Ch. 11 Audiovisuals in the classroom

There are several different types of teachers and several different types of learners in the world.  Two ways that students learn quite a bit from is through seeing things and hearing things.   Teachers need to take advantage of this in the classroom and try to do different things in order for students to get the most out of their class as possible.  Our teaching and learning with technology book, mentions that one traditional audio device to use in the classroom is a cassette.  One way that I could use a cassette in my classroom would be to come up with songs for different math formula's and have my students sing repeat and sing along with the tape in order to memorize several different formulas.  If I wanted to use an emerging audio technology in my classroom for songs, then I could bring in an Ipod with the recorded songs and still have them listen to it through a speaker.  I could also play math formula songs off of YouTube.  This would be both an audio and a visual technology, although according to the book, there are some schools that have banned youtube.  Probably a better visual emerging technology mentioned in the book is the use of digital projectors.  These would probably be the easiest things to use in the classroom because you could always use them for an interactive board or have a camera set up to show students on a larger screen what exactly you are writing down for work on a problem.  I hope tha someday I do not end up having to use a traditional projector in my classroom.  Although it wouldn't be hard and I could have students put there work onto it, there just isn't that much space on one and you have to wipe them clean when you're finished instead of just pressing a delete button.