Technology Facilitaion Standard III
The article gives several examples of how curriculum needs are met using the Intel-based Mac. Features such as iSight video camera and Photo Booth help students take pictures to place in presentations. The Apple iLife allows students to create projects with images, music, video, movies, and text. Useing iWeb students can develop and share ideas and portfolios with one another (Technology & Learning, 2007). Students are engaged more in the curriculum material when using these features.
Garage Band and iTunes allow students to incorporate music into projects, like podcasting (Technology & Learning, 2007). Podcasting has become another form to teach students the curriculum. Podcasting has allowed teachers to help students learn in a variety of ways. An example is how students with language-based disabilities listen to recodings by a teacher. Another way of learning with Podcasting is when students need to listen to a Podcast to hear upcoming events, or when student record themselves in a language class and re-play it for assessing themselves (Technology & Learning, 2007).
The article further explains how Intel-based Mac computers have aided student learning; it has taught students to be information literate and aware of technology. The article expresses how student learning experiences have changed to better the quality of education received. Student and teaching experience have changed by allowing students to creating "engaging environments" to learn, or performing and recording their own music (Technology & Learning, 2007). Across the curriculum technology has changed teaching and learning.
The article gave interesting examples, however more statements of teaching and learning with technology could have been included.
("Intel-based mac," 2007). Intel-based mac computers improve teaching and learning. Technology and Learning, 27 (10).
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*A digital video created for NJCU. This project was used to motivate students about iMovie. This showed students how to incorporate images, sound, and graphics.
*A solar system webquest. Project was created for NJCU, which demonstrates integration of research tools.