Chapter 9

In Chapter 9 we were exposed to the different kinds of audio and visual media used in the classroom. Some of the material I am very familiar with such as CDs/DVDs, audio cassettes ( although extremely outdated) and even traditional visual media used in the classroom. Some of this stuff I have worked with and others I have only been exposed to as a student myself.
Much of this technology is very useful in the classroom especially transparencies for day to day lessons and educational DVDs for special classroom viewing. I have a feeling that due to the depressed economy, finding a school district that has the capabilities for teleconferencing systems and other communication methods that requite strong connections and a certain amount of monetary input are hard to find right now. In this chapter we also established our own blogs which is actually what I am writing in right now. I have never had my own blog before and I find that kind of surprising now that I think about it because I have myspace and facebook and all of those popular, personalized Internet sites. It was a bit confusing at first, trying to figure out how to set it up and post pictures, etc. I still haven't figured out how to post links and stuff like that but I'm working on it!!
I know in my future classroom I will definitely be using DVDs and CDs for educational purposes. It would also be great to have access to live teleconferencing materials so that myself and the students can have one on one real time interactions with other students, etc. I was lucky enough to attend a brand new high school with teleconferencing materials so I hope I will one day be lucky enough to teach in one.