Chapter 6

Here are three new things I learned from reading Chapter 6 in our textbook:
1. I learned the difference between multimedia, which is a combination of media, and hypermedia, which is linked media.

2. I learned what supplies are necessary to design and develop hypermedia: computer with keyboard, mouse, and monitor; digital cameras; scanners; video digitizers; and camcorders or other video input.

3. I learned more about Web 2.0 technologies that have potential to be used in the classroom.  Some examples of these types of technologies are blogs, wikis, podcasts, e-Portfoloios, social networking sites, and photo/video sharing communities.

Ways I can apply this chapter to my future classroom:
1. In this chapter I learned more about how Power Point or Keynote could be used in my classroom, and not just by me as the teacher.  I learned that these two types of presentation software have more uses than I thought.  One obvious use is that I can use them to support my lessons, but in an elementary classroom, this simply may not be practical.  Another use for this type of software is to have practice screens where students' eyes are drawn to the screen because there is a presentation of spelling or vocabulary words with pictures running on the screen.  This use of Power Point or Keynote would hopefully capture the students' attention well.

2. I also learned that it may be beneficial to my students if they could figure out how to use reference materials, but in a way that integrates technology.  Therefore, showing my future students how to access atlases (like Google Earth), almanacs (such as The Time Almanac), or encyclopedias (such as Encarta), would benefit their knowledge of technology and the topics that these tools would help them learn about.

One question I have from the chapter is:
What are the drawbacks (if there are any) to using Web 2.0 technologies in the classroom?