Monday, August 3, 2009
Chapter 9 Reflection
The material in Chapter 9 covered audiovisual technologies. Audiovisual technologies include many familiar devices such as overhead projectors, bulletin boards, VCRs, DVD players and books. I especially enjoyed the timeline of audiovisual technology in education, it was really cool to see how it progressed. I also enjoyed how the book still discussed tapes and VCRs. It was neat to see that things of the past are still talked about and used. It seems like nobody mentions tape players and VCRs anymore. I am guilty of forgetting that things like tapes and VCRs exist as well especially when newer technologies are so much cooler. I think that for use in a classroom the newest technologies provide the most efficient and up to date instruction but thats not to say that older technologies don't have a usefulness as well.
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I think you should go into more detail about VCR's, I think VCR's are still the wave of the future. Don't ever forget it!
ReplyDeleteEric, Betamax is the way to go!
ReplyDeleteOn a serious note, it is still important to check out VCR stuff. Not everything's been digitized into a video file or put on DVD, so you might miss out on some good resources if you totally bypass the VCR format.