Using Audiovisual Technologies

Jeff Brown

EDU 648: Teaching & Learning with Technology

Instructor: Gregory Sherman

March 17 2014

Four audiovisual technologies that can be used in instruction

Introduction

Interactive whiteboard

iPod Touch

DVDs

YouTube

Reference

References

Lever-Duffy, J., & McDonald, J. B. (2011). Teaching and learning with technology (4th

ed.). Boston: Pearson Education/Allyn & Bacon.

Teachers should know that the more they use interactive and multisensory

technology in their teaching the more likely that their students are going to learn. This

is why audio and visual tools or audiovisual technologies of all types can be a valuable

assets in supporting the teaching and learning process. Audio and visual technologies

will help a teacher teach while helping the student to learn.

Interactive Whiteboard in Progress

Benefits

Enhances teaching & learning

Increases a student’s interaction

Helps the student to achieve

Challenges

Takes too much time to integrate into instruction

Teacher just will not adopt to interactive whiteboards (IWBs) with their instruction

Cables, cords, and wiring between the tools are deemed unsafe for staff and children (Tsung-Ho et al., 2012)

iPod TouchBenefits

has the biggest & best entertainment features

It can be used with all other communicative devices on the market

It help to facilitate learning by letting students access web browsers, eBooks, and other educational apps to help the student learn

Challenges

financial cost of purchasing them

setting up & synching them

limited battery life

Wi-Fi not available everywhere

teachers need to be trained in using iPod Touch

iPod Touch Demo

YouTube

Benefits

students can create, edit, upload & share videos

have a smorgasbord of educational videos

students witnesses eye-opening video experiences

student collaborate after viewing video

Challenges

videos are completely unfiltered & moderated

most videos violate copyright laws

issues of privacy invasion

inappropriate materials

Interactive Whiteboard Demo by YouTube

DVDsChallenges

equipment failure

teachers are not trained to use it

the job of the teacher will be reduced

interactive video (IV) equipment is too expensive

Benefits

an essential teaching resource tool

gives users control over presentation’s content

enhances lessons & help students to become engaged learners

user friendly

teachers can assign student’s projects

language & subtitles features open DVDs for use across the curricula

DVDs Demo

Lever-Duffy, J., & McDonald, J. B. (2011). Teaching and learning

with technology (4th ed.). Boston: Pearson Education/Allyn

& Bacon.

Tsung-Ho, L., Yueh-Min, H., & Chin-Chung, T. (2012). An

investigation of teaching and learning interaction factors

for the use of the interactive whiteboard technology.

Journal Of Educational Technology & Society, 15(4), 356-

367.