Chapter 11

There are several traditional and emerging devices for audio and visual needs in the classroom.


Audio: One traditional device that could be used in a classroom is a talking book. Growing up when my class would be reading a short story in our textbooks, my teachers would play a tape that read what we were reading out loud. This was helpful to follow along at the same time with everyone else. One emerging device I could use in a classroom is Internet radio. The internet is growing and changing drastically every day. Now there are ways to listen to live radio. Also there are live and recorded programming from around the world. enhancing social studies, language, science and current events.


Visual: One traditional device that could be used in a classroom is overhead projectors. This is something that I grew up seeing in my classroom, and to this day, projectors are still used. Its a machine that projects an image much larger. This is helpful when working on worksheets and showing the whole class, and the whole class is able to see it. One emerging device that could be used in a classroom is broadcast videos. Broadcast videos are something I have never experienced using, or seeing in a classroom. Broadcast videos can show live or pre recorded television through satellite transmission. This is also similar to skype. Skyping can be used in a classroom, if the teacher wants a guest speaker to speak in front of the class, but the speaker is unable to come to the class.

Chapter 6

Question: 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 what I have learned from chapter 6 I feel more obligated to teach in a classroom with digital technologies. Though I personally am terrible with technology and am very uncomfortable using new technology, I understand that technology is the way of the future and the generation I will be teaching needs to become familiar and comfortable using technology to learn because that is what their future will be all about. So to answer this question, I would prefer to teach in a classroom with less technology, but I know it will benefit my students more to teach in a classroom with more digital technology.

Superbowl Commercial

My favorite commercial this Superbowl season was the Chevy Camaro- Miss Evelyn commercial. In this commercial, they show a Chevy Camaro driving fast, through a desert. There are two guys talking as they narrate the scene, changing the scene to make it the most epic car commercial. They make a hot redhead drive the car, fast through a city, then change the scene to a high-speed car chase, then end it with the redhead being a teacher. The commercial was so funny, and very enjoyable to watch. I definitely want to go buy the Chevy Camaro now after watching this entertaining commercial.