Technology or
Teachnology that is the question…
I am interested in the differences between using technology to teach and using
technology as a tool that learners can use to teach themselves and teach
others. Construct knowledge through a learning experience and thought process
that is affected by technology. The kinetic and mental process used and
developed by interactions with computers, video, and other humans.
This web page under construction is the start of another examination—looking
at the thought processes in the right side and left side of the brain. The
right, more visually oriented, the left more logical and problem solving. Some
people have stronger right thinking and others have more left hemisphere oriented
ways of thinking. Perhaps this dichotomy, which in an oversimplified way divides
people into different groups, can be used to examine the relationship/struggle
between using technology as a "logical" or "artistic" tool.
Part of the learning process is a struggle between people and machines and
learning how to talk to the machines and having the machines do what we want
them to. It’s sometimes fun and sometimes frustrating.
To visit the website for the courses and program of Developmental
Technology at Tufts University, Click here:
http://ase.tufts.edu/devtech/
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"Today
communication technologies include international telecommunications,
audio and video cassettes, mobile phones, mobile music systems, the
Internet and email, digital cameras, photocopiers and fax machines,
camcorders, and home-based computerized music recording and production
systems. These time-space collapsing technologies present new communication
opportunities for embattled and/or dispersed ethnic minorities."
Simon Cottle: Ethnic Minorities and the Media: Changing
Cultural Boundries |
