Audiovisual Technologies

An example of a traditional technology would be an overhead projector and an example of an emerging technology would be a CD player.  In a classroom the teacher could use an overhead projector to show students a picture that was copied out of a book. If the picture is in a book that the students don't have access to then it would be helpful. A CD player can be beneficial in a classroom also because if the teacher was doing a gallery walk then music could be played when it is time for groups to switch. Technology is beneficial to students and to teachers.

How I would want my classroom

I would want my classroom to have more digital technologies in it because I feel that it would help me. The more technology that is in the classroom the students are able to learn more. By this I mean that, the more a student is able to work with a computer the better that they are going to be at understanding it and in the end this will benefit that student. Chapter 6 discusses how having digital technologies is good for the classroom learning environment this information can be found on page 145.