, making things more hands on, which is a better way for some kids to learn. Overall, technology can only make a lesson stronger for both the students and the teacher.
Response to chapter 11:
One traditional audio technology is audiotapes, specifically the talking book. You could use this in elementary schools as a way to help children learn to read or increase their reading skills, or you could also use this in high school by giving the kids a break and let them listen to the play or book being studied. One emerging audio technology is the MP3 player. It can be used in elementary classrooms by just playing relaxing background music, or contributing to learning games, or it could be used to play educational podcasts to high school students. A traditional audiovisual technology a VHS and VCR, allowing teachers to show educational videos, and movies after the class has read the book. An emerging audiovisual technology would be live cams. You could use this in the classrooms for school news, making it possible to stream the news through the school to each classroom live every day.
