Assuming that I will be a tech leader, my audience will be most likely teachers who have difficulty with current technology. Several resistance to technology will be fears of using new technology, denial of the need for technology and worries of being mocked by students. Therefore, in terms of people-readiness for the incorporating technology into instruction, above all , is to define instructional goals and then to select the appropriate programs or software to achieve their goals. It will make them confident in front of students if they know exactly how to use and apply to the class. Like me, under-prepared teachers cannot start to teach them with technology. Furthermore, they should have mind to improve the quality of information by upgrading their existing skills. At this time, I learned many things from CUE event I've never known. And I realized that I was so reluctant and unsure of how to use technology. I was so curious about learning the new way to use technology in class. The more important thing to me from this conference is that I realized that teachers should be more diligent to learn new technology which they can offer students hands -on experiences with. For example, having the Audacity to podcast, they can interact easily with each other in an electronic classroom by making lectures more interactive. For the audience, Frank Gutter presented a new way to make film for the class by using visual language beyond the simple " how-to " presentation in this conference. Obviously , it could be challenge for students, however, they will love to touch camera equipments and make their topic more interactive in several ways. I've learned that instructional delivery should be better integrated with enjoyable activities using technology. Therefore, teachers can design their materials by creating meaningful projects to grasp sufficiently well. As one of the interesting activities, teachers can design their teacher web site and offer on-line system to make for students to work together productively like Hyperstudio. Here are some websites of Podcast and the Screen education of the CUE hands-on workshops.
* Having the Audacity to Podcast
* Create, find and share Podcast
* AFI ScreenNation - Digital Storytelling
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Looks good Nam. Mine is my first also, I think we will all learn SOOO much in this program, our horizons will be broader than we ever thought possible. I have to agree with Professor McBride though that Ed Tech doesn't stop when we graduate, it's an ongoing, life long committment to learning and use of technology. Kevin.
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