Teaching and Learning with Technology

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Teaching and Learning with Technology

• Audio and Visual Technologies
• Chapter 9

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Audio in Teaching and Learning

• Listening is being able to hear and comprehend
• Effective listening includes
• Actually hearing audio
• Connections to relate new information to
  previously learned content
• The brain needs to process information

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Traditional Audio Media

• Audio Cassettes (cassette tapes)
• Economical, durable, easy to use
• Many teachers use them as supplements to small
  group instruction
• Also used to develop talking books, multimedia,
  and kits

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Broadcast Audio

• Received via radio, offers a variety of listening
  opportunities for music or talk shows.

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Telephone

• Can be used to bring a speaker in the classroom
  by using the speaker phone.
• Home bound students can be included in
  activities.

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Digital Audio Media

• Optical Media (CD-ROM)
• Offers better clarity and storage
• Locate tracks faster and easier
• Can be played back only

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Digital Audio Media

• Internet Audio
• Information can be downloaded and stored
• WAV files
• MP3 Files

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Visual Communication and Learning

• Visual Design Basics
• Three categories of design
• Visual include graphics, symbols, and objects
• Text refers to text including fonts, spacing,
  color and sizes

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Visual Communication

• Affective Elements receives response from the
  viewer such as pleasure, surprise, and humor
• Relevance
• Each element should add clarity of the visual
• Coherence
• Visual elements must work together to
  communicate the focus

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Visual Communication

• Unity and Direction
• Elements must work together to communicate the
  focus

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Traditional Visuals Media

• Non-Projected Visuals
• Real objects are brought into the classroom by
  the teacher
• Models 3-D representations
• Exhibits displays used to illustrate
• concepts

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Traditional Visual Media

• Print Materials are worksheets made by the
  teacher or duplicated
• Graphics and Photos pictorial are used for
  clarity
• Technologies for non-projected visual
• Bulletin Boards Chalk Boards
• Flip Charts White Boards
• Magnetic Boards Electronic White Boards

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Projected Visuals and their Technologies

• Overhead Projectors
• Slide Projectors
• Digital Projectors
• Document Cameras

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Multimedia

• Includes audio visual elements stored
• on a CD-ROM
• Visuals must exhibit characteristics
• of good design and quality