Chapter 6 :
Based on the information I have learned in chapter 6, I believe I would prefer to teach in a classroom that has more digital technologies. Digital Technologies are a great privilege to have in the classroom. I believe that students are going to want to learn more while working with digital technologies. Would you as a student rather take notes on a pad and paper, or would you rather have a lap top, or even an IPad? Having an electronic whiteboard to use to show students how to do a math problem for example is going to get them to pay attention more due to how virtual the electronic whiteboard is. Also, you can display images up on the whiteboards, so the students have a better image and you can edit things to make them better. Also, have a touch screen computer monitor is something students will love to because it is much easier to use and fun to play with. A final reason why i believe digital technologies are great is because I like to use them and I think having them in my classroom would be a great advantage to teach my students.
Chapter 11:
A traditional audio technology that I think can be used in the classroom today is oral journals. A creative way to use a oral journal is in a debate class. Students can have a debate about something like, should students have to wear school uniforms and audio their arguments in class. Later after the debate is over, pair up with someone from the different team, and listen to your arguments and put them together to come to a conclusion. An emerging audio technology is the CDs, CDs can be used in a classroom early in the year when the teacher is trying to get to know you. The teacher can ask students to burn songs onto a CD that tell them something about there life. One traditional visual technology are bulletin boards. A bulletin board can be used for many things in a classroom from class projects to posting grades for the students to see. One emerging visual technology is digital projectors. A digital projector can be used to show images on a projector screen. A teacher can use this to play a review game, where he or she can show a picture and ask the students what it is.
