Chapter 7

Three things I learned from Chapter 7 of our text are:
1. The first web browser was called Mosaic and it caused an explosion of internet use by the year after it was invented.

2. I had no idea what a bulletin board was (unless it was the kind you hang on your wall), but these kinds of bulletin boards refer to message centers that send messages to group members who visit the bulletin board.

3. I did not know that distance learning was really a term that existed, but I learned that some examples of distance learning are student research, online materials, web-based lessons, and virtual courses and programs.

Two ways that I can apply what I have read to teaching are:
1. Using bulletin boards (or a Wiki) could be a great idea to incorporate technology into my students' learning processes.  They could post whatever questions they have about a project, communicate with their peers, and even give each other ideas on what to do for a particular project or homework assignment.

2. In the chapter they talked about smartboards as a way to use distance technologies in the classroom.  I think it would be awesome to have a smartboard in my classroom so that students could learn how to use a piece of technology like this on a daily basis.  Having a smartboard would be a great way to integrate technology in small way that would be useful for the students in the long run.

One question I had from the chapter was: What are some possible negative outcomes with regards to the use of distance learning? The main one I observed was that the dropour rate is higher for online courses.  However, are there other negative consequences for using distance learning?