Jun 21, 2004

Take-Home Final, Part III

Part III – Short Essays (60%) – to be completed on your own and delivered to me (in person or via email) by Saturday, June 26, 12pm.
Below are three topics selected from your reading. Please answer ONLY 2 (two) of the 3 (three) topics with 3-5 paragraph essays. APA format should be followed with regard to citing sources only.

Topics:
1. Critics claim that use of PowerPoint in the classroom can limit student thinking and actually hinder learning (Power Corrupts. PowerPoint Corrupts Absolutely. Wired, Sept. 2003 www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.09/ppt2.html | pdf |
Do you agree or disagree with this perspective? Why?

2. Looking at the three roles of technology that we have analyzed in this course: tool, tutor and tutee; which role of technology offers the most value to educators? Discuss.

3. Describe a classroom in which the technology is well utilized and being used ethically by all participants. What would this classroom look like? How would this teacher use technology as tool, tutor and tutee?

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