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Chapter 12 primarily dealt with the problems that arise when attempting to implement all of the wonderful technologies we’ve spent learning about in this class.  Specifically, the chapter discusses the three main aspects of strategic planning when it comes to incorporating technologies into the classroom.  The three main aspects of implementing technologies in a classroom […]

This is the final chapter that will be discussed in this blog.  Chapter 10 deals with Distance Education and using technology to redefine what makes a classroom.  Distance education is defined as, the delivery of instruction to students who are separated from teacher by time and/or location. The original intent for distance education was to […]

This chapter further extends are learning into the realm of Audiovisual technologies.  The ultimate idea behind audiovisual technologies is that it will enhance the learner’s competence of a subject by using multisensory teaching methods.  The chapter basically outlines the various methods of teaching via both audio and visual based techniques. Some of the audio types […]

Now well into the book, we find ourselves learning even more about the Internet and the World Wide Web, specifically with regard to teaching and learning on the web.   In today’s high tech world, it is pretty common for most major organizations to have a web presence and in the case of academia; usually they […]

Just when I thought it couldn’t get any better, along comes chapter 7 dealing with everything related to the Internet, a personal favorite topic.  The internet, defined as a collection of interconnected individual networks, in my opinion, is the single greatest advancement in the sharing of knowledge.  Beyond a simple definition of the internet, we […]

This chapter dealt entirely with Academic software, administrative software’s student counterpart. We learned that first and foremost, just because something is academic software, doesn’t mean it is always going to be the best.  Teachers should choose wisely when it comes to picking the software that’s right for their learners.  Another aspect of academic software we […]

This chapter discusses the ins and outs of Administrative Software for enhancing the boring side of teaching, the paperwork.  The bulk of this chapter dealt with the three or four major administrative software’s used by teachers.  These include Word processing software, Spreadsheets software, and Presentation software.  The book also discusses database software, but I don’t […]

As I look back on the last portion of my Chapter 3 statement, I find it funny that I mentioned exactly what our course was going to be leading into.  This weeks chapter was all about the other digital technologies other than a computer, that one may find in a classroom.  We learned about the […]

This week’s chapter dealt with computers in the classroom.  This chapter, to be honest, was the easiest chapter of the course.  This simply went through all the various components of a computer, as well as discussed to implications of both an operating system, as well as software that can be used on the operating system.  […]

This chapter dealt with the designing and planning of technology enhanced instruction.  We learned briefly what a learning environment was.  This includes all conditions that effect the learner, specifically with the physical environment around them.  We then got into instructional planning.  What we learned here was basically the old saying the “failing to plan is […]