Chapter 10

In chapter 10 we talked about distance education and its role in the classroom. We talked about different technology used like computers and speakers, etc that are used to enable distance education. I already knew about a lot of the technology used in distance education but I didn't know that distance education was used in a very primitive form back as far as the 1800s. I thought distance education was a relatively new idea within the past 20 years or so. We also looked at video conferencing and its capabilities. When I was in high school I was fortunate enough to attend a brand new school with teleconferencing capabilities. We used this technology every once in a while to communicate live with other schools in the area. I hope one day when I am a teacher that I will work in a school district that has tele-conferencing capabilities.
In this chapter we also watched some short videos on the new twitter phase that seems to be sweeping the nation. The first video covered twittering and how someone would do it, the second video was mocking the whole idea of twitter. Personally, I can't stand twitter, I know this might sound mean but I really don't care about every single thing that happens in someones day and I wouldn't expect someone else to care about all the small details that happen in my day. Speaking of technology I am still trying to figure out how to add links and a survey to my blog, I've never blogged before but now I am a bit envious of those who have because they probably have more experience at this.